Senior Financial Analyst

Overview

This role partners with the organization’s R&D team to drive quantitative and qualitative analysis focused on cost optimization, reporting, and forecasting. Responsibilities include supporting month-end close procedures, building reporting and attribution frameworks to track and govern AI spend, and partnering with engineering leaders to improve forecasting models.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with leaders across Software and Firmware Engineering teams to manage headcount and software and AI vendor spend.
• Analyze financial results and prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting.
• Support financial review meetings with R&D and Finance leadership.
• Partner with Accounting on month-end close activities, cost classification, and reporting requests.
• Collaborate with R&D teams to drive AOP planning.
• Improve the accuracy and scalability of existing financial reporting and forecasting models.
• Develop new mechanisms, analyses, and KPIs to inspect business performance.
• Leverage AI tools to streamline financial reporting, forecasting, and ad hoc analysis workflows.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in FP&A / Strategic Finance / Big 4 Accounting / Investment Banking.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• High aptitude for complex problem solving using financial modeling and analysis, including advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills.
• Experience at a high-growth tech company.
• Ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally in a fast-paced, often changing environment.
• Strong communication and presentation skills; comfortable presenting to senior management.
• Proactive, highly organized self-starter who can work independently under tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with headcount and SaaS cost modeling and management.
• Proficiency with AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Glean, Cursor, etc.), Databricks, and FP&A tools such as Workday Adaptive Planning (or similar planning systems) and NetSuite.
• Prior partnership with software engineering teams.
• Passion for building new models, processes, and mechanisms.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual base salary: $83,300 USD - $140,000 USD
• Total rewards include above-market total compensation through base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity (for eligible roles) in a high-growth public company.
• Benefits may include a flexible, employee-led remote model, a professional development stipend, and comprehensive health and parental leave plans.

Location

• Remote position open to candidates residing in the US.
• Relocation assistance will not be provided for this role.

Additional Information

• Offers of employment are contingent upon the individual’s ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the organization and in the specified work location, if applicable.