Senior Financial Analyst - Strategic Finance

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue. We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us. Posting Open Date: 01/07/2025 Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 03/27/2025 *Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants. Senior Financial Analyst - Strategic Finance The Financial Planning & Analysis team is seeking a curious and analytical Senior Financial Analyst to join our Strategic Finance team. This role is unique: it sits at the intersection of traditional FP&A, Investor Relations and Data Analytics. While your primary focus will be financial modeling, forecasting, and business partnering, you will leverage data tools to automate reporting and uncover deeper insights. If you are a finance professional who is eager to learn and transform data into actionable high-value insights, this role is for you. What You'll Do: Ad-Hoc Analysis: Build dynamic financial models to support strategic initiatives, and ad-hoc projectsBusiness Partnering: Work cross-functionally to build out new processes and improve existing ones for monthly and quarterly customer metrics reportingDashboards: Partner frequently with the BI team to transition manual Excel reporting into self-service dashboards (e.g., in Looker)Investor Relations Support: Assist with the preparation of materials for quarter-end close and earnings callsData Integrity: Act as the "guardian of truth" by validating data consistency between systems (Netsuite, Salesforce, and the Data Warehouse). You will investigate variances and flag data quality issuesExploratory Analysis: Use large data sets to analyze customer trends, usage-based revenue patterns, and product adoption to inform your financial modelsAutomation: Identify repetitive reporting tasks and work to automate them, freeing up time for higher-level strategic work What We're Looking For: Experience: 3–6 years of relevant experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, or Investment BankingEducation: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related fieldFinancial Acumen: Strong understanding of the three financial statements, variance analysis, and SaaS/usage-based business metrics (ARR, NRR, Churn)Modeling Wizardry: Advanced proficiency in Excel (Index/Match, complex nested formulas) and ability to build clean, auditable financial models Communication: Ability to distill complex data into clear, concise summaries for senior leadership. Proactivity: You are a self-starter who doesn't just report the numbers but asks "Why?" and "So what?" Curiosity & Aptitude: A strong willingness to learn technical data skills. You don't need to be a data scientist, but you must be comfortable navigating ambiguity and learning new systems We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these: Experience with Netsuite, Adaptive Insights, or Salesforce Experience with Factset and AlphaSense Experience with (or desire to learn) data visualization tools like Looker, Tableau, or PowerBI. Basic knowledge of SQL is a huge plus. If you don’t know it, you must be excited to learn it to query data independently Exposure to Python for data analysis Experience working at a high-growth technology company Work Hours: This position will require you to be available during core business hours Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements: The position will be based in our San Francisco office. Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home. SF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Salary: The estimated salary range for this position is $114,200 to $137,040. Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs. Benefits: We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings? We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2025, we offer 11 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days. Why Fastly? We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand. We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day. We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about. We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying. All job applications must be submitted through our official careers site at www.fastly.com/about/careers. We will never request sensitive information, such as your Social Security number, bank account or credit card information during the application process. 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