Senior Financial Analyst — FP&A for Product & AI Teams

Thumbtack; British Columbia; Remote; CAD 101,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Thumbtack’s Business Finance team is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to partner with Product, Engineering and Design. You will own planning, headcount tracking, and budgeting, while evaluating AI and infrastructure spend.

You’ll deliver analyses from scoping to recommendation and work with cross‑functional teams to improve financial outcomes. You will build models, forecast expenses, and explain financial drivers clearly to non‑finance partners, contributing to faster, more informed

Qualifications

• 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 escalation 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

FP&A

Budget tracking

Forecasting

Excel/Sheets

Financial modeling

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Thumbtack’s Business Finance team is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to partner with Product, Engineering and Design. You will own planning, headcount tracking, and budgeting, while evaluating AI and infrastructure spend.

You’ll deliver analyses from scoping to recommendation and work with cross‑functional teams to improve financial outcomes. You will build models, forecast expenses, and explain financial drivers clearly to non‑finance partners, contributing to faster, more informed