Senior Financial Analyst

Are you energized by turning complex compensation and financial data into accurate, actionable insights that drive business decisions? Do you enjoy building scalable processes, strengthening controls, and partnering across teams to ensure data integrity and operational excellence? Are you excited to leverage modern financial systems, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve analysis, uncover trends, and help a fast-growing company scale responsibly? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team.

As a Senior Financial Analyst at Ridgeline, you will play a critical role in supporting variable compensation operations and Corporate FP&A, with a primary focus on ensuring compensation programs are accurately administered, analyzed, accrued, and paid. You will partner closely with Accounting, Revenue Operations, People, Sales, and business leaders to maintain strong governance, deliver reliable reporting, and provide meaningful financial insights that support company growth. You'll work with cutting-edge financial technologies and approved AI-enabled tools to improve data quality, streamline workflows, surface actionable insights, and scale repeatable processes across Finance.

At Ridgeline, how we work matters as much as what we build. Ridgeliners act like owners, choose growth over comfort, and communicate with transparency. We assume positive intent, bias toward action, and bring solutions—not just problems. We celebrate wins, learn from setbacks, and thrive in a resilient, collaborative, high-performing culture. If this excites you, we’d love to meet you!

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

The impact you will have

• Support end-to-end variable compensation operations, including quota modeling, commission calculations, attainment reporting, accruals, payout analysis, and anomaly detection
• Administer and maintain compensation plans within CaptivateIQ, ensuring accurate calculations, plan governance, and timely execution
• Partner with Sales, Revenue Operations, People, Accounting, and business leaders to validate compensation inputs and ensure alignment with approved plan terms
• Prepare and reconcile commission payment files, accrual reports, variance analyses, and supporting documentation in partnership with Accounting and Payroll
• Investigate compensation inquiries, exceptions, disputes, and data discrepancies while maintaining strong controls and governance standards
• Utilize approved AI tools to streamline analysis, improve documentation, identify anomalies, and reduce manual effort while protecting confidential information
• Support monthly close activities, budget-to-actual reporting, forecasting, annual planning, and long-range planning processes
• Maintain and enhance financial models supporting headcount planning, operating expenses, compensation expense, vendor spend, and strategic investments
• Analyze financial and operational performance drivers, identify risks and opportunities, and improve forecast accuracy through data-driven insights
• Prepare reporting packages, dashboards, and executive-ready materials that translate complex financial and compensation data into clear recommendations
• Maintain process documentation, business assumptions, planning templates, and AI-assisted workflows that support scalable and auditable operations
• Identify opportunities to improve data quality, automate manual processes, strengthen controls, and increase operational efficiency as the company grows
• Contribute to a collaborative environment rooted in learning, transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement

What we look for

• 3–5 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, revenue operations, compensation analytics, or a related analytical function
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience supporting financial planning, forecasting, reporting, compensation analytics, or related business processes
• Familiarity with variable compensation concepts including quotas, commissions, incentive plans, attainment reporting, accruals, and payouts
• Experience working with systems such as CaptivateIQ, Salesforce, Workday, Adaptive Planning, Looker, Tableau, ERP platforms, or similar tools
• Ability to work with large datasets, reconcile information across multiple systems, and produce accurate, reliable reporting
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex findings into practical recommendations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audience