Senior Financial Analyst

MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build and run applications anywhere—on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 new developers signing up to use MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.

MongoDB is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team. This position requires an accomplished and analytical financial professional with a demonstrated track record of success in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

You are a successful business partner. You communicate clearly and are able to successfully juggle multiple priorities. You are a driven self-starter who is able to work with senior leadership comfortably, takes tasks from start to finish and someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced, challenging environment. You are responsive and adapt quickly to change, embrace challenges and champion the advancement of analyses, financial planning tools, systems, and controls.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in New York City for our hybrid working model.

As part of the FP&A team, your responsibilities will include:

• Budget vs. Actual Opex analysis throughout the organization with appropriate commentary and understanding of notable variances
• Partner with key stakeholders within the sales organization and own the budgeting, forecasting and monthly HC reconciliation and BvA process 
• Assist in maintaining and enhancing our Adaptive Insights planning tool, with duties including updating headcount forecasts, developing new reports, training stakeholders, and reviewing our implementation to enhance forecasting accuracy and automation capabilities.
• Develop a deep understanding of the financial impact and ROI of investments made by the organization
• Analyze, forecast and validate variable expenses such as commissions, travel & expense, and software
• Partner with the accounting team to ensure accuracy in departmental cost allocations that drive our quarterly external financial statements
• Assist in the annual budgeting process
• Assist in preparing quarterly board presentations
• Work on ad-hoc analysis and requests on a need basis

About you:

• 5-7 years of relevant experience
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and quantitative skills
• Knowledge of corporate finance, financial statements, and basic accounting principles
• Ability to drive strategic direction through insightful analysis
• Ability to collaborate with different teams throughout the organization
• Flexibility (open to change) and ability to learn on the fly
• Drive for results & high sense of urgency
• Attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experience in Adaptive Insights or any other FP&A software tool is a big plus
• Experience with financial modeling and proficiency in Excel
• Demonstrated ability to roll-up your sleeves and work with team members, driving projects through to completion 
• You are passionate about technology and problem solving

What does success look like? 

The Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A will be successful in this role when they can start executing the following strategic tasks/responsibilities after their first quarter with the company:

• Develop a strong understanding of the key spend categories within the different departments across the organisation and their budget vs actuals variances
• Learn to navigate around our ERP and FP&A systems (Netsuite, Adaptive and Concur) 
• Identify initial areas for improvement within our opex forecasting and Adaptive Insights automation capabilities
• Provide proactive analytical support and establish strong working relationships with stakeholders
• Own monthly close process with accounting

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys.