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Financial Analyst
Role Description: ARPU Research Labs, LLC, San Francisco, CA seeks Financial Analysts. Conducting detailed technological, competitive and economic due-diligence, including evaluating software/hardware products, to identify and quantify value proposition supporting an investment decision and presenting a written summary memo. Conducting detailed primary and secondary market analyses to identify markets for portfolio companies, determine market size and validate overall market potential. Analyzing regulatory environments, both domestic and international, to identify value drivers and understand risk-factors for portfolio companies due to policy changes. Working with management and the finance team to analyze portfolio companies' financial results with respect to profits, trends, costs and compliance with budgets. Developing relevant financial models and other materials to help portfolio companies raise capital. Supporting corporate development activities (partnerships/acquisitions/channels) for the portfolio companies, as and when appropriate. Supporting financial investment initiatives for portfolio companies including fund raising, corporate structuring, legal and tax strategy, international financing, budgeting/financial statements, contract negotiation/documentation and investor communication for software engineering and automation startups. Building knowledge silos in specific domains, evaluating software and hardware technology products, and identifying industry trends to develop investment thesis, presented in clearly-written prospectus. Identifying and connecting with key people, inventors, researchers, entrepreneurs and business leaders whose input can be synthesized in developing investment theses and point of views on new domains and technologies and who can be valuable to portfolio companies in the near and long-term.
Role Requirements: Requires Masters (or foreign educ. equiv.) in Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science or Engineering field and Four (4) yrs. experience in Job Offered, Computer occupation or related occupation. Experience must have included Use of programming languages and tools and experience with identifying, evaluating, and designing software/hardware components; Operating and leading technology product development roadmap for enterprise and financial software applications and features for Fortune 500 companies, by considering market trends, business objectives, budgeting, technology, and long-term strategy; Analyzing disruptive technologies and companies by performing market research, evaluating competitors, conducting technological, policy and economic due-diligence; Researching an industry ready for a disruption and influenced by technological advancements and adoption, macroeconomy, and policies in security, privacy, encryption, and innovation; Performing analysis and tracking past and present legislative and regulatory efforts and policies impacting development of technologies, security, and new markets; Preparing strategic presentations and materials for customers and upper management; Identifying and connecting with experts, partners, corporate executives and cross-functional teams to gather input in researching new technology features and trends.