Lead FP&A Analyst

The role

You will serve as a finance partner to Go-To-Market leadership. You will own GTM operating expense and headcount models and lead the migration from Google Sheets to Pigment.

What you will do

• Own the consolidation of GTM operating expense and headcount models.
• Drive the migration from Google Sheets models into Pigment.
• Build and maintain financial models for headcount planning, operating expenses, and investments.
• Automate manual workflows and build dashboards and reporting tools.
• Partner with functional leaders to develop annual plans, quarterly outlooks, and scenario analyses.
• Prepare recurring reporting and executive-ready materials for leadership reviews.
• Reconcile financial and operational data across systems.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Data, Revenue Operations, People, and Corporate FP&A.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and decision support for strategic initiatives.

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or a related analytical role.
• Hands-on experience building and consolidating operating expense and headcount models.
• Strong financial modeling skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets.
• Experience with finance planning software/systems such as Pigment, Adaptive, or Anaplan.
• Experience with forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, scenario modeling, and executive reporting.
• Ability to connect financial results to operational drivers and explain analysis to non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and project-management skills.
• Comfort working with large, imperfect datasets and reconciling information across multiple systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• An AI-native mindset and history of utilizing AI to improve workflows.

Nice to have

• Experience in a high-growth SaaS, technology, or subscription-based business.
• Familiarity with SaaS and GTM metrics, including ARR, retention, churn, bookings, pipeline, capacity, and productivity.
• Experience with other Enterprise Software such as Salesforce, NetSuite, Snowflake, or SQL-based analytics environments.
• Experience building scalable reporting, dashboards, or automated planning workflows.

Benefits

• Health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits
• Paid time off
• Sick time off
• Short term and long term disability coverage
• Life insurance
• 401k contribution

Before you apply

• The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations.
• Candidates may be required to execute a non-compete covenant depending on role and primary work location.

About the company

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. The Motive platform uses AI to provide visibility and control for safety, operations and finance teams.