Liftoff

Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A (Contractor)

Liftoff$124K — $145K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5+ years of relevant FP&A experience
  • Familiarity with AI tools like Codex and Claude
  • Advanced skills in Excel and Google Sheets
  • Strong data-analysis capabilities across multiple sources
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

  • Strengthen the Annual Operating Plan and forecast cycles with vendor spend insights
  • Leverage AI to enhance financial decision-making and automate processes
  • Build analyses for vendor renewals and new investments evaluating costs and implications
  • Support evolving FP&A initiatives including forecasting and ad hoc projects

Benefits

  • Remote work eligibility across multiple states
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a dynamic environment
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams to drive impactful financial strategies
  • Access to advanced tools and technologies for financial analysis and planning
Full Job Description
About this role:

We are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst contractor to support the upcoming Annual Operating Plan and forecast cycles by leveraging AI to improve financial analysis, planning, and decision support. Reporting to the Senior Manager of FP&A, this role will partner cross-functionally to improve visibility into vendor spend and renewals while strengthening FP&A through more accurate planning, forecasting, and business insights.

Responsibilities:
  • Strengthen the upcoming Annual Operating Plan and forecast cycles by increasing visibility into vendor spend, commercial commitments, renewal timing, and savings opportunities, improving FP&A accuracy and decision-making.
  • Leverage AI to develop scalable tools and workflows that improve financial decision-making, automate manual processes, and strengthen vendor planning, forecasting, and commercial management.
  • Build financial analyses and business cases for vendor renewals and new investments, evaluating total cost of ownership, build-versus-buy tradeoffs, alternatives, budget implications, and forecast impact to inform business decisions
  • Support high-impact FP&A initiatives as business needs evolve, including forecasting, headcount planning, executive reporting, infrastructure analysis, and ad hoc financial projects.

Requirements:
  • 3-5+ years of relevant FP&A experience
  • Familiarity using AI tools such as Codex and Claude to analyze data, automate workflows, and develop internal business tools.
  • Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills, with the ability to independently build, troubleshoot, and maintain complex financial models and reporting files.
  • Strong data-analysis capabilities, including working across multiple data sources, reconciling discrepancies, forecasting, and developing business cases.
  • Ability to ramp quickly, manage existing processes independently, and deliver reliably in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.

Location:
This role is eligible for full-time remote work in one of our entities: CA, CO, ID, IL, FL, GA, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NV, NY, OR, TX, UT, and WA.

We are a remote-first company with US hubs in Redwood City, Los Angeles, and New York City.

Compensation:

The following are our hourly salary ranges for this role: $60-$70 an hour

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About Liftoff

Liftoff is a mobile app marketing and retargeting platform that uses post-install user data to run true CPA-optimized mobile app install campaigns. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Liftoff's technology helps app marketers target and convert users who are most likely to engage with their apps, thereby driving engagement and revenue growth. The company has won several awards for its innovative technology and has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America by Inc. Magazine.
Learn more about Liftoff
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2012
5 Year Trend
+50%
Revenue
$100 million

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