Financial Analyst - FP&A II

Job Title: Financial Analyst - FP&A II

Location: Palo Alto CA(3 days a week)

Duration: 7 Months

The Senior Financial Analyst will be a key member of the Go-To-Market Finance team. Reporting to Senior Manager Finance, they will work on Commissions forecast, Headcount Management, and support key deliverables like annual planning, business reporting, accruals, BvA analysis, monthly/quarterly financial reporting and ad hoc analysis of the business.

This position will be based in Palo Alto, California and will require in-office attendance 3 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Own Sales headcount management and collaborate with Sales Ops and Recruiting to maintain accurate source of truth for actuals & forecasts.
• Construct monthly and quarterly review of metrics like
• Bookings by Product / team
• Expense by type / team
• Pipeline generation, conversion trends, risks
• Commission attainment analysis
• Productivity analysis
• Tracking KPIs for Marketing, Channel, SDR orgs that support Americas Sales
• Work on end-to-end Commissions Cash and Opex forecast and BvA
• Provide ad hoc reporting and analysis for senior management as needed to review and improve business and financial performance

Essential Skills & Experience

• Excellent attention to detail
• 3-5 years work experience in FP&A department
• A Bachelor's degree
• Advanced Excel & Google Sheets skills
• Excellent analytical and written communication skills
• Ability to work well in cross-functional teams and build strong working relationship with key partners
• Demonstrated abilities to prioritize and manage multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment to meet deadlines with efficiency and accuracy

It is helpful, but not required to have

• Experience with Adaptive Insights, NetSuite, Salesforce, Tableau, Workday, Coupa
• Prior experience managing headcount and conducting BvA calls (Budget vs Actual)
• Experience with sales bookings plan, expense plan, sales headcount ratios