Sr. Financial Analyst (Remote)

Company: Percona
Location: Chicago
Posted on: April 5, 2025

Job Description:

The Sr. Financial Analyst is a trusted resource who provides guidance and insight to help drive strategic planning that supports value creation and continued profitable growth for the company. This individual contributor role interfaces with senior management and the C-suite, synthesising data and business objectives to model financial outcomes. This role will be integral to building a best-in-class FP&A function with the operational framework to support future growth.What You Will Do:

• Manage the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting planning processes
• Administer Percona's financial planning tool Planful, including financial model development, report writing, and ongoing maintenance/updates
• Validate financial results and communicate performance to the executive team and budget owners, as well as historical trends, noting any discrepancies or risks to plan
• Prepare financial reporting packages: written narratives (monthly) and presentations (quarterly)
• Communicate regularly with budget owners to understand headcount needs and expense run rates
• Work closely with People & Culture to be in lockstep on workforce planning
• Understand the drivers of each business unit/product line and support leaders with financial modeling and analyses, including new product initiatives
• Work with budget owners to incorporate investment needs responsibly and support strategic decision making with "what if" and "scenario" analyses
• Report on trends and analysis, highlighting areas of opportunity for margin improvement, business growth, operating efficiencies and increased profitability
• Report and analyze SaaS metrics (e.g., ARR, MRR, churn, CAC, LTV) across multiple dimensions such as customer segments, product lines, and geographic regions to measure performance, benchmark against industry peers and challenge/qualify/set targets
• Improve product line, technology, and customer segment reporting of bookings and MRR to provide advice, guidance and financial recommendations on the company's portfolio mix to highlight opportunities and risks
• Identify and lead initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools, processes, and methodologies
• Partner with Accounting, Human Resources, and Revenue Operations teams to ensure seamless and cohesive reporting and analysis
• Support Sr. Director of Finance and CFO projects and analyses as requiredWhat You Have Done:
  • 5+ years' experience as a Senior Financial Analyst with high growth, software/tech companies
  • BSBA degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance, or Statistics; advanced professional certification or designation such as CPA or MBA a plus
  • Superior skillset using best in class EPMs (Adaptive, Planful, etc.), ERPs (Intacct, Netsuite, etc.), CRM (Salesforce), and BI tools (Qlik)
  • Advanced to expert knowledge of Excel and Google Sheets
  • SaaS and/or recurring revenue model experience
  • Thorough understanding of software industry metrics (bookings, pipeline, ARR, MRR, NRR, churn, CAC, LTV, etc.)
  • Proven skills developing and validating financial models
  • Hands on, proactive problem-solving expertise
  • Excellent oral and written communications skills
  • Consistently meets or beats deadlines
  • Accustomed to quick pivots based on business needs and prioritiesWhat Will Make You Stand Out:
    • Appreciation for iterative processes, open to constantly incorporating feedback and changes
    • Skilled in synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data
    • The ability to translate data into compelling narratives for non-financial stakeholders
    • Open source experiencePersonal Attributes:
      • Analytical
      • Detail oriented
      • Highly organized, dependable, and reliable
      • Leads by example
      • Empathetic
      • Adaptable, resourceful, able to work within ambiguity
      • Creative and curious - find a better way
      • Strong interpersonal skills - diplomatic, tactful, collaborativeWhy Percona?At Percona, we believe an open world is a better world. Our mission is to enable everyone to innovate freely, by providing the best open source database software, support, and services. We make databases and applications run better through a unique combination of expertise and open source software built with the community for you. Our technical teams are experts in MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB.Percona is proud to be a remote-only and globally dispersed workforce - we have colleagues in more than 50 countries! We offer a collaborative, highly-engaged culture where your ideas are welcome and your voice is heard.Our staff receives generous benefits including flexible work hours and various paid time off programs, all your equipment for your remote office, funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences), ongoing connectivity allowances, and the opportunity to participate in our equity incentive plan. We also have benefits that support a healthy work/life balance such as The Percona Adventure Team, Work-from-Anywhere, FlowDays, FryDays, and overall flexibility. We also support being socially responsible through our PAVE volunteering program and Women Transforming Technology.If you love the idea of working with a high-growth tech company that is one of the best in the business and known globally as a leader in the open-source database space, let's talk!Connect with us and stay up to date on our latest news and developments by following us on and . We look forward to connecting with you!
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