Strategic FP&A Analyst: Corporate Services & Procurement

BlueCat Networks; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional Development Budget

Dedicated Wellness Days and Wellness W

Lifestyle Spending Account

Employee Recognition Program

Job summary

BlueCat Networks is seeking a Financial Analyst to partner with Corporate Services and support the procurement function. You will own the monthly financial rhythm, variance analysis, and executive reporting, while providing spend visibility and vendor-level insights to manage company-wide third-party spend.

You will help push FP&A beyond the P&L, building analytics for leaders and our PE sponsor, and exploring AI-enabled approaches. Reporting to the Director, FP&A.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field.
• 2-4 years of experience in corporate finance, FP&A, financial reporting, or related roles.
• Strong Excel/modeling skills and comfort working with large transactional datasets.
• Hands-on experience with an EPM/planning tool (e.g., Pigment, Adaptive, Anaplan, Hyperion) and an ERP (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Oracle).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present financial information and explain drivers clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of accrual accounting and the GL/PO/invoice flow.
• Attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the annual budget, monthly forecast, and long-range plan for Corporate Services cost centers (e.g., Finance, IT, Legal, People & Security).
• Run monthly variance analysis and provide commentary explaining drivers, not just the numbers, for budget owners and Finance leadership.
• Partner with department leaders on headcount, vendor, and project spend decisions and the trade-offs behind them.
• Track headcount and open requisitions against plan, and project spend against approved business cases.
• Prepare business reviews and executive reporting for Corporate Services leaders.
• Improve visibility into company-wide Facilities spend (rent and other occupancy costs).
• Support the company-wide budget and monthly reforecast cycles.
• Review accruals and cost center results during month-end close.
• Build and maintain driver-based models and recurring management reports.
• Respond to ad hoc analysis requests from the CFO and business leaders.
• Participate in due diligence and post-merger integration activities as needed for acquisitions.
• Identify and automate manual reporting steps.
• Additional ad hoc duties as required.
• Own and maintain a view of third-party spend by vendor, category, department, and contract, reconciling the PO management system to the ERP/GL.
• Support PO and commitment visibility, accrual review, and contract-to-forecast alignment.
• Help build the spend-governance reporting that gives other functions’ budget owners and FP&A partners a consistent view of vendor commitments.

Skills

Excel modeling

Financial analysis

Data handling

Communication

ERP systems

EPM tools

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

Tools

Pigment

Adaptive

Anaplan

Hyperion

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

Job description

BlueCat Networks is seeking a Financial Analyst to partner with Corporate Services and support the procurement function. You will own the monthly financial rhythm, variance analysis, and executive reporting, while providing spend visibility and vendor-level insights to manage company-wide third-party spend.

You will help push FP&A beyond the P&L, building analytics for leaders and our PE sponsor, and exploring AI-enabled approaches. Reporting to the Director, FP&A.