FP&A Analyst GTM
About The Position
Datadog’s Finance team provides commercial, operational, and analytical support to help the business scale. The FP&A Analyst will support go-to-market (GTM) departments, including Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing, by partnering with the Senior Manager of GTM FP&A on budgeting and forecasting for some or all of these areas. The role works closely with the Strategy team to understand historical sales and marketing performance and help inform the company’s future strategy, connecting business, strategy, and finance. Datadog operates as a hybrid workplace and values office collaboration and relationships. The role offers an opportunity to support GTM decision-making while contributing to the broader FP&A team’s financial analysis and efforts to help the organization scale thoughtfully.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of professional experience in investment banking, equity research, FP&A, or another relevant field.
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, or economics.
- Mastery of Excel and PowerPoint, with demonstrated experience building financial models and managing complex data.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts clearly.
- Ability to build relationships and influence people at all levels of management and across functions.
- Ability to provide recommendations that drive execution and decision-making and to act as a trusted, objective advisor.
Nice To Haves
- MBA or CFA.
- Understanding of Workday Adaptive Planning.
- Experience in or understanding of a consumption-based software business model.
Responsibilities
- Provide finance support to GTM teams, which may include Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success.
- Support annual planning for GTM headcount, travel and entertainment, and discretionary spending.
- Meet regularly with departments to review budget-versus-actual results and calibrate forecasts.
- Analyze sales performance, including attainment, productivity, and customer acquisition cost payback, and/or marketing performance, including funnel conversion and return on investment.
- Partner with the Strategy team to align metrics and reporting.
- Contribute with the Strategy team to decisions involving sales territory management, commissions planning and related expenses, account segmentation, pricing and packaging, and other strategic matters.
- Work with the broader FP&A team to understand company financials and analytics and help the organization scale thoughtfully.
Benefits
- New-hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
- Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking.
- Inclusive company culture and opportunity to join Community Guilds.
- Competitive benefits package, which may vary based on country and nature of employment.
- Healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits.
- 401(k) plan and match.
- Paid time off.
- Fitness reimbursements.
- Discounted employee stock purchase plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
