Senior Strategic Finance Analyst – R&D

Job Category: Finance and Business
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: United States
Company Name: Fivetran

About the job

From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

About The Role

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies. We’re looking for a Senior Strategic Finance Analyst, R&D to join our growing FP&A team. This role requires a well-rounded individual who has demonstrated the ability to deliver results in a high-growth, dynamic, and fast-paced environment. You are versatile, analytical, motivated, creative, intellectually curious, a strong communicator and collaborator. In this role, you will drive value and empower decision making through data, reporting, and analyses that impact Fivetran’s success as a company.

This is a full-time position based out of our Oakland office.

Technologies You’ll Use

  • Workday, G-Suite, Microsoft Office

What You’ll Do

  • Act as a strategic partner to R&D and Finance leadership, providing insights and recommendations for optimizing investment and driving long-term growth.
  • Enhance forecast accuracy and reliability for R&D expenses.
  • Lead variance analyses during financial closes to provide actionable insights.
  • Develop and streamline processes to scale systems and support business growth.
  • Serve as a liaison between finance, accounting, and R&D operations to enhance and automate financial processes.

Skills We’re Looking For

  • 2-6 years of experience in finance, public accounting, or investment banking; familiarity with SaaS preferred.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and collaboration skills.
  • Proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets; ability to manage large datasets and driver-based models.
  • Curiosity to learn and solve problems independently in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

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