Senior Financial Analyst

Recurly; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 94,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) with match

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible paid time off

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Recurly seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to own opex, COGS, headcount, cash and balance sheet planning. You will partner with Product and Technology leaders, running annual plans through monthly forecasts and board reporting, while advancing AI-driven planning and automation.

You’ll collaborate on R&D budgeting, headcount planning, and vendor spend, and drive timely close, variance commentary and sponsor reporting with data-driven rigor.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years in FP&A or corporate finance, ideally in SaaS or payments.

Responsibilities

• Own annual opex and headcount plans and monthly rolling forecasts across all functions.
• Own COGS and gross margin planning and forecasting including hosting, merchant processing, and account updater costs.
• Model cash flow, working capital and balance sheet forecasts linked to P&L in a three-statement model.
• Partner with Product/Tech leadership, reviewing budgets, headcount and vendor spend monthly.
• Lead headcount reconciliation across HRIS, payroll and plan; review hiring requests and compensation changes.
• Deliver monthly/quarterly BvA by function and close package; automate close and reporting with AI tools.

Skills

FP&A experience

SaaS/Payments domain

Three-statement modeling

Excel & Google Sheets

Product/Tech partnership

Vendor management

Education

BA/BS in Finance or related field

Tools

SQL

BigQuery

Adaptive Planning

NetSuite

Job description

About the role

Recurly’s Senior Financial Analyst owns opex, COGS, headcount, cash and balance sheet planning for the company and is the finance business partner to our Product and Technology leaders. You’ll run these processes from annual plan through monthly forecast and close, prepare key sections of the board, QBR and private equity sponsor reporting, and automate the repeatable parts of the work as we move planning and reporting to an AI-first operating model.

What you’ll do

Planning and forecasting

• Own the annual opex and headcount plans and the monthly rolling forecasts across all functions, including workforce assumptions and savings initiatives.
• Own the COGS and gross margin plan and forecast, including hosting, merchant processing and account updater costs.
• Own the cash flow, working capital and balance sheet forecasts, and connect them to the P&L in the three-statement model.

Product and Technology partnership

• Serve as the finance business partner to the CPO and CTO, running monthly reviews of budgets, headcount and vendor spend.
• Model R&D investment and headcount by product line, and track spend against roadmap priorities.
• Raise expense risks and opportunities to the CFO and CHRO early, including plan overages, hiring ahead of budget and savings tracking.

Headcount and spend

• Own headcount reconciliation across HRIS, payroll and plan, including open-role tracking.
• Review hiring requests and compensation changes against the budget and forecast.
• Lead vendor reviews and savings tracking, and flag upcoming renewals and spend anomalies.

Close and reporting

• Deliver monthly and quarterly BvA by function, including the first draft of variance commentary.
• Own the opex, COGS, headcount, cash and balance sheet sections of the monthly close package and flash report.
• Work with Accounting on accruals and balance sheet flux to catch forecast impacts early.
• Automate close and reporting workflows in your area with AI tools, and document the controls and procedures behind them.

Board, investor and executive reporting

• Prepare the opex, COGS, headcount and cash sections of board and QBR materials, and validate the metrics functions submit.
• Prepare materials for the monthly private equity sponsor call.
• Build working capital and net debt analysis for strategic initiatives.

What you bring

• 5–7 years in FP&A or corporate finance, ideally at a SaaS or payments company.
• BA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Economics or another quantitative field.
• Strong three-statement modeling in Excel and Google Sheets, including cash flow, working capital and balance sheet forecasting.
• Experience partnering with Technology or Product leaders on R&D budgets, headcount and vendor spend.
• Experience owning a monthly close or reporting package, and a track record of automating a manual finance process.
• Confidence pushing back on budget owners and presenting clear, data-driven recommendations to executives.

Bonus points

• Experience with Adaptive Planning, NetSuite or other finance systems.
• Working SQL skills and comfort pulling data from BigQuery or a similar warehouse.
• Hands-on use of AI tools to build finance workflows.
• Experience at a private-equity-backed company.
• Understanding of SaaS metrics (ARR, churn, gross margin) and cloud hosting cost drivers.
• Public accounting experience or a CPA

As a full-time employee, Recurly offers competitive benefits programs, perks and options designed to fit your needs and the needs of your family. We offer medical, dental and vision benefits and a menu from which to choose options that work best for you and eligible dependents. We also offer life insurance, short and long-term disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness coverage, employee accident protection, health savings account (HSA) with company contribution & flexible spending account (FSA) options, employee assistance program, Legal and Pet Insurance.

Compensation range: $94,000 to $118,000

Other perks may include:

401(k) Retirement Plan and company match

Flex Time Off

Company Events

Training/Development

Tuition reimbursement

Commuter benefits

Volunteer opportunities

Recurly is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, or any other classification which is protected by applicable law. Recurly is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.