Senior Analyst, Strategic Finance

Cogent Security

$110K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-6 years in investment banking, management consulting, or analytical finance roles
  • Ability to create detailed P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow forecasts
  • Strong quantitative analysis and judgment
  • Exceptional financial modeling skills
  • Adaptable to broad scope and shifting priorities in an early-stage environment

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage the five-year operating model and oversee planning processes
  • Collaborate to design headcount plans and three-statement financial forecasts
  • Manage the sales capacity model alongside GTM leadership
  • Design commission plans and analyze pricing and packaging decisions
  • Monitor and report on key SaaS metrics including ARR and CAC payback
  • Create dashboards and self-serve reporting for executive use
  • Leverage AI tools for enhanced modeling and reporting workflows

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with leadership exposure
  • Opportunity to lead the strategic finance function
  • Hands-on role with direct impact on company growth
  • Opportunity to apply AI in finance processes
  • Potential for career advancement within an early-stage firm
Full Job Description
About The Role

We're hiring a Senior Analyst, Strategic Finance to own our financial model and the analysis behind how the company plans, forecasts, and invests. The role spans the five-year operating model, headcount planning, core SaaS metrics, board materials, and GTM finance - including sales capacity modeling, pipeline analytics, and commission design. You'll report to the Head of Finance & Operations and work directly with the CEO and sales leadership. This is hands-on work and a strong fit for someone making a move from banking or an MBB environment into an operating company; the role grows into leading the strategic finance function.

What You'll Do
  • Own the five-year operating model and run the annual and quarterly planning process
  • Collaborate across the business to design hiring plans and build the three-statement forecast supporting lender and covenant reporting
  • Own the sales capacity model; partner with GTM leadership on quota setting, territory and segment planning, and pipeline analytics
  • Design and support commission plans; support pricing and packaging decisions with analysis
  • Own core SaaS metrics: ARR, net revenue retention, pipeline coverage, sales efficiency, CAC payback, burn multiple, and gross margin
  • Build dashboards and self-serve reporting for the leadership team; support board meeting preparation
  • Use AI tooling to build models, analyses, and internal reporting tools; apply AI workflows to accelerate forecasting, variance analysis, and ad hoc requests


What We're Looking For
  • 2-6 years of experience in investment banking, management consulting, or a comparably analytical finance role
  • Ability to build and maintain a P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow forecast from scratch
  • Strong quantitative judgment; you can explain complex analysis concisely to executives
  • Strong financial modeling abilities
  • Comfortable with broad scope and shifting priorities at an early-stage company


Bonus Points
  • Experience in cybersecurity, SaaS, or early-stage operating work
  • Experience partnering with GTM teams on capacity planning or pipeline analytics
  • Hands-on with AI tools for modeling, reporting, or internal tooling


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