Commercial Finance Lead

TigerData (creators of TimescaleDB)

Commercial Finance Lead at Tiger Data connecting commercial strategy, operating performance, and financial planning across departments. Focused on forecasting and model development in a remote work environment.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Commercial Finance and operational forecasting, with a strong focus on SaaS and cloud economics. Capable of building complex financial dashboards and translating data into actionable insights for leadership.

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Commercial Finance ExpertiseFinancial ModelingSaaS EconomicsData AnalysisExecutive Communication

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Hard Skills

Financial ModelingData AnalysisExcelBusiness Intelligence (BI)Operational ForecastingCohort AnalysisRevenue ForecastingCustomer Value AnalysisConsumption-Based ModelsLeading Indicator Identification

Soft Skills

Analytical ThinkingInfluencing Without AuthorityCollaborationCommunicationChallenging Assumptions

Industry Keywords

SaaSCloud EconomicsCustomer RetentionSales CapacityMarket ExpansionRevenue OperationsCustomer SuccessGrowth TargetsInvestment EvaluationDiversity and Inclusion

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Owning the forward-looking commercial model and bottoms-up forecast, including its data, methodology, and assumptions across pipeline, conversion, customer usage, retention, expansion, sales capacity, and timing.
Providing FP&A with the commercial outlook and operating assumptions used to forecast revenue, spending, margin, and cash.
Building complex cohort and financial dashboards covering acquisition channels, customer profiles, conversion, usage, churn, expansion, and unit economics.
Identifying leading indicators, pressure-testing growth targets, and flagging risks before they appear in financial results.
Analyzing performance against plan and translating underlying drivers into risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
Evaluating investments across sales capacity, marketing programs, customer expansion, partnerships, and new routes to market.
Supporting pricing, promotions, and discounting decisions through analysis of customer value, revenue quality, consumption behavior, and margin.
Partnering with Revenue Operations, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and FP&A to align assumptions, set targets, identify investment needs, and drive action.
Preparing clear, executive-ready materials for leadership and Board discussions, communicating conclusions, assumptions, and recommendations in an easily digestible manner.
Applying emerging AI technologies to accelerate analysis, improve forecasting, and expand your capacity for high-leverage work.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Have 6+ years of experience across Commercial Finance, business operations, strategy, sales, marketing, or data roles in a SaaS or technology company.
Understand consumption-based models and how pipeline, conversion, usage, retention, and expansion drive revenue.
Have built detailed operational forecasts and can translate commercial activity into a forward-looking growth outlook.
Are highly analytical, with strong financial modeling, Excel, BI, and data skills.
Understand SaaS and cloud economics, including gross margin, retention, expansion, CAC, payback, lifetime value, and sales productivity.
Can connect fragmented data across commercial, product, and financial systems into a coherent view of the customer and business.
Look beyond lagging results to identify the leading indicators most predictive of future performance.
Can challenge assumptions, align senior leaders, and influence without direct authority.
Are comfortable moving between detailed analysis and C-suite discussions.
Believe organizations are strongest when they reflect the diversity of the world around them, and actively work to make that a reality.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible PTO and comprehensive family leave
Fridays off in August 😎
Fully remote opportunities globally
Stock options for long-term growth
Monthly WiFi stipend
Professional development and educational resources 📚
Premium insurance options for you and your family (US-based employees)