Business Operations Associate

Job Description

Business Operations Associate | Treeswift

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Treeswift, located in New York, NY, for an early-career Business Operations Associate. Treeswift is modernizing how energy companies manage their critical infrastructure by deploying AI-powered sensor systems on backpacks and vehicles. These systems collect LiDAR and imagery data, which is then transformed into actionable intelligence to reduce risks like wildfires and outages, prevent construction cost overruns, and accelerate storm recovery for utility partners. This role is essential for a small, high-performing team, overseeing the foundational operational systems and cross-functional initiatives that ensure the company’s smooth functioning and scalable growth. The work is intentionally varied and impactful, contributing directly to real-world outcomes that benefit communities and people.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, New York, NY
• Pay: $125000–$140000 yearly
• Team: Reports to the Head of Business Operations
• Mission: This person ensures smooth day-to-day operations and drives strategic initiatives across finance, legal, people operations, and internal systems to support company growth.
• Tech Stack: Notion, Justworks, Google Drive

What You’ll Actually Do
• Operations: Own day-to-day operational workflows across finance, legal, people operations, vendor management, and internal systems, ensuring work is completed accurately and on time.
• Analysis: Build analyses, financial models, dashboards, and decision materials to support leadership on budgeting, hiring, vendor, and strategic decisions.
• Project Management: Coordinate cross-functional projects from kickoff to completion, driving alignment, accountability, and timely execution.
• Process Improvement: Improve the way we operate by documenting processes, building lightweight automations, and identifying opportunities to make workflows more efficient.
• System Management: Manage and maintain core business systems (e.g. Notion, Justworks, Google Drive) with a focus on accuracy, organization, and scalability.

The Must-Haves
• Background: An early-career role for a highly analytical, highly competent generalist who wants to become an exceptional startup operator.
• Experience: Typically 1-3 years of full-time experience in strategy, finance, or operations at a fast-growing technology company. Investment banking or management consulting is also considered.
• Skills: Strong quantitative and spreadsheet skills in Excel or Google Sheets, including the ability to structure an analysis from incomplete inputs and clearly explain the conclusion. Excellent written communication and the ability to turn messy information into concise, decision-ready output. Exceptional organization, attention to detail, and follow-through across multiple concurrent workstreams. High agency and resourcefulness, demonstrating the ability to make meaningful progress without perfect instructions and knowing when additional context is genuinely needed. Sound judgment about when to make a recommendation, when to ask a question, and when to escalate an issue, coupled with discretion when working with confidential company information. Willingness to handle both analytical work and the detailed operational follow-through required to implement it, comfortable with rapid context switching and direct feedback.
• Bonus: Prior experience at an early-stage startup, especially building operational processes, improving internal systems, or managing cross-functional projects. Exposure to utilities, energy, infrastructure, hardware, or other regulated industries. Experience with vegetation management, forestry, geospatial data, or related technical domains.