R&D FP&A Analyst: Budgeting & Strategy

Datadog; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New hire stock equity

Employee stock purchase plan

Career development opportunities

Product training

Inclusive workplace

Job summary

Datadog, a leading observability and security platform, seeks an FP&A/Strategic Finance professional in New York. You’ll partner with senior leaders to build the annual budget and financial targets, and support execution with cross-functional teams across product and engineering.

You will analyze revenue, headcount, expenses, and other key metrics, shaping strategic decisions and ensuring operational alignment through a financial lens. Hybrid work and competitive compensation are offered.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience in FP&A / Strategic Finance, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, and/or other related field.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or economics.
• Mastery of Excel and PowerPoint with proven experience in building financial models and managing complex data.
• You are a clear, concise communicator and team player with a humble mindset and ‘can-do’ attitude.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior business leaders to manage their departmental budgets on a regular basis, including but not limited to the company’s co-founder and CTO.
• Manage financial forecasts and analytics, which include data across revenue, customers, product, company expenses, and headcount / workforce.
• Help manage significant portions of the company’s spend, including but not limited to AI and GPU spend across the company.
• Work on trend, ROI, and profitability analyses on both product and customer levels to support data-driven decision making
• Work with finance management on quarterly Board materials, including coordination and consolidation across stakeholders
• Assist in planning and budgeting cycles, ensuring consistency in tools, templates, and processes across the organization
• Work on ad hoc projects and strategic initiatives for senior management, which may include assessing potential acquisition opportunities and/or negotiations with strategic partners like cloud vendors
• Become proficient with various financial planning and business intelligence (BI) tools, including but not limited to Pigment, Tableau, and Metabase

Skills

FP&A

Excel

PowerPoint

Financial modeling

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Pigment

Tableau

Metabase

Job description

Datadog, a leading observability and security platform, seeks an FP&A/Strategic Finance professional in New York. You’ll partner with senior leaders to build the annual budget and financial targets, and support execution with cross-functional teams across product and engineering.

You will analyze revenue, headcount, expenses, and other key metrics, shaping strategic decisions and ensuring operational alignment through a financial lens. Hybrid work and competitive compensation are offered.