Fivetran 9 days ago

Strategic Finance Analyst

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Responsibilities

  • 01Partner with R&D (Engineering, Product, Design) leaders and Corporate FP&A to help build and maintain the company’s R&D budget, headcount plan, and opex forecast
  • 02Track actuals against budget for R&D cost centers, investigating variances and preparing monthly variance commentary for R&D leadership
  • 03Support headcount planning and tracking for the R&D organization, including hiring pipeline, backfills, and contractor/vendor spend
  • 04Maintain and refresh recurring R&D Finance deliverables, including monthly business reviews, dashboards, and spend summaries, ensuring timeliness and accuracy
  • 05Support capitalized software development cost tracking and R&D tax credit documentation in partnership with Accounting
  • 06Perform scheduled imports, model updates, and data entry in Fivetran's FP&A platform, Pigment, for R&D-specific planning models
  • 07Partner cross-functionally with stakeholders in R&D, Corporate FP&A, and Accounting to ensure consistent and reliable reporting across business units
  • 08Identify and implement automation or process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce manual work in R&D reporting and budget tracking
  • 09Apply AI and automation tools (GenAI assistants, Pigment's Analyst Agent, lightweight scripting) to reduce manual effort in R&D reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis

Requirements

  • 012+ years of experience in FP&A, ideally supporting an engineering, product, and/ or IT organization in a high-growth SaaS or tech environment
  • 02Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and a focus on accuracy
  • 03Proficiency with Google Workspace, especially Google Sheets and Slides
  • 04Familiarity with financial planning tools; experience with Pigment or Anaplan is a strong plus
  • 05Comfort working with headcount, opex, and vendor spend data across large, complex cost centers
  • 06Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to manage deliverables across time zones and with technical, non-finance stakeholders
  • 07Comfortable working with structured datasets and recurring reporting cycles
  • 08A growth mindset, proactive attitude, and desire to learn new systems and processes
  • 09Comfort experimenting with AI tools to accelerate financial analysis and reporting, with a bias toward building and improving AI-assisted workflows rather than using AI only ad hoc
  • 10You can point to a specific AI-assisted workflow you've built and describe how it changed the speed or quality of your output

What we offer

  • 01Full-time hybrid position in Bangalore, India
  • 02Collaborate with global colleagues across multiple time zones and functions
  • 03Clear growth path to Senior Finance Analyst / R&D Finance Manager