Senior FP&A Analyst

An overview of this role

The FP&A team partners with executive team members across the company to provide timely, fact-based, data-driven decision support to help drive critical decisions. The team drives annual planning, owns the operating plan and long-term financial model, internal financial reporting, and financial and analytical tools to make GitLab predictable. 

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you'll support the global Sales team. This role will work closely with Sales Leadership and Revenue Operations as a strategic advisor to help drive our Sales organization's long-term strategic planning and resource allocation. 

What You’ll Do  

• Business Partnership: Influence cross-functional team regularly. Build and manage holistic relationships with select partners.
• Financial Modeling: Build, maintain and improve financial models to plan, measure and forecast the business. Models are easily audited and used by others for areas of high complexity.
• Planning and Financial Analysis: Drive financial processes with minimal guidance.
• Data Analysis: Translate analysis into clear data-driven storylines and insights.
• Project Management: Run medium-sized projects that improve our ability to make better data driven insights.
• Communication: Effectively communicate with CFO, CFO staff and functional EVPs.
• Autonomy: Execute with limited supervision from senior members of team.
• Extends the FP&A Analyst responsibilities.

What You’ll Bring 

• 5-7 years of experience in a Finance role ideally with enterprise SaaS software model.
• Experience owning a business function as a finance business partner, ideally within Sales. 
• Business Acumen: Be able to understand the business at a level of EVP priorities.
• BS degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics or relevant degree. 
• Financial Modeling: Be able to understand and update financial models that follow industry best practices. Expertise in Google sheets (we do not use excel for modeling purposes).
• Business Partnership: Consistent track record of using quantitative analysis to impact key business decisions.
• Data Analysis: A passion for understanding business questions and making data driven insights. Excellent analytical skills. SQL experience preferred.
• Detail oriented: Ability to work through complex datasets or problems independently and build an understanding for a solution across multiple data sources.
• Communication: Ability to present financial data concisely using detailed reports and charts and through written and oral communication.
• Systems: Hands-on experience with financial and visualization software. NetSuite, Tableau and Adaptive Planning a plus.
• Ability to learn and use GitLab.
• Alignment to our company values, and working in accordance to those. 

How GitLab will support you

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
• All remote, asynchronous work environment
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and development budget 
• Parental leave 
• Home office support