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Salary: USD 100,000 - 120,000 / annual
Zola is seeking a Business Manager to join the business management team, reporting directly to the Director of the Vendor Marketplace. This role focuses on analyzing and executing strategic initiatives across the company while partnering with Product, Marketing, Finance, and other cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner across the business to identify and execute strategic initiatives
- Analyze and report on performance against primary KPIs across the business
- Collaborate with Product to identify new features and opportunities, supporting with performance analysis
- Conduct business and financial analysis of new opportunities and ideas
- Partner with Finance and cross-functional teams to maintain and evolve reporting cadences
- Assist in preparation of board materials
- Own analysis and interpretation of A/B test results, synthesizing findings and translating outcomes into actionable recommendations
- Analyze complex data problems and communicate key takeaways to senior leadership
- Translate ambiguous business questions into structured analyses that drive decisions
- Develop and execute ad hoc strategic analyses as needed
The ideal candidate is a collaborative, scrappy, analytical problem-solver with a strong foundation in analytical or quantitative work. You are a structured and creative thinker, equally comfortable building financial models and synthesizing market opportunities. You love data and customer insights, are comfortable in Excel and working with large datasets, and can prove your ability to learn new systems quickly.
Zola is the wedding company reinventing the wedding planning and registry experience. Founded in 2013, the company has become the fastest-growing wedding company in the country, serving over 1 million couples. The platform combines compassionate customer service with modern tools and technology. Zola is headquartered in New York City and backed by investors including Female Founders Fund, Comcast Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Canvas Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Qualifications:
- BA/BS required
- 5+ years of professional experience in an analytical role in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
- Strategy, finance, or business operations experience preferred
- Retail or consumer experience is a plus
- Exceptional analytical and critical thinking skills; able to conduct analysis with minimal oversight
- Proficiency in analyzing large datasets; Looker or similar BI platform experience is a plus
- Excellent quantitative and Excel skills
- Superior written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage competing tasks in a highly ambiguous environment
- Ability to build trusted cross-functional relationships
