FP&A Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Responsible for headcount planning, budget tracking, and forecasting throughout the organization, including managing approved roles, hiring timelines, compensation assumptions, and any deviations from the plan.

• Keeping a transparent view of cost of goods sold (COGS) while facilitating ongoing COGS forecasting, variance analysis, and performance reporting.

• Collaborating with the Marketing department to track expenditures, comprehend budget variations, and assess the financial implications of programs, campaigns, and partnerships.

• Assisting in the weekly Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) forecast by collecting data, validating assumptions, recognizing changes, and ensuring a consistent forecasting rhythm.

• Creating regular financial presentations, executive materials, and written performance reports that clarify changes, their causes, and areas needing attention.

• Conducting budget vs. actual analyses and engaging with department heads regarding spending variations, risks, and forecast modifications.

• Aiding in monthly and quarterly planning discussions with comprehensive financial analyses and well-structured materials.

• Collaborating with the Accounting team during month-end closing to enhance the accuracy and promptness of accruals, expense reporting, and variance clarifications.

• Enhancing recurring Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) processes, templates, and reporting workflows to enable the finance team to operate with increased efficiency and consistency.

• Directly handling financial and operational data, verifying inputs, identifying discrepancies, and escalating concerns that could impact business decisions.

• Leveraging AI tools to expedite analysis, draft initial performance narratives, uncover trends, and refine recurring workflows while maintaining strong human judgment, confidentiality, and financial accuracy.

• Taking ownership of creating detailed Board and executive materials, including financial presentations, performance narratives, variance explanations, and supporting analyses. You will ensure precision in every number, clarity in every message, and usefulness in every takeaway for decision-making.

⛳️ Requirements

• Possess strong experience in FP&A, encompassing forecasting, headcount planning, budget management, and variance analysis.

• Capable of independently managing recurring financial processes and producing precise work with minimal oversight.

• Comfortable working directly with department leaders and posing insightful questions when assumptions or spending plans are unclear.

• Able to transition from financial data to articulate written explanations of business performance.

• Exhibit a strong sense of intellectual curiosity and often find yourself questioning “why” instead of merely reporting the numbers.

• Possess strong spreadsheet and financial modeling capabilities and are adept at working with large or imperfect datasets.

• Value data integrity and will investigate any discrepancies rather than simply passing them along.

• Show interest in how AI can enhance finance workflows and have proven sound judgment in applying AI tools to analytical tasks.

• Believe in the importance of diversity and inclusion within organizations and are dedicated to ensuring that all actions at Tiger Data align with this belief.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible PTO and comprehensive family leave.

• Fridays off in August 😎.

• Fully remote opportunities available globally.

• Stock options for long-term growth.

• Monthly WiFi stipend.

• Access to professional development and educational resources 📚.

• Premium insurance options for you and your family (available for US-based employees).