Senior Financial Analyst

Kikoff

$135K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in FP&A or corporate finance, ideally in tech companies
  • Experience managing an expense budget process
  • Strong skills in financial modeling and scenario analysis
  • Expert-level in Excel and Google Sheets; familiarity with FP&A tools is a plus
  • Excellent communicator with strong relationship-building skills

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage company-wide expense forecasting
  • Partner with Execs to develop and maintain departmental budgets
  • Lead the headcount planning process with HR and hiring managers
  • Consolidate departmental budgets into the overall expense plan
  • Perform monthly variance analysis and identify key drivers
  • Develop real-time reporting and dashboards for department leads
  • Assist in creating board decks and investor presentations

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment in a growing company
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth
  • In-office work three days a week to foster team collaboration
  • Exposure to senior leadership and strategic initiatives
Full Job Description
Senior Financial Analyst
About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join our rapidly growing, pre-IPO FP&A team. In this role, you will own the expense forecasting and departmental budgeting process across the entire organization. You will serve as a strategic finance partner to Execs and department budget owners - helping them plan headcount, manage vendor spend, and stay on top of their budgets while supporting the company's broader growth objectives.

The position will report into our FP&A Manager and will be located in our San Francisco office (in office 3 days/week).
What You Will Do
  • Own and manage the company-wide expense forecasting process, including headcount costs, vendor expenses, marketing spend, software fees, and cost of revenue components
  • Partner directly with the Exec team and their budget owners to develop and maintain departmental budgets, track spend against plan, and surface risks and opportunities
  • Lead the headcount planning process, working with People / HR and hiring managers to manage payroll budget and hiring timelines across all departments
  • Collect and consolidate departmental budgets into the company-wide expense plan, ensuring alignment across teams and identifying gaps or inconsistencies in assumptions
  • Perform monthly expense variance analysis and identify key drivers of variance
  • Develop reporting and dashboards that give department leads real-time visibility into their budget utilization and key cost metrics
  • Work on board decks, investor materials, and executive presentations
About You
  • You're as comfortable presenting budget updates to an executive as you are building a headcount model from scratch
  • 3+ years of experience in FP&A or corporate finance, preferably at a high-growth late-stage or public technology company
  • Demonstrated experience owning an expense budget process, including headcount planning and departmental cost management
  • Strong financial modeling skills with the ability to build bottoms-up expense models and scenario analyses
  • Expert-level Excel / Google Sheets skills; experience with FP&A planning tools (e.g., Adaptive Planning / Anaplan) preferred
  • Strong communication and business partnering skills with the ability to build relationships across departments and keep budget owners on track


Base Range

$135,000-$150,000 USD

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