Senior Financial Analyst, Marketing & Legal

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Join the team as Twilio’s next Senior Financial Analyst, G&A.

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About the job

Twilio is seeking a G&A Senior Financial Analyst to join our Corporate Finance team. This will be a highly visible role, partnering with the Marketing and Legal business teams in supporting budget management, forecasting processes, and analysis. This role will be a strategic business partner and will have the ability to influence and drive process enhancements and decisions across the teams’ scope.

Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll:

• Partner with the Marketing and Legal leadership teams to analyze complex business decisions and provide sound financial perspectives.   
• Lead strategic financial planning processes from start to finish for the global Marketing and Legal teams. This includes managing monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-term forecasts, as well as tactical planning with the global teams.
• Partner with the Sourcing and Accounting teams on processes related to managing purchase requisitions and purchase orders. This includes coordination with the teams on the review and approval of PRs/POs and supporting the month end accrual process.
• Manage the OPEX budget and headcount for all teams within the Marketing and Legal organizations.
• Own the in quarter pacing process for the Marketing and Legal spend, and prepare and communicate monthly vendor spend variances.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis, as needed.

Qualifications 

Not all applicants will have skills that match a job description exactly. Twilio values diverse experiences in other industries, and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to apply. While having “desired” qualifications make for a strong candidate, we encourage applicants with alternative experiences to also apply. If your career is just starting or hasn't followed a traditional path, don't let that stop you from considering Twilio. We are always looking for people who will bring something new to the table!

 

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business, Economics or related field, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5+ years of finance experience, ideally in a high growth Technology or Software/SaaS environment.
• Experience owning financial reporting and budgeting analysis, including managing in-period pacing of expenses.
• Strong financial and analytical skills and the ability to break financial processes and concepts into specific tasks and simple terms
• Project management and organizational skills, including the ability to partner with Accounting and FP&A teams across the organization
• Ability to communicate clearly and succinctly in prose, presentations, and verbally to multiple levels within the organization.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills
• Some experience with FP&A systems and tools e.g. Anaplan, Oracle, Tableau
• Understanding of GAAP accounting principles and procedures

 

Desired:

• Previous experience supporting Marketing and G&A organizations.

 

Location

This role will be remote but is not eligible to be hired in San Francisco, CA, Oakland, CA, San Jose, CA, or the surrounding areas.

 

Travel 

 

We prioritize connection and opportunities to build relationships with our customers and each other. For this role, you may be required to travel occasionally to participate in project or team in-person meetings.

What We Offer

There are many benefits to working at Twilio, including, in addition to competitive pay, things like generous time-off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.Twilio thinks big. Do you?

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