Financial Analyst, FP&A

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About The Job

This is an opportunity for a high-potential financial analyst to take their skills to the next level within Siemens high-growth SaaS environment at Brightly Software. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys motivating change, finding opportunities for improvement, and backing ideas with solid data analysis.

You’ll be part of the Financial Planning & Analyst (FP&A) Sales Finance team, which collaborates closely with Performance Controlling and Portfolio & Services Finance. Reporting directly to the CFO, you’ll have regular exposure to senior leadership across Finance and Sales.

What You Will Do

• Analyze sales and marketing important metrics to uncover performance insights and share findings with senior leadership
• Support the monthly commission cycle, ensuring accurate data validation and tracking of approvals across Sales and Finance stakeholders in a fast-paced SaaS environment.
• Drive transparency and process discipline by monitoring workflow progress, resolving data issues, and contributing to efficient, audit-ready commission operations.
• Monitor sales and marketing metrics to understand how key indicators are impacting performance and regularly engage with Senior Leadership in Sales Finance to provide complete insight into key takeaways
• Collaborate with global finance and support teams (Revenue Ops, Order to Cash, Accounting, Legal, Tax, etc.) to streamline sales enablement processes
• Spot data trends and provide actionable recommendations to Sales Finance Leadership prior to strategic intervention points
• Investigate performance anomalies, identify root causes, and elevate findings with clear storytelling
• Evaluate sales territory coverage and opportunity pipelines to optimize regular sales activity
• Partner with Business Intelligence to design automated tools and dashboards for real-time insight into sales cycle metrics surrounding Lead Generation, Opportunity Creation, Pipeline Management, and Deal Closure
• Deliver insights on cross-sell and up-sell opportunities to enhance customer lifetime value.
• Recommend ways to structure or compensate the sales team to improve output
• Support monthly reviews with analysis of Sales Productivity indicators.
• Support critical initiatives including benchmarking and competitor market analysis.

What You Need

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in finance, or equivalent qualification in a finance-based course of studies with demonstrated academic excellence.
• Post-graduate qualifications are a plus (MBA)
• Minimum 2 years of professional experience in financial analytics, sales/marketing analytics, consulting in a SaaS environment OR if you have completed a Finance talent program for accelerated career development
• Demonstrated financial modelling experience, that includes advanced analysis of customers, products, or sales reps
• Advanced experience and skills in Digitalization and Automation, especially you are firm with PowerBI, KNIME, Alteryx and Snowflake and are able to understand the requirements for data management and value flows in order to build Senior Management Reporting and dashboards.
• Experience with Anaplan is a plus
• First hands-on experience in using AI to improve operational efficiency, financial analytics and data automation.

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and WordBasic knowledge of standard sales/marketing metrics is preferred (CAC, SQL/MQL, Close Rates, AOV, TCV, LTV)Basic understanding of sales incentive planning and calculationExposure to Salesforce.com (CRM tools) and its connected tool environment (data analytics and visualization tools such as Clari), and pipeline/funnel management is a plus.

What Makes You a StandoutAdvanced Data Analysis & Financial Modeling - Ability to interpret complex data sets and build models that drive strategic decisions and performance insights.

Strategic Communication & Business Sense - Skilled at translating financial insights into clear, actionable narratives for senior leadership, with a strong understanding of SaaS metrics and sales processes.

• Time Management
• Ability to meet tight timeframes with emphasis on sustained accuracy and attention to detail
• Possesses a positive, “can do” attitude - with a highly developed curiosity to find creative ways to solve problems
• The Brightly culture
• We’re guided by a vision of community that serves the ambitions and wellbeing of all people, and our professional communities are no exception.
• We model that ideal every day by being supportive, collaborative partners to one another, conscientiously making space for our colleagues to grow and thrive.
• Our passionate team is driven to create a future where smarter infrastructure protects the environments that shape and connect us all.
• That brighter future starts with us.

Our Commitment to Equity and Inclusion in our Diverse Global Workforce:

We value your unique identity and perspective. We are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society, while ensuring that we attract the best talent based on qualifications, skills, and experiences. We welcome you to bring your authentic self and transform the every day with us.

Brightly maintains a Drug Free workplace in accordance with applicable law.

Qualified Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States. Qualified Applicants will not require employer sponsored work authorization now or in the future for employment in the United States.   $61,547 $105,509