Senior Financial Analyst - Corporate

Overview of the Role

The Finance & Strategy (F&S) team is responsible for delivering financial predictability and control, business accountability, insight to optimize decisions and resources, and shareholder success. The Corporate F&S team is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Corporate F&S Revenue team focusing on forecasting, metrics and reporting. This role partners closely across F&S, Finance and Strategy teams. The candidate will deliver a high degree of forecast accuracy in the company's revenue forecast and effectively communicate the revenue forecast, topline risks and opportunities.

• Delivery of an accurate revenue forecast
• Topline scenario planning, effectively communicating risks & opportunities
• Analyze actual and forecast variance details to understand drivers
• Identify trends or issues and turn them into actionable recommendations
• Revenue reporting and prepare impactful presentations that deliver clear messages and engage the audience
• Effectively partner across finance and the business in the composition and delivery of the revenue forecast:
  • Corporate F&S Planning: delivery of the topline forecast to finance leadership
  • Go To Market F&S:
    Annual Contract Value (ACV) forecast, delivery of revenue & Current Remaining Performance Obligations (cRPO) forecast to Sales leaders
  • Product F&S: product revenue forecast & insights
  • Controllership (Revenue Recognition & Revenue Accounting): effectively incorporate revenue adjustments into the forecast

• Experience in Financial Planning & Analysis or a combination of Financial Planning & Analysis, Revenue Accounting and/or Financial Audit
• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on core competencies for the role such as extracurricular leadership, military experience, volunteer roles, and work experience
• Business partnership skills and experience working cross-functionally
• Substantial experience building, maintaining and reviewing complex financial models
• Excellent executive communication, reporting, and presentation skills
• Ability to manage through ambiguity and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment
• Self-starter who can navigate through ambiguity while aligning with business partners
• Demonstrate use of AI in daily work
• Willingness to challenge the status quo and implement new processes

• Knowledge of software revenue recognition under ASC 606
• Systems and tools experience – Snowflake, Tableau, Hyperion, Salesforce CRM, Zuora (Rev Pro), Microsoft Excel, Google Workspace
• Experience with relational database tools and scripting (e.g., SQL) and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI)

This role is hybrid and requires office presence 3 days per week.

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