Data Analyst - Cloud Financial Operations

Planet • San Francisco, CA

10d • $114,200 - $142,700 • Hybrid

About The Position

Planet is seeking a Data Analyst focused on Cloud Financial Data to join its Data Team. The role involves building data products and solutions—including dashboards, self-service tooling, and data pipelines—for users across the company. The work will support optimization and forecasting of cloud spending, analysis of cost drivers, and inputs to pricing and other business decisions. The position is full-time and hybrid, requiring work from Planet’s San Francisco office three days per week.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree, technical certification, or equivalent.
• Expertise in SQL and Python for data cleaning, aggregation, and analytics.
• Experience with Git or other version control.
• Familiarity with enterprise cloud platforms.
• Reliability and accuracy in analytics work.
• Experience working in a dynamic environment serving multiple stakeholder groups with different needs and technical abilities.
• Familiarity with cloud cost use cases.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with the modern data stack, such as Fivetran, dbt, Looker, Omni, Sigma, or similar tools.
• Experience enabling finance teams with cost and revenue data.
• Familiarity with enterprise cloud platforms; GCP is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and own extract, transform, load pipelines to ingest and aggregate cloud cost-related datasets.
• Analyze and visualize data to drive insights and inform product, business, or operational problems.
• Work with key stakeholders across the business to define metrics measuring product and business efficiency.
• Build datasets into self-service data tools using modern data tooling.
• Contribute to a team of Data Scientists, Analysts, and Engineers through discussions and code reviews.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution.
• Generous paid time off, holidays, and company-wide days off.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Home office reimbursement.
• Monthly phone and internet reimbursement.
• Tuition reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Equity.
• Commuter benefits for employees local to an office.
• Paid volunteering time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level