Associate Manager - Sales Finance & Analytics

This role is a strategic partner embedded directly in C-suite and executive decision-making, turning complex data into sharp performance insights, financial models, and strategic recommendations that drive measurable growth for assigned client accounts.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a standing strategic partner to C-suite and executive leadership, shaping decisions in real time rather than presenting findings after the fact
• Drive commercial strategy across sales performance, profitability, forecasting, and compensation design — with direct accountability for the decisions your analysis informs
• Build and maintain complex financial models, pro forma P&Ls, incentive structures, and scenario analyses to argue for or against specific strategic moves
• Co-own strategic and financial decisions with sales leaders and business owners, weighing in on trade-offs, risk, and resource allocation before decisions are finalized
• Develop executive-level reporting and KPI dashboards (Excel/Tableau) that anchor live executive discussions
• Pressure-test leadership's assumptions and models, flagging issues early enough to change the decision
• Act as a challenger in the room, pushing back on strategy, forecasts, and compensation decisions when the data suggests a different path, even when unpopular
• Follow company guidelines and best practices for responsible AI use and data security
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed to support team and organizational priorities

Requirements

• Strategic Leadership & Influence: Operates as a peer to C-suite leadership, shaping decisions in real time and driving outcomes rather than just presenting options
• Critical & Independent Thinking: Challenges assumptions, pressure-tests models before they inform decisions, and surfaces contrarian views when the data supports them
• Business Ownership & Accountability: Takes direct accountability for the decisions their analysis informs; thinks and acts like an owner of account performance
• Bias for Action & Urgency: Proactively identifies opportunities and gaps without being asked; moves quickly and decisively with incomplete information
• Exceptionally strong in Excel, highly analytical, and energized by fast-paced, high-accountability environments
• Navigates ambiguity with confidence and leads through complex market dynamics with clarity and precision

About the Company

Smart Circle International is a leading broker of outsourced sales and customer acquisition services. We help clients and independently owned and operated sales companies grow together through versatile in-person marketing and sales campaigns inside retailers, businesses, and through door-to-door canvassing. Smart Circle operates from two locations: our headquarters in Newport Beach, California, and an office in Toronto, Ontario.

Benefits

• Vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays
• Medical (with an HSA plan option), dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid Basic Life insurance, with the opportunity to enroll in Voluntary Life plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401K with employer match
• Employee referral program
• Home office stipend
• Opportunities for team building, growth, and development
• On-demand access to an LMS with a variety of courses for professional and personal development

Pay

In accordance with applicable law, the compensation range listed reflects our good faith estimate of the expected salary for this role at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and experience.