Strategic Finance Analyst
Core
Strategic Finance Analyst supporting budgeting, headcount planning, and opex management for R&D in a high-growth SaaS environment.
Role type
Senior IC finance analyst (FP&A)
Builds
R&D budget, headcount plans, opex forecasts, and variance reports for engineering and product teams.
Domain
SaaS / Technology / Engineering Finance
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Financial planning & analysis (FP&A), budgeting, headcount planning, opex management, variance analysis, data modeling, process automation, AI tool application, advanced Google Sheets/Slides
Preferred skills
Pigment or Anaplan experience, BigQuery/SQL/Looker familiarity, NetSuite/Workday experience, capitalized software cost accounting, R&D tax credit processes, Python/SQL scripting, prompt engineering
Technologies
Pigment, Anaplan, Google Workspace, BigQuery, SQL, Looker, NetSuite, Workday
Responsibilities
Partner with R&D leaders to build and maintain R&D budget, headcount plan, and opex forecast; Track actuals against budget and prepare monthly variance commentary; Support headcount planning including hiring pipeline and contractor spend; Maintain recurring R&D Finance deliverables including monthly business reviews and dashboards; Support capitalized software development cost tracking and R&D tax credit documentation; Identify and implement automation or process improvements to increase efficiency; Apply AI and automation tools to reduce manual effort in reporting and forecasting.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC