Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Analyst

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Finance

Job Details

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The Finance & Strategy (F&S) team serves as a trusted advisor to the business, guiding decision-making through strong business partnership and insightful, innovative analysis. We are seeking forward-thinking, results-oriented individuals who thrive in a fast-paced environment and can improve processes to help the company scale with growth.

Role Description
Salesforce is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Analyst to support our F&S Customer Success (CS) team. This role will partner with CS and overall Go-to-Market (GTM) organizations on financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, and ad hoc analyses. We are looking for a self-starter who can build thoughtful analysis and reporting to enable budget execution and optimization, and who can play an integral role in key cross-functional initiatives and projects.

Responsibilities

• Shape and optimize end-to-end processes for forecasting topline revenue, headcount, direct expenses, and consolidations.

• Act as consolidations lead, ensuring financial data is accurately compiled, reconciled, and presented for leadership reviews.

• Partner with the broader F&S GTM team to develop forecasting models, build dashboards, identify business trends, and craft narratives for headcount and expense planning.

• Conduct in-depth financial analyses to explain variances versus forecast during monthly close, delivering actionable insights to Finance Business Partners.

• Provide ad hoc financial support and scenario analysis to Finance Business Partners and other stakeholders.

• Collaborate cross-functionally to enhance forecasting, reporting, and analysis processes for greater efficiency and data accuracy.

Minimum Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the Values & Behaviors for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

• 4+ years of FP&A experience (forecasting, planning, and financial cycles); public accounting backgrounds also considered

• Advanced spreadsheet skills in Excel and Google Sheets

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, changing environment

• Detail-oriented and highly organized

• Strong analytical, modeling, and planning skills

• Experience developing management presentations in PowerPoint or Google Slides

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior Big Four public accounting/advisory or management consulting experience

• Finance/Accounting degree and/or MBA or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the Values & Behaviors for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

This role is hybrid and goes into the office 3 days per week.

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