Senior Financial Analyst, Business Finance

Thumbtack; Toronto; On-site; CAD 101,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Thumbtack is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to partner with Product, Engineering and Design to plan budgets, forecast expenses and evaluate investments. You’ll own headcount tracking and allocations, model trade-offs against budgets, and report to the Senior Director of Business Finance.

You’ll build robust financial models and scenario analyses to power resource decisions, including AI spend, across teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in corporate FP&A or a similar finance role.
• Experience analyzing budgets, tracking expenses or headcount, and building forecasts.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills in Excel or Google Sheets.
• Ability to structure ambiguous questions and gather inputs from data and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own budget tracking and expense forecasts for assigned teams with variance analysis.
• Track open roles, hiring assumptions and headcount allocations and model changes.
• Build financial models and scenario analyses for investment requests and resource allocation.
• Analyze technology and AI usage costs and identify efficiency improvements.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Design and Business Analytics to connect metrics to financial outcomes.
• Turn analyses into clear business reviews and actionable recommendations.

Skills

Budget tracking

Expense forecasting

Headcount planning

Financial modeling

Excel

Google Sheets

Stakeholder communication

Ambiguity handling

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes.

Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home - from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do, when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we'll build together.

About The Business Finance Team

Business Finance helps Thumbtack make sound financial decisions and put resources where they move company goals. We partner with teams across the business to understand performance, evaluate investments and connect day-to-day decisions to financial outcomes. We work closely with Business Analytics and Corporate FP&A to turn business drivers into forecasts and practical recommendations. Our work helps teams invest in the people, products and technology that let millions of people care for their homes.

About The Role

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you'll give Product, Engineering and Design partners the financial analysis they need to plan, manage budgets and make investment decisions. You'll report to the Senior Director of Business Finance and own recurring planning and analysis work, including headcount tracking, expense forecasting and evaluating resource trade-offs. You'll also assess technology and infrastructure spending, including the cost of AI-powered product experiences, and help partners understand what changes in how teams work mean financially. You'll take questions from first scoping through analysis to recommendation. You'll work independently and draw on your manager’s guidance for more complex decisions.

What You'll Do

• Own budget tracking and expense forecasts for assigned teams. Partner with Corporate FP&A and business stakeholders to explain variances, flag risks and opportunities, and keep plans current.
• Track open roles, hiring assumptions and headcount allocations across teams. Model proposed changes to see what they cost and whether they fit within existing budgets.
• Build financial models and scenario analyses to evaluate investment requests, resource allocation and changes to team structures, with clear assumptions and practical recommendations.
• Analyze technology, infrastructure and AI usage costs, including communications platforms (e.g. Twilio) and AI token spend, to understand what drives spending and find ways to improve efficiency and allocation.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Design and Business Analytics to gather inputs, connect operational metrics to financial outcomes and assess the financial impact of business initiatives.
• Turn analyses into clear business reviews and recommendations, surface issues early, and improve planning processes and reporting as you learn the business.

In order to be successful, you must bring

• 3+ years of experience in corporate FP&A, business finance or a similar finance business-partnering role.
• Experience analyzing budgets, tracking expenses or headcount, and building forecasts that connect business assumptions to financial outcomes.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills in Excel or Google Sheets, with attention to accuracy and clearly documented assumptions.
• The ability to structure moderately ambiguous questions, spot missing information, and gather inputs from data and stakeholders on your own to reach a well-reasoned answer.
• Sound judgment on costs, benefits and near-term trade-offs, including knowing when to seek guidance or elevate a risk.
• The ability to explain financial drivers and recommendations clearly to non-finance partners, in writing and in person.
• A track record of building collaborative relationships, following through on commitments, and finding ways to improve business outcomes or team processes.

Expected salary ranges

• For candidates living in Ontario and British Columbia, the expected salary range for the role is currently $101,200.00 - $130,900.00.

Actual offered salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as calibrated job level, qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law. We also will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable law.

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