Principal Financial Analyst

The role

You will serve as the Finance Business Partner to the Technology organization. You will manage budget forecasts, cloud infrastructure spend, and AI/LLM financial frameworks for R&D, Implementation, Product, IT, and InfoSec.

What you will do

• Own monthly budget forecast, business metrics, and variance reporting for the Technology organization
• Serve as primary financial advisor to Tech leaders on investment decisions
• Evaluate headcount requests against the Board-approved cost envelope
• Own cloud infrastructure financial management including forecasting and resource tagging
• Manage a hybrid commitment discount strategy to optimize cost efficiency
• Build and manage the financial framework for all AI and LLM spend
• Translate cloud and AI infrastructure actuals into GAAP-compliant accounting entries
• Lead procurement and vendor management for the Tech org
• Build and maintain Board-level Technology scorecards
• Track and report engineering org ratios and produce executive financial narratives

Required qualifications

• 5-8+ years of progressive FP&A or finance business partnering experience at a high-growth technology or SaaS company
• Direct experience embedded with R&D, Engineering, or Product organizations
• Strong financial modeling skills in Excel
• Experience with at least one EPM/planning platform
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Active and enthusiastic user of AI tools in daily workflow
• Familiarity with ERP, CRM, and HRIS/workforce planning tools
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field

Nice to have

• AI company experience
• SQL proficiency to pull and analyze data independently from a data warehouse
• MBA

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Paid Parental Leave (14 weeks for non-birthing, adoptive, and foster parents; up to 26 weeks for birthing parents)
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits
• 100% employer paid high deductible health plan
• Employer contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) option
• Life, short, and long-term disability and AD&D insurance coverage at no cost
• Fidelity 401(k) retirement savings program
• Commuter Benefits
• Free premium subscription to Calm
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

About the company

Altana is the network for trusted trade. Their AI-powered product network empowers governments and businesses to build a more resilient and secure global economy.