FP&A Analyst

Sardine; Davenport (IA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous compensation in cash and equity

Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture

Health insurance

401k/RRSP matching

Home office setup stipend

Monthly meal stipend

Job summary

Sardine is seeking an FP&A Analyst to join its Finance team in Davenport, Iowa. You will be responsible for owning financial relationships across various business functions, performing budget analysis, and developing financial models. The ideal candidate will have over 2 years of FP&A or corporate finance experience, strong financial modeling skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. The role offers generous compensation, health insurance, and remote-first culture with flexible time off.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of FP&A, corporate finance, or accounting experience.
• Proven ability to business partner: translate numbers into narratives.
• Comfort working in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.

Responsibilities

• Own budget vs. actuals analysis with variance commentary.
• Partner with department heads on headcount planning and vendor spend.
• Develop financial models and dashboards for real-time visibility.

Skills

Financial modeling skills

Variance analysis

Budget management

SQL

Tools

Rillet

Ramp

Abacum

Business intelligence tools such as Sigma

Job description

About The Role

We're looking for an FP&A Analyst to join our Finance team as a true business partner. You'll help own the financial relationship across our business functions - GTM, Engineering, G&A, and beyond - and be the connective tissue between operational activity and financial outcomes. You'll be actively working with business leaders, pushing for clarity on spend, surfacing risks, and turning data into decisions.

What You'll Be Doing

• Own budget vs. actuals analysis across assigned business functions, with clear variance commentary that drives action
• Partner with department heads on headcount planning, vendor spend, and initiative-level ROI
• Build and maintain operating models, forecasts, and scenario analyses
• Support monthly and quarterly close, including accrual analysis, building and adjusting forecasts, and board/leadership reporting
• Develop financial models and dashboards that give leaders real-time visibility into their business
• Identify and surface financial risks and opportunities proactively - not just when asked
• Leverage AI tools and workflows to increase the speed and quality of financial analysis
• Support business leaders in making key decisions about the direction of their organizations

What You'll Need

• 2+ years of FP&A, corporate finance, or accounting experience
• Strong financial modeling skills - you build models others can actually use
• Proven ability to business partner: translate numbers into narratives, push back constructively, influence decisions
• Experience with variance analysis, budget management, and close processes
• Comfort working in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment without heavy process guardrails
• AI-native mindset - you actively incorporate AI into financial workflows and think about how to apply it to analysis, modeling, and reporting

Preferred

• Experience at a high-growth B2B SaaS or fintech company, or a large accounting firm
• Familiarity with Rillet, Ramp, or Abacum (or comparable modern finance stack tools)
• Experience with business intelligence tools such as Sigma
• Experience with SQL

Benefits We Offer

• Generous compensation in cash and equity
• Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested
• Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture
• Flexible paid time off and Year-end break
• Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - US and Canada specific
• 4% matching in 401k / RRSP - US and Canada specific
• MacBook Pro delivered to your door
• One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.
• Monthly meal stipend
• Monthly social meet-up stipend
• Annual health and wellness stipend
• Annual Learning stipend