Senior Financial Analyst - Strategic GTM Finance

Databricks Inc.; Mountain View, San Francisco (CA, CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst for the Sales Finance (Topline Analytics) team within FP&A. You will own key parts of bookings and cash forecasts and collaborate with Sales Strategy & Operations to advise finance leadership.

The role requires building scalable financial models, deep GAAP knowledge, advanced Excel/Sheets skills, and the ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-growing software company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Accounting, Finance, or comparable field.
• 3+ years of corporate finance, management consulting, or investment banking experience; familiarity with software/SaaS is a plus.
• Experience building financial models independently and making recommendations.
• Solid understanding of GAAP.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to simplify and scale for fast-moving, high-growth business.
• Curiosity to learn and solve problems independently.
• Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment to meet deadlines.
• Expert in Excel/Google Sheets; comfortable with large datasets and driver-based models.
• Prior experience using SQL or willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Bookings forecasting - own and refine the bookings forecast.
• Cash forecasting - build and maintain the cash collections forecast (linking consumption, bookings, and billings).
• Partner with sales strategy and sales operations, and provide recommendations to finance leadership.
• High visibility role to senior leadership across Finance and Sales.

Skills

Bookings forecast

Cash forecast

GAAP

Excel/Sheets

SQL (learn)

Financial modeling

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Economics/Accounting/Finance

Tools

SQL

Excel/Google Sheets

Job description

Senior Financial Analyst - Strategic GTM Finance

GAQ227R124

While candidates in the listed locations are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered.

Databricks is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Sales Finance (Topline Analytics) team in the FP&A organization. You will report to the Senior Finance Manager.
Topline Analytics owns the company's view of the top line across consumption, bookings, billings, and cash.
In this role, you will own key parts of the bookings and cash forecasts and work as an extension of Sales Strategy & Operations.

The impact you will have:

• Bookings forecasting - own and refine the bookings forecast
• Cash forecasting - build and maintain the cash collections forecast (linking consumption, bookings, and billings)
• Partner with sales strategy and sales operations, and provide recommendations to finance leadership
• High visibility role to senior leadership across Finance and Sales

What we look for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Accounting, Finance, or a comparable field
• 3+ years of corporate finance, management consulting, or investment banking experience; familiarity with the software industry (and SaaS) a plus
• Experience in building financial models independently and preparing recommendations
• Solid understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and collaboration skills
• Experience simplifying and scaling while supporting a fast-moving, high-growth business
• Curiosity to learn and solve problems independently
• Ability to prioritize objectives in a fast-paced environment to ensure deliverables are met in a timely manner
• Expert in Excel/Google Sheets (can maintain complex spreadsheets); comfortable managing large datasets and driver-based models
• Prior experience using SQL or willingness to learn

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here .

Zone 1 Pay Range

$137,400 — $189,000 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , and Instagram .

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