Senior Analyst, Strategic Finance

Cogent Security • New York, NY

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About The Position

We're hiring a Senior Analyst, Strategic Finance to own our financial model and the analysis behind how the company plans, forecasts, and invests. The role spans the five-year operating model, headcount planning, core SaaS metrics, board materials, and GTM finance - including sales capacity modeling, pipeline analytics, and commission design. You'll report to the Head of Finance & Operations and work directly with the CEO and sales leadership. This is hands-on work and a strong fit for someone making a move from banking or an MBB environment into an operating company; the role grows into leading the strategic finance function.

Requirements

• 2-6 years of experience in investment banking, management consulting, or a comparably analytical finance role
• Ability to build and maintain a P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow forecast from scratch
• Strong quantitative judgment; you can explain complex analysis concisely to executives
• Strong financial modeling abilities
• Comfortable with broad scope and shifting priorities at an early-stage company

Nice To Haves

• Experience in cybersecurity, SaaS, or early-stage operating work
• Experience partnering with GTM teams on capacity planning or pipeline analytics
• Hands-on with AI tools for modeling, reporting, or internal tooling

Responsibilities

• Own the five-year operating model and run the annual and quarterly planning process
• Collaborate across the business to design hiring plans and build the three-statement forecast supporting lender and covenant reporting
• Own the sales capacity model; partner with GTM leadership on quota setting, territory and segment planning, and pipeline analytics
• Design and support commission plans; support pricing and packaging decisions with analysis
• Own core SaaS metrics: ARR, net revenue retention, pipeline coverage, sales efficiency, CAC payback, burn multiple, and gross margin
• Build dashboards and self-serve reporting for the leadership team; support board meeting preparation
• Use AI tooling to build models, analyses, and internal reporting tools; apply AI workflows to accelerate forecasting, variance analysis, and ad hoc requests

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed