Description

Sprout Social is looking to hire an Investor Relations Analyst to the Finance team. This IR Analyst will help craft, manage and execute our investment thesis by supporting the VP of Investor Relations, Corporate Development, and the Senior Executive Team.  

Why join Sprout’s Finance team?

As a member of Sprout’s finance team, you’ll help better position Sprout for future growth while maintaining compliance and integrity at the highest level. No matter your role, everyone on the team has the opportunity to be a part of creating best-in-class processes and practices that can scale with the organization. Our team is unique because we value transparency and direct ownership of responsibilities—meaning, you’ll always have our trust to help contribute to our overall goals and success as a department and organization.

What you’ll do

• You will provide strategic direction to develop, implement and manage a world-class investor relations program rooted in transparency, trust and collaborative communication. 
• You will learn our business fundamentals, financial planning & reporting processes, quarterly earnings process, ESG disclosures and investor communications & targeting approach. 
• You will regularly collaborate across internal departments, external stakeholders and members of the senior executive team. 

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for a learn-it-all. You are innately curious, radically open-minded, collaborative and accountable at the highest level. You have a track record of learning business fundamentals with a desire to take on the understanding of economic value and to rapidly develop in your career. We’re looking forward to learning from you. 

The minimum qualifications for this role include:

• One to two years minimum experience in investor relations, investment research, investment banking or consulting.

Preferred qualifications for this role include:

• Making progress or planned progress towards the CFA designation
• Understanding of business fundamentals and drivers of economic value creation

How you’ll grow

Within 1 month, you’ll plant your roots, including:

• Complete Sprout’s New Hire training program alongside other new Sprout team members. You’ll gain a broader understanding of our organization.
• Partner with the VP of IR to set initial priorities and expectations for your role.
• Start building relationships with senior leadership as well as across the broader Sprout organization.

Within 3 months, you’ll start hitting your stride by:

• Analyze our business fundamentals and analyze our investor messaging to look for areas of improvement.
• Begin to analyze ownership trends, shareholder engagement and key points of investor interaction.
• Establish credibility with key internal partners.
• Build process knowledge through a quarterly earnings process and regular investor meetings to evaluate inputs and processes for improvement.

Within 6 months, you’ll be making a clear impact through:

• Begin managing key deliverables through the quarterly earnings process; earnings press release, quarterly earnings conference call, investor presentation, social media messaging, Q&A preparation and investor engagement.
• Begin managing the investor scheduling process for conferences, events and updates.
• Begin contributing to investor messaging with insights derived from internal collaboration.
• Create a plan for shareholder engagement priorities / investor targeting strategy to manage senior leadership time.
• Begin establishing relationships with key Wall Street analysts, bankers and Sprout shareholders

Within 12 months, you’ll make this role your own by:

• Demonstrate consistent and accountable leadership of the investor relations function.
• Consistently apply learnings from internal stakeholders, SaaS peers, competitors, investors and analysts to positively impact our business, strategy and investor messaging/positioning.
• Own the quarterly earnings process, execution, ownership structure & monitoring and internal-facing IR role.
• Surprise us. You are a learn-it-all and we’re excited for you to lead us in ways we have yet to consider!

Of course what is outlined above is the ideal timeline, but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager.

Our Benefit Program

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program 
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our [email protected] program and  employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting

Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States. However, we are not set up in all states, so please look at the drop-down box in our application to see whether your state is listed. Few roles require an office setting. If your position requires a physical presence in a Sprout office, it will be evident in the job listing and your offer letter.

The base pay range for this role is $68,000.00 to $102,000.00 USD annually. Individual base pay is based on various factors, including relevant experience and skills, the responsibility of the role, and job duties/requirements. In addition to base pay, some Sales and Success roles can earn sales incentives. 

Sprout’s compensation ranges are intentionally broad to allow for our team members' growth within their role. These ranges were determined by a market-based compensation approach; we used data from trusted third-party compensation sources to set equitable, consistent and competitive ranges. We also evaluate compensation bi-annually, identify any changes in the market and make adjustments to our ranges and existing employee compensation as needed.

Base pay is only one element of an employee's total compensation at Sprout. Every Sprout team member has an opportunity to receive restricted stock units (RSUs) under Sprout’s equity plan. Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit).  Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution. Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays. We have outlined the various components to an employee’s full compensation package here to help you to understand our total rewards package.

Sprout Social is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and an Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate based on identity– race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged or sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our 2021 DEI Report.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at ** Redacted ** and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. We'll do all we can to ensure you're set up for success during our interview process while upholding your privacy, including requests for accommodation. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please click here (1) Equal Opportunity Employment Poster  (2) Sprout Social's Affirmative Action Statement (3) Pay Transparency Statement. 

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