FP&A Analyst

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

As a part of the R&D Finance team, this person will be key in supporting our product and engineering leadership team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, you will help create our annual budget and financial targets and work with operational leaders to support execution against our goals. Your work will be highly cross-functional and strategic, and you will play a pivotal role in connecting the dots across the organization through a financial lens, in order to help ensure operational alignment and inform decision making.

What it asks for · 4

• 2+ years of professional experience in FP&A / Strategic Finance, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, and/or other related field
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or economics
• Mastery of Excel and PowerPoint with proven experience in building financial models and managing complex data
• You are a clear, concise communicator and team player with a humble mindset and ‘can-do’ attitude

Also a plus

• Solid understanding of Pigment is a plus, but not required
• Experience in or understanding of a consumption-based software business model
• Proficiency in use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude)

What the job covers

• Partner with senior business leaders to manage their departmental budgets on a regular basis, including but not limited to the company’s co-founder and CTO
• Manage financial forecasts and analytics, which include data across revenue, customers, product, company expenses, and headcount / workforce.
• Help manage significant portions of the company’s spend, including but not limited to AI and GPU spend across the company.
• Work on trend, ROI, and profitability analyses on both product and customer levels to support data-driven decision making
• Work with finance management on quarterly Board materials, including coordination and consolidation across stakeholders
• Assist in planning and budgeting cycles, ensuring consistency in tools, templates, and processes across the organization
• Work on ad hoc projects and strategic initiatives for senior management, which may include assessing potential acquisition opportunities and/or negotiations with strategic partners like cloud vendors
• Become proficient with various financial planning and business intelligence (BI) tools, including but not limited to Pigment, Tableau, and Metabase

Degree language

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or economics

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

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• finance6×
• business5×
• experience4×
• organization4×
• planning4×
• product4×
• strategic4×
• data3×
• decision3×
• limited3×
• manage3×
• partner3×
• senior3×
• support3×
• tools3×

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