Description:
We are hiring a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst to join our GTM (Go-to-Market) Finance team in Pakistan. This role will execute core financial processes and provide the foundational reporting necessary to track business performance for our Sales and Marketing organizations.
The FP&A Analyst will focus on data accuracy, model maintenance, and delivering standardized reports and variance analyses. You will be a key contributor to the monthly and quarterly financial cycles, ensuring timely and accurate information is provided to your US-based partners.
What You’ll Do
- Financial Reporting Execution: Prepare material for recurring financial reports, including C-Suite summaries and supporting data for Board of Directors and investor materials.
- Data Integrity: Maintain high data accuracy in reporting dashboards and forecasting tools through quality assurance and troubleshooting.
- Budget vs. Actuals: Conduct detailed monthly budget vs. actual variance analyses on operating expenses and key accounts, quantifying and documenting the differences.
- Model Management: Update, manage, and review complex financial models in Excel and Google Sheets used for monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts.
- Metric Tracking: Accurately calculate, report, and help automate key SaaS performance metrics (e.g., ARR, Sales capacity/productivity) using defined methodologies.
- Dashboard Maintenance: Build, update, and maintain scalable dashboards and standardized reports in tools like Tableau, Google Sheets, or Salesforce to track and surface performance data.
- Process Improvement Support: Document existing financial processes and support senior team members in implementing minor improvements and automations to streamline current workflows.
- Cross-Functional Data Alignment: Collaborate with Sales, Accounting, and Recruiting teams to ensure consistency and alignment when reporting key financial and operational metrics, as well as employee headcount by business unit. Reconcile discrepancies in headcount between plan and actual hires.
What We’re Looking For
- Experience: 3+ years of relevant experience in a Finance, FP&A, Accounting, or Business Intelligence role, particularly for a US-based technology company
- Education: Bachelor's degree required.
- Technical Expertise: Expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets is necessary for detailed data manipulation and financial modeling (e.g., VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, SUMIFS, Pivot Tables, etc).
- System Experience: Hands-on experience working with financial or CRM systems such as NetSuite and Salesforce.
- Data Skills: Working knowledge of SQL to query data (e.g., from Snowflake) is strongly expected. Experience with data visualization tools like Tableau is a plus.
- Financial Knowledge: Familiarity with SaaS metrics (e.g., ARR) and core GAAP accounting concepts.
- Work Style: Highly detail-oriented, organized, and focused on data accuracy, with the ability to execute multiple tasks effectively under deadlines.
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills to clearly present data and findings to remote team members.