Senior Financial Analyst, Headcount & OpEx Planning
About The Position
Crusoe’s Finance team is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to own company-wide headcount and operating expense (OpEx) finance. The role serves as the source of truth for current and planned headcount and spending outside of capital projects, and owns planning, budgeting, forecasting, and actuals reporting to keep leadership and the business aligned. The analyst partners with People, Recruiting, and department leaders on headcount planning, manages the OpEx budget process end-to-end, and ensures monthly actuals provide an accurate and timely view against plan. This is a highly visible opportunity to bring structure and rigor to how a scaling company manages its people and operating costs.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of progressive finance experience, including meaningful ownership of headcount and/or OpEx planning and reporting.
- Strong financial modeling skills and advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets.
- Experience with planning tools such as Anaplan, Adaptive, Workday, or similar.
- Ability to partner with People or Recruiting teams and translate hiring plans into financial impact.
- Experience owning a budgeting and actuals reporting process end-to-end, including variance analysis and stakeholder communication.
- Excellent attention to detail and ownership of data accuracy.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain budget and variance drivers clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
Nice To Haves
- MBA.
Responsibilities
- Own the company-wide headcount plan and forecast, partnering with People and department leaders to track open requisitions, hiring pace, and attrition against plan.
- Lead annual budgeting and in-year OpEx forecasting across departments, working with budget owners to develop defensible, well-documented plans.
- Own monthly and quarterly headcount and OpEx actuals reporting, identify variances to plan, and partner with budget owners on root causes and corrective actions.
- Maintain rolling headcount and OpEx forecasts, updating them for approved changes, hiring plan shifts, and in-year business decisions.
- Serve as the finance contact for department leaders on headcount and OpEx questions, helping them understand budgets and make informed trade-offs.
- Partner with HR on new or changing benefits ideas to improve employees’ experience.
- Partner with Marketing and other leaders on OpEx budgets, plans, and associated ROI.
- Improve planning, tracking, and reporting tools and processes to reduce manual reconciliation and increase self-service visibility for stakeholders.
- Prepare clear, accurate headcount and OpEx reporting packages for executive leadership and the board.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity packages.
- Restricted Stock Units.
- Paid time off, paid holidays, and leave of absence programs.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Employer contributions to an HSA account.
- Paid parental leave.
- Paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability.
- Professional development and tuition reimbursement.
- Mental health and wellness support.
- Commuter benefits for parking and transit.
- Cell phone stipend.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary.
- Volunteer time off.
- Global travel insurance and emergency assistance.
- Daily meals allowance.
- Additional perks and programs specific to location.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
