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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), including revenue and cost forecasting, variance analysis, and KPI reporting. Proficient in advanced financial modeling and analysis using Microsoft Excel and financial systems to support strategic decision-making.
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Financial Planning And Analysis (FP&A)Revenue ForecastingAdvanced Microsoft Excel SkillsERP And CRM Tools ExperienceBusiness Partnering Skills
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Hard Skills
Revenue ModelingCost ForecastingVariance AnalysisKPI ReportingFinancial Statement AnalysisDriver-Based Financial ModelsData IntegrityCommission Structure ModelingSensitivity AnalysisBudgeting And Reforecasting
Soft Skills
Detail-OrientedCommercial AwarenessEffective CommunicationAdaptabilityProblem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
ERP SystemsCRM ToolsBusiness Intelligence (BI) ToolsNetSuiteSalesforce
Industry Keywords
Recurring Revenue MetricsPrivate Equity-Backed EnvironmentSaaSTechnology SectorFinancial Analysis
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesERP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Build, maintain, and enhance detailed topline revenue models incorporating key business and commercial drivers
- Develop revenue forecasts across monthly, quarterly, and annual planning cycles
- Partner with Sales and business leaders to understand pipeline, bookings, customer activity, pricing, renewals, and other revenue drivers
- Perform actual-to-budget and actual-to-forecast analysis and explain key revenue variances
- Develop scenario and sensitivity analyses to support management decision-making and improve forecast accuracy
- Own and maintain operating expense and cost forecasts across departments and cost centers
- Partner with functional leaders on hiring plans, vendor spending, discretionary costs, and other cost drivers
- Monitor spending against budget and forecast, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions
- Support headcount and compensation forecasting with Finance and HR
- Develop reporting on cost trends and business drivers
- Support annual budgeting, periodic reforecasting, and long-range planning
- Prepare monthly and quarterly financial analyses for senior management
- Develop KPI reporting connecting operational performance to financial outcomes
- Provide variance analysis across revenue, operating expenses, EBITDA, headcount, and other financial metrics
- Support ad hoc financial analysis and business cases for strategic and operational decisions
- Improve FP&A processes across ERP, planning, CRM, BI, and reporting platforms
- Improve automation and integration of financial and operational planning data
- Reduce manual processes and strengthen data integrity and reporting controls
- Assist with modeling commission structures and forecasting commission expense
- Validate commission-related data and calculations with Sales Operations, Finance, and HR
- Develop scalable commission calculation and reporting processes and controls
Requirements
What you’ll need- 5–10 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, financial analysis, or a related discipline
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
- Strong understanding of financial statements and the relationship between the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
- Demonstrated experience developing sophisticated revenue and cost forecasting models
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to build driver-based financial models from the ground up
- Strong financial systems aptitude and comfort working with large datasets from multiple systems
- Experience with ERP, planning, CRM, and/or BI tools
- Strong business partnering skills and the ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and concisely
- Detail-oriented, commercially aware, and able to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
- Preferred: Experience in a software, SaaS, technology, or recurring-revenue business
- Preferred: Experience with sales commissions, compensation planning, or commission administration
- Preferred: Experience with NetSuite and/or Salesforce
- Preferred: Experience implementing or improving FP&A or planning systems
- Preferred: Understanding of recurring revenue metrics and commercial KPIs
- Preferred: Experience in a private equity-backed or similarly performance-focused environment
