About Skillz:

Skillz is driving the future of entertainment by accelerating the convergence of sports, video games and media for a booming mobile-first audience worldwide. The company’s platform empowers mobile game developers and players with access to fun and fair competition for real prizes, shifting the paradigm to make esports accessible to anyone, anywhere.

Skillz helps developers build multi-million dollar game franchises by turning content into competitive social gaming properties for the world’s 2.6 billion gamers. The company has already worked with 20,000 game developers, leveraging its patented technology to host billions of casual esports tournaments for 30 million players worldwide.

Last year, Skillz was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies and CNBC Disruptor 50 (for the second time). In 2018, Skillz was listed as one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups and Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Brilliant Companies. In 2017, Inc. Magazine ranked Skillz the No. 1 fastest-growing private company in America.

The company is backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports luminaries, ranging from Liberty Global, Accomplice, Wildcat Capital, Telstra Ventures, and a founder of Great Hill Partners to the owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets, and Sacramento Kings.

What We’re Looking For:

We are seeking a highly analytical, data-driven teammate to develop cross-functional business analytics. As a Finance Analytics Associate, your technical expertise will support data analyses and strategic initiatives across our teams within Finance such as Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting, and Investor Relation. You will also partner with our Analytics teams along with Business Development, User Acquisition, and Sales to aggregate metric reporting across the organization into digestible and concise views for our Executive team. Your data-driven solutions will provide actionable insights into our business’ performance and enable strategic decisions.

What You Will Do:

Analyze financial performance and initiatives
Create dashboards utilizing SQL and Tableau
Drive cross-functional automation projects
Support financial data analysis across teams

Your Skillz:

Bachelor's degree in a related field; preferably Mathematics, Finance, Accounting or similar fields
2-5 years of relevant work experience in Business Intelligence or Finance Operations roles
Intermediate SQL / Database experience
Intermediate dashboard building experience
Ability to adapt to a rapidly evolving environment
Experience working in a fast-growing technology company preferred
“Can do” attitude and team player
Detail and action-oriented

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status,