Senior Financial Analyst

NOTE: This is a hybrid role located in Raleigh, NC. The expectation is 3 days/week in office. Please do not apply if you are not able to commit to this schedule without relocating.

Role Overview

We are looking for a driven, detail-oriented Senior Financial Analyst to join our FP&A team. In this high-visibility role, you will partner directly with executive leadership, manage company-wide headcount consolidation, and oversee financial tracking and reporting across key organizational functions. You will also serve as our Subject Matter Expert (SME) and primary administrator for our financial planning platform, Pigment.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess exceptional analytical rigor, and enjoy transforming complex financial data into actionable executive insights, we would love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

All-Company Headcount Consolidation & Governance

• Model Ownership: Maintain the master headcount model, tracking actuals, approvals, and forward-looking hiring plans across all global departments to deliver a single, authoritative view feeding our P&L models and board presentations.
• Variance Analysis: Perform monthly headcount variance analyses at the granular position level, delivering insight into hiring trends and timing.
• Proactive Governance: Monitor backfill timing, open role aging, and alignment against the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) to identify capacity risks and flag overhiring before it impacts financial metrics.

G&A and R&D Expense Management

• Root-Cause Variance Analysis: Own the monthly and quarterly variance reporting processes for G&A (People, Legal, Finance, Business & Transformation) and R&D (Engineering & Product) teams, delivering impactful root-cause explanations rather than simple line-item tables.
• AOP & Rolling Forecasts: Partner with functional business leaders across G&A and R&D to build, refine, and support annual operating plans and rolling financial forecasts.

Pigment Platform Administration

• System SME: Manage day-to-day administration of the Pigment platform for the FP&A team, including user access management, model enhancements, and data refreshes.
• Maintenance & Optimization: Update platform structures on quarterly and annual cadences to support budgeting and forecasting cycles, while continuously driving process automation and data efficiency.

Strategic Reporting & Long-Range Planning

• Executive & Board Materials: Support the preparation of monthly management reports, board decks, and Private Equity sponsor reporting packages.
• Long-Range Planning (LRP): Build well-structured, bottom-up headcount and cost assumptions to feed into multi-year strategic financial models.

What We're Looking For

• Experience: 2 to 5 years of progressive FP&A experience, ideally within a multi-functional, global, or private-equity-backed technology environment. Strong experience in headcount modeling is highly preferred.
• Technical Skills & Tools: Direct experience administering Pigment is strongly preferred. Proficiency or familiarity with NetSuite and Databricks is a strong plus. Advanced Excel modeling skills are required.
• Data Integrity & Analytical Rigor: A relentless commitment to data accuracy, structured problem-solving, and clear model reconciliations back to underlying source data.
• Stakeholder Management: Proven track record of gathering and consolidating data from cross-functional stakeholders with clarity, consistency, and professionalism.
• Autonomy & Execution: Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities across headcount, expense tracking, and system administration, and thrive in a high-visibility role.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related quantitative field. A Master's degree or professional certification is a plus.

The anticipated starting base pay range for this role is listed below. Base salary is not the only component of our competitive total rewards package - you may also be eligible for bonus, commissions, and other benefits as described below. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location.

Base Pay Range

$110,000-$113,000 USD

Some benefits include:

• Generous Time Off Program - Flexibility to care for you and your family
• Wellness Benefits - A variety of world class medical plans to choose from, along with dental, vision, life insurance, and employee assistance programs*
• Financial Planning - Retirement program* and Business Travel Insurance
• Career Growth - Be valued, Create value approach
• Fun Perks - An ergonomic and comfortable in-office / WFH setup. Food & Snacks for in-office employees.
• And much more!

*Note: some programs are not applicable to all countries. Please discuss with a Couchbase recruiter to learn more.