Sr Financial Analyst, Sales & Professional Services
ThoughtSpot
What's The Job?
As a Sr. Financial Analyst, Sales FP&A at ThoughtSpot, you will be at the forefront of driving and optimizing the financial performance of our Sales, Professional Services, and Customer Success organizations during a critical phase of growth. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a leading global tech company as it advances toward an IPO. You will provide high-impact financial insights, build and refine models, and deliver analyses that guide strategic decisions, empower operational efficiency, and drive sustainable growth across key business functions.
What You'll Do:
Plan and Manage OpEx: Oversee and monitor operating expenses for the Sales, Professional Services, and Customer Success teams, ensuring alignment with company goals and efficient resource allocation.
Optimize Professional Services Delivery: Track and forecast the cost and efficiency of Professional Services, providing actionable insights to improve margins and delivery effectiveness.
Enhance Customer Success Spend: Analyze and forecast spending on Customer Success initiatives, focusing on enhancing retention, customer experience, and long-term value.
Strategic Financial Partnering: Collaborate with department leaders to align financial plans with operational priorities, ensuring strategic and financial objectives are met.
Streamline Financial Planning: Leverage Adaptive Planning to enhance budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes, increasing efficiency and accuracy across the organization.
Drive Budget Accountability: Conduct comprehensive Budget vs. Actual (BvA) analyses, highlighting variances, trends, and opportunities to improve financial accountability and decision-making.
Deliver Spending Insights: Provide monthly variance analyses on departmental spending, identifying cost-saving opportunities while supporting operational effectiveness.
Enhance Financial Processes: Improve financial processes by implementing best practices, ensuring data accuracy and readiness, and maintaining the integrity of financial information.
Collaborate on Ad-Hoc Projects: Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver ad-hoc financial analyses and projects, fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making across the organization.
Build Stakeholder Relationships: Establish strong relationships with key stakeholders, offering timely and relevant financial insights that align with company goals and objectives.
What You Bring:
Experience: 5+ years of experience in corporate finance, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), or related fields, preferably within a SaaS or technology environment.
Technical Proficiency: Strong proficiency in financial modeling and forecasting, with hands-on experience using Adaptive Planning or similar financial planning software.
Analytical Skills: Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proven track record of conducting in-depth financial analyses and translating findings into actionable insights.
Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly and effectively to various stakeholders, including senior leadership.
Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with cross-functional teams, influencing and collaborating effectively to achieve common financial goals.
Process Improvement: A proactive mindset focused on process optimization and continuous improvement, with experience implementing best practices in financial reporting and data management.
Attention to Detail: Strong attention to detail and accuracy, ensuring high-quality financial outputs and data integrity in all analyses and reporting.
What makes ThoughtSpot a great place to work?
ThoughtSpot is the experience layer of the modern data stack, leading the industry with our AI-powered analytics and natural language search. We hire people with unique identities, backgrounds, and perspectives—this balance-for-the-better philosophy is key to our success. When paired with our culture of Selfless Excellence and our drive for continuous improvement (2% done), ThoughtSpot cultivates a respectful culture that pushes norms to create world-class products. If you’re excited by the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the business and make your mark on a truly innovative company, we invite you to read more about our mission, and apply to the role that’s right for you.
ThoughtSpot for All
Building a diverse and inclusive team isn't just the right thing to do for our people, it's the right thing to do for our business. We know we can’t solve complex data problems with a single perspective. It takes many voices, experiences, and areas of expertise to deliver the innovative solutions our customers need. At ThoughtSpot, we continually celebrate the diverse communities that individuals cultivate to empower every Spotter to bring their whole authentic self to work. We’re committed to being real and continuously learning when it comes to equality, equity, and creating space for underrepresented groups to thrive. Research shows that in order to apply for a job, women feel they need to meet 100% of the criteria while men usually apply after meeting 60%. Regardless of how you identify, if you believe you can do the job and are a good match, we encourage you to apply.