Strategic Financial Analyst

At Vagaro, we believe in fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment where every team member can thrive. Our culture is built on innovation, continuous learning, and a passion for making a positive impact. We support our employees' growth and vision for themselves, offering opportunities for professional development and career advancement. Join us and be part of a team that values creativity, teamwork, and a commitment to excellence.

Plus, we know how to have fun while getting the job done!

This role offers close exposure to the people who run the business and real ownership of the work. Vagaro is a vertical SaaS and payments platform serving more than 100,000 business owners across beauty, wellness, and fitness. Our finance team is small, so every analyst takes on real responsibility early.

You will work directly with the Head of FP&A and present to our senior leadership (CEO, CFO, COO, etc.). The questions you take on are the ones leadership acts on:

You will be involved in the full arc of the work: building the model, forming a view, making a recommendation, and supporting the operating team after the decision has been made.

* This role is based onsite in Pleasanton, CA Monday through Friday*

• Base Annual Salary: $110,000 - $140,000
• Annual Bonus:
  Up to 10%

Strategic Analysis and Executive Decision Support (most of your time)

• Own analyses that inform major decisions: pricing, product investment, go-to-market, and capital allocation.
• Build and maintain the company's core operating model, including EBITDA forecasting, churn analysis, and unit economics, and use it to run scenarios and sensitivities.
• Turn ambiguous questions into structured analyses, then into clear recommendations for senior leadership, usually as a short memo or a few slides.
• Partner with Product, Sales, Marketing, and Operations leaders to size opportunities and track whether the bets pay off.

• Support the annual budget and rolling forecast, with emphasis on explaining what drives the numbers and what the implications are.
• Run variance analysis that ends in a point of view and a recommended action.

• Own the weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting package (MRR, ARR, churn, transaction volume, payments revenue) and the executive dashboards.
• Where reporting is slow or manual, you will help streamline and improve it. This will generally require improving our use of Excel, Power BI, and/or AI.
• Senior Analysts will lead larger, more cross-functional work streams, own the model architecture, and guide how the team frames and presents its work.

People who do well at Vagaro tend to share a few qualities, no matter what their résumé looks like. Colleagues turn to you when a problem is hard. You learn new businesses, datasets, and tools quickly, and you care about getting the work right.

• Strategy consulting, at the Analyst, Consultant, or Associate level
• Investment banking, equity research, private equity, or corporate development
• Strategy, finance, or operations teams at leading technology companies
• If your background is different but your track record is strong, we would love to hear from you.

• You have a record of strong performance, such as early promotions, challenging assignments, or added responsibility.
• You think in structure: you can break an ambiguous question into pieces and work toward a clear answer.
• You look for real ownership, love diving into the details, and hate inefficiencies.
• You are comfortable with numbers and build analyses that hold up to scrutiny.
• You communicate clearly and with confidence, in writing and in front of senior leadership.
• You set a high bar for your own work and enjoy working with others who do too.

• 2-4+ years of relevant experience.
• A bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field is typical, but not mandatory.
• We care much more about how you think and what you have accomplished than where you did it or for how long.

• Scope and growth
• Direct access to senior leadership and visibility into how decisions are made
• Ownership of your analyses from question to recommendation to outcome
• A small, in-person team that works side by side, with…