Sr Financial Analyst

Telesign connects, protects and proactively defends companies, customers and the digital interactions between them. With powerful AI that delivers identity with speed, accuracy and global reach, we enable Continuous Trust. Empowering companies to transact, communicate and engage with their customers free of fear, Continuous Trust makes the promise of the digital economy possible. 

The Senior Financial Analyst is a critical contributor to the finance organization, executing and supporting top-line business planning, strategic pricing, management reporting and performance analytics. The Senior Financial Analyst will provide analytical support in forecasting, reporting and analysis of revenue, cost and direct margin, as well as assessing the impact of top line growth on TeleSign’s larger cost structure. The Senior Financial Analyst will also have the opportunity to execute global pricing strategies and help drive revenue growth across the business. The Senior Financial Analyst will work closely with departments across TeleSign with a special focus on providing analytical and consultative support to customer-facing teams. 

A strong candidate will have significant, hands-on experience with forecasting, reporting, and financial modeling, preferably in a public company. A strong candidate must be able to critically analyze data, perform detailed variance analysis, draw insightful conclusions, and be comfortable giving high-impact recommendations. The candidate will be a resourceful, fact-based, strategic thinker with the ability to accurately communicate complex data and nuanced concepts both verbally and visually to audiences at different levels and with different backgrounds within the company. Demonstrated teamwork, strong execution skills, and the ability to react quickly in a fast-paced environment are also essential to success in this position.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for top line analytics which includes budgeting, forecasting, reporting and general analytics to drive business insights and growth.
• Review monthly forecasts. Explain deviations to budget, prior month and prior year. Present and discuss results with Finance Manager, Finance Director, CFO and Sales Leadership. Improve monthly forecasting and top-line reporting.
• Validate the outcome of month-end close tasks related to customer-level DM, revenue and cost. Produce month-end financial decks for Revenue and DM, including both data and comments on the fluctuations. Consistently review the close process and propose improvements.
• Prepare annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and rolling forecasts. Assist with building multi-year plans. Provide supplemental trend analysis as necessary.
• Provide analytical support in evaluating the impact of topline growth on TeleSign’s larger cost structure, including headcount opex, other opex and capex expense, finding ways to forecast and optimize operating leverage over time.
• Partner with operational teams (Messaging Operations, Customer Success, Sales, Marketing) to drive higher quality insights and provide guidance to improve company’s overall performance.
• Assist with special finance projects and partner with cross-functional departments in preparing analyses including financial modeling of new business ideas, due diligence, and external evaluations.
• Lead the adoption of data-driven decision-making process to support company growth while ensuring accuracy of data.

Essential Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience in financial analysis and planning or business analysis.
• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field – Business Administration, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Operational Research or related field is required.
• Initiative to create presentations and analyses from scratch to answer questions posed and be able to investigate the details and interpret the impact of key business drivers.
• An independent, self-motivated individual with a customer centric approach to work.
• Detail-oriented and organized; has developed a habit of checking the accuracy of data and analysis as an integral part of their process.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills are required.
• Tableau, Salesforce, Adaptive Insights, NetSuite experience preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and to meet deadlines.
• Critical thinking skills, depth of analysis, and ability to contextualize business situations.
• Direct experience providing analytical support for Sales and Customer Success teams.
• Experience in a public company is a plus.

About the Role:

We consider many different factors to determine your compensation package at Telesign. We assess your specific job family, level, relevant skills, experience, location and other special trainings, experiences, or accomplishments you bring to the position. Pay decisions are also guided by our financial means as well as analyzed against what others earn internally. We strive to pay competitively and offer market differentiated benefits and perquisites in line with our compensation philosophy. Telesign’s good faith estimate for this position is $74,400 - $156,100 + bonus + benefits. This range is a reflection of many similar like positions and your actual compensation may not be at the high or low end of the range but will be based on your unique skills and other criteria mentioned. Telesign is committed to offering each individual an elevated employee experience through growth and learning opportunities in addition to an inclusive work culture coupled with other perquisites such as flexible working environment, fitness reimbursements, and Grubhub gift certificates, just to name a few. 

About Telesign:

Telesign connects and protects online experiences with sophisticated customer identity and engagement solutions. Through APIs that deliver user verification, data insights, and communications we solve today’s unique customer challenges by bridging businesses to the complex world of global telecommunications. 

Telesign is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe our differences help us create a better workplace, a better product, and a better community. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.  

Telesign is an Affirmative Action Employer and as part of the commitment to AAP, it will seek to ensure affirmative action to provide equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment, and that all personnel activities, such as the recruitment selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, transfer, layoff and termination processes remain free of illegal discrimination and harassment based on protected characteristics. 

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