Financial Analyst

SmartBear 

At SmartBear, we deliver the complete visibility developers need to make each release better than the last. Our award winning and industry favorite tools are trusted by over 16 million developers, testers, and software engineers at 32,000+ organizations – including world-renowned innovators like Adobe, JetBlue, FedEx, and Microsoft. 

About the position

We’re seeking a Financial Analyst who will partner with the global G&A organization to develop and track annual budgets, contribute to quarterly board reporting, and provide data-driven insights to support strategic decision making. Reporting directly to the Sr. Director of FP&A, the Financial Analyst will be a critical business partner to G&A leadership, Corporate FP&A, and Accounting. This is a high-impact role that will offer substantial senior leadership exposure and the opportunity to impact strategic decision making in a hyper-growth environment at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing data-driven insights to inform strategic, financial, and operational decision-making across the G&A organization
• Support strategic decision-making through analysis, with a focus on financial planning and business partnering to distill key financial metrics into actionable insights cross-functionally
• Responsible for creating the annual budgets and quarterly expense forecasts for the global G&A organization
• Work collaboratively with budget owners to understand investment strategies
• Analyze monthly expense results and concisely communicate insights to G&A leadership and Corporate FP&A
• Work collaboratively with the accounting team to provide support during month-end close cycles to ensure alignment of analytics and reporting against budget and forecast scenarios
• Develop sustainable and rigorous processes for ongoing financial reporting and review

Qualifications:

• 1-3 years of experience in financial planning and analysis
• BA/BS in Finance or related field required
• Expert Excel skills; experience building financial models and analyzing large data sets
• Excellent communication skills; ability to distill complex analyses into structured outputs and present to all levels of management
• Effective project and process management skills; highly organized, independent, and self-motivated
• SaaS industry experience is advantageous
• Prior experience with Planful or other EPM tool is a plus
• Ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast paced, high demand, results oriented environment