Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

10 Minutes ago • 1-2 Years
Financial Analysis

Job Description

Salesforce is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst to join the Finance & Strategy team. This role involves guiding decision-making through business partnership and innovative analysis, focusing on functional expense and headcount consolidation, centralized management reporting, and cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and a systems-oriented mindset, thriving in a fast-paced, hybrid environment.
Good To Have:
  • Experience with SQL and Snowflake is a plus.
  • Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, PowerBI) and automation tools (Tableau Prep, Alteryx, etc.) preferred.
Must Have:
  • Build, maintain, and enhance centralized financial models.
  • Consolidate and synthesize global financial inputs.
  • Assist in preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual management reporting packages.
  • Support monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting and close processes.
  • Collaborate with other stakeholders for data insights and accuracy.
  • Identify and recommend opportunities to improve financial processes.
  • Leverage systems and automation tools for reporting workflows.
  • Document financial procedures and best practices.
  • Degree or equivalent relevant experience required.
  • 1–2 years of post-graduate experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, or F&S.
  • Strong skills in MS Excel, Hyperion, Smartview, and Google Suite.
  • Highly collaborative team player with a self-starter mindset.
  • Comfortable managing ambiguity and competing priorities.
  • Ability to establish and manage stakeholder relationships.
  • Clear, concise, and professional communications.
  • Emotional Intelligence, empathetic mindset, and humility.
  • Sharp attention to detail and strong analytical thinking.
  • Strong desire to process improve and drive efficiencies.
Perks:
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • 401k
  • ESPP
  • Generous parental leave
  • Adoption assistance
  • Fertility benefits
  • Time off programs
  • Vision insurance
  • Mental health support
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Employee stock purchasing program

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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. This role is hybrid and reports to the Indianapolis office three days per week.

We are looking for forward-thinking, goal-oriented individuals that will succeed in a fast-paced environment and thrive in building and improving processes that will allow the company to scale with growth. This role’s primary responsibilities will be focused on functional expense and headcount consolidation, centralized management reporting, and cross-functional collaboration with global stakeholders across the F&S organization, the Finance Data Office, and Controllership. The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical skills and a systems-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities:

  • Build, maintain, and enhance centralized financial models to support business planning and strategic initiatives
  • Consolidate and synthesize global financial inputs (e.g., expense, headcount, forecasts) across business units and regions to support enterprise-level analysis and executive decision-making
  • Assist in preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual management reporting packages
  • Support monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting and close processes by managing timelines, consolidating inputs, and performing quality checks
  • Collaborate with other stakeholders to gather data for insights and accuracy
  • Identify and recommend opportunities to improve existing financial processes, reporting and data collection methods.
  • Leverage systems and automation tools to streamline central reporting workflows
  • Document financial procedures and best practices to ensure consistency and knowledge transfer.

Technical Skills:

  • 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.)
  • 1–2 years of post-graduate experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, or a Finance & Strategy function at a multinational organization
  • Strong skills in MS Excel, Hyperion, Smartview and Google Suite. Experience with SQL and Snowflake is a plus.
  • Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, PowerBI) and automation tools (Tableau Prep, Alteryx, etc.) preferred
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Track record of successful and quantifiable process improvement projects.

Non-Technical Skills:

  • Highly collaborative team player with a self-starter mindset, strong initiative and Get it Done attitude
  • Comfortable managing ambiguity and competing priorities in a dynamic environment
  • Ability to establish and manage stakeholder relationships
  • Clear, concise and professional communications – written & verbal; interpersonal skills
  • Emotional Intelligence, empathetic mindset and humility to create space for learning
  • Sharp attention to detail and strong analytical thinking
  • Strong desire to process improve and drive efficiencies

We have a public-facing website https://salesforcebenefits.com/ that explains our various benefits, including medical, dental, 401k, ESPP, generous parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility benefits, and more. Visit for the full breakdown!

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