Senior Financial Analyst

Salesforce•Indianapolis, IN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Finance & Strategy (F&S) team is responsible for delivering financial predictability and control, business accountability, insight to optimize decisions and resources and shareholder success. The Corporate F&S team is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Corporate F&S Revenue team focusing on forecasting, metrics and reporting. This role partners closely across F&S, Finance and the Strategy teams. The role requires strong top-line forecasting skills coupled with an internal customer interaction across the broader finance organization. The selected candidate will be responsible for delivering a high degree of forecast accuracy in the company’s revenue forecast and effectively communicating the revenue forecast, topline risks and opportunities.

Requirements

Experience in Financial Planning & Analysis or a combination of Financial Planning & Analysis, Revenue Accounting and/or Financial Audit.
Degree or equivalent relevant experience required.
Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)
Business partnership skills and experience working cross-functionally
Substantial experience building, maintaining and reviewing complex financial models.
Excellent executive communication, reporting, and presentations skills.
Ability to manage through ambiguity and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment.
Self-starter who can navigate through ambiguity while aligning with business partners.
Demonstrate use of AI in daily work.
Willingness to challenge the status quo and implement new processes.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of software revenue recognition under ASC 606
Self-starter who can navigate through ambiguity while aligning with business partners.
Systems and tools experience—Snowflake, Tableau, Hyperion, Salesforce CRM, Zuora (RevPro), Microsoft Excel, Google Workspace.
Experience with relational database tools and scripting (e.g. SQL) and data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI).

Responsibilities

Delivery of an accurate revenue forecast
Topline scenario planning, effectively communicating risks & opportunities
Analyze actual and forecast variance details to understand drivers
Identify trends or issues and turn them into actionable recommendations
Revenue reporting and prepare impactful presentations that deliver messages clearly and engages the audience
Effectively partner across finance and the business in the composition and delivery of the revenue forecast: Corporate F&S Planning: delivery of the topline forecast to finance leadership
Go To Market F&S: Annual Contract Value (ACV) forecast, delivery of revenue & Current Remaining Performance Obligations (cRPO) forecast to Sales leaders
Product F&S: product revenue forecast & insights
Controllership (Revenue Recognition & Revenue Accounting): effectively incorporate revenue adjustments into the forecast