
Senior SaaS Finance Analyst
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full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Seattle • Arizona • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $115,000 - $142,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Analyze subscription revenue performance (ARR, MRR, retention, churn, etc) to provide insights that support strategic decision-making
- Maintain reports, dashboards, and ad hoc analyses that offer real-time visibility into operational and subscription-based KPI’s
- Build advanced financial and analytical models to forecast performance, assess ROI, evaluate business scenarios, and improve forecast accuracy
- Identify root causes behind trends in customer retention, product usage, sales velocity and pipeline performance
- Monitor leading and lagging SaaS indicators to proactively identify risks and opportunities
- Independently identify and pursue industry trends, market developments, and emerging technologies, proactively incorporating relevant insights into analytical approaches and recommendations
- Develop dashboards, reports, and ad hoc analyses that support FP&A, GTM, and product leadership
- Create compelling visualizations and narratives that help executives understand key trends and metrics
- Partner with cross-functional teams to align on definitions for ARR/MRR, churn, cohorts, and other core SaaS measures
- Collaborate with data and BI teams to ensure data accuracy and metric consistency (without owning ETL, data engineering, or database development)
- Work closely with Product and GTM teams to translate business questions into analytical insights
- Maintain clear documentation around methodologies, assumptions, and standard metrics
Requirements
- 7+ years’ experience in financial analysis, business analytics, or FP&A with 3+ years supporting SaaS/subscription businesses
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field
- Strong understanding of SaaS metrics: ARR, MRR, retention, churn, cohorts, product adoption KPI's
- Proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and SQL (intermediate querying for analysis)
- Experience with CRM & ERP systems and subscription business models; Ed Tech experience a plus
- Excellent data visualization, storytelling, and executive communication skills
- Ability to synthesize complex findings into clear, actionable recommendations
- Strong critical thinking, analytical judgment, and attention to detail
- High attention to detail, confidentiality, and sound professional judgement
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities while meeting deadlines
Benefits
- 100% of premiums for medical, dental and vision coverage
- 50% for dependent’s medical and dental premiums
- Retirement plan + company match up to 3%
- Flexible work subsidy: $100 per month for phone and internet costs, office supplies, or commuting costs
- 16 paid holidays (including winter break and 1 floating holiday)
- 3 weeks' vacation in first year
- Separate sick leave accrual
- Monthly contribution to childcare and/or dependent expenses
- FSA account
- Parental leave
- Sabbatical leave
- Employee assistance program
- Annual wellness reimbursement
- Growth and development opportunities
- Disability and life insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
financial analysisbusiness analyticsFP&ASaaS metricsExcelPower BISQLdata visualizationanalytical modelingforecasting
Soft Skills
executive communicationcritical thinkinganalytical judgmentattention to detailstorytellingsynthesizing findingsactionable recommendationscollaborationadaptabilitytime management