Senior Financial Analyst

Job Description: We are seeking a talented Senior Financial Analyst to support our financial planning, business intelligence, and performance analytics functions. In this role, you will help develop our financial models, contribute to our data strategy, and provide analytical support to the leadership team in driving profitable growth and ensuring optimal capital allocation. 

Responsibilities:

  • Financial Planning & Modeling 
    • Support all FP&A activities, including annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning 
    • Develop and maintain financial models that provide visibility into business performance and future scenarios 
    • Help create accessible financial reports that enable leadership to easily understand the financial plan 
    • Collaborate with department leaders to support budget development and provide variance analysis 
  • Business Intelligence & Performance Analytics 
    • Support the company’s BI function by implementing clear data definitions and KPI frameworks
    • Help track performance against historical results, industry benchmarks, and annual targets 
    • Contribute to the development of analytics capabilities that provide data access while maintaining integrity 
    • Assist in creating dashboards that provide actionable insights for decision-making 
    • Take the lead of system analysis to identify potential software that could be leveraged for BI/ KPI tracking 
  • Revenue Enablement & Business Partnership 
    • Work with revenue teams to develop forecasting models and track revenue objectives
    • Provide analytical support for pricing strategies, customer acquisition economics, and retention metrics 
    • Support fact-based decision-making through clear financial analysis 
    • Help promote a data- driven culture through stakeholder enablement 

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field 
  • 5+ years of finance experience in B2B SaaS companies, with progressive responsibility in FP&A roles
  • Experience with financial modeling, budgeting, and forecasting in high-growth environments 
  • Familiarity with BI tools and financial systems 
  • Strong understanding of SaaS metrics (ARR, CAC, LTV, Churn, etc) 
  • Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving abilities 
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into meaningful insights
  • Very effective in a remote work environment

Finally, employee engagement software that works. Applause is a SaaS start-up founded by experienced entrepreneurs and backed by some of the best VCs in Silicon Slopes. We’re focused on helping companies supercharge their team’s performance so they can win more lifelong customers. We use automated, real-time incentives & recognition to motivate their employees to... 1. Increase sales by getting more google reviews and upsells 2. Retain more customers by improving NPS and customer service 3. Stick around longer and be more engaged in company goals Building a performance-based culture is hard. Applause makes it easy.http://www.applausehq.com/

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