Senior Financial Analyst (Sales & Marketing)

WP Engine • Austin, TX

10d • $88,000 - $121,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Go-to-Market (GTM) Finance team leads decision support for company-wide pivotal initiatives, drives business insights focused on cutting-edge business issues, and delivers bookings, churn, revenue, and top-line critical metric reporting and forecasting. This fast-paced role provides an outstanding opportunity to drive strategic analytics and decision support in a cross-functional B2B SaaS organization across Sales, Marketing, and Customer Experience. In this role, you will partner directly with business leaders in Sales and Marketing to optimize operational performance through revenue, cost, and efficiency metrics. You will maintain the company’s operating model and strategic plans, and act as a trusted advisor to help our business units solve difficult problems, build business cases, and maximize ROI on marketing spend and customer acquisition. At WP Engine, we believe that good ideas can come from anywhere, and we’ll trust you to collaborate with others, form intelligent opinions, and present your thoughts to decision-makers and the executive team.

Requirements

• 3+ years of financial analyst experience on a Strategic Finance or FP&A team at a fast-growing company, or background in investment banking, consulting, or private equity.
• Deep operational understanding of SaaS business models, customer acquisition funnels, and core metrics such as Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR), LTV, CAC, and sales productivity.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and financial modeling skills with a demonstrated ability to handle very large "raw" data sets with the highest regard for accuracy and completeness.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with an ability to distill complex financial scenarios into structured frameworks and tell a story through data.
• Analytical, creative, positive, and results-oriented problem solver who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and approaches work with a high degree of integrity and humility.

Nice To Haves

• Previous SaaS industry experience is highly preferred.
• Experience with financial planning and business intelligence tools such as Workday Adaptive Planning, NetSuite, Looker, or Salesforce is a significant plus.

Responsibilities

• Build dynamic, long-term relationships with Executives and VP teams across the Sales, Marketing, and Revenue organizations to analyze business performance and drive strategic capital and operational resource allocation.
• Build and manage dynamic, scalable financial models and multi-year plans, developing compelling outputs that track bookings, revenue, and core SaaS metrics.
• Formulate high-value analysis and deep dives into critical metrics such as LTV:CAC, sales efficiency, marketing funnel performance, and return on investment (ROI) to inform better commercial decisions.
• Lead monthly and quarter-end financial processes, driving formal budget reviews and rolling forecasts to ensure operational expenses are tightly aligned month to month and gaps vs. plan are proactively addressed.
• Prepare business cases, sensitivity analyses, and executive-ready reports or dashboards to present insights, trends, risks, and opportunities clearly to leadership and the broader business.

Benefits

• Company stock options for every employee.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with choice and flexibility.
• Fertility and IVF drug coverage included.
• 401(k) with a 4% company match and Company HSA contributions ($750 individual / $1,500 family).
• 100% employer-paid short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Generous PTO, 10 paid holidays, 4 company wellness days, and 1 floating holiday.
• Fully paid leave for new parents and caregivers.
• $500 one-time home office setup stipend.
• Ongoing education through LinkedIn Learning, Workday Learning, and our Career Growth Portal

What This Job Offers

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