Lead FP&A & Strategic Finance Analyst

About the role

Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, is seeking a Lead FP&A & Strategic Finance Analyst to join our dynamic and fast-paced team. This role offers a unique opportunity to partner closely with GTM leadership, providing deep insights into headcount and departmental spend.

Responsibilities

• Owning core FP&A planning and operating rhythms
• Owning headcount forecasting and hiring budget tracking across the business
• Supporting and improving the company’s departmental budgeting process
• Monitoring departmental operating budgets, identifying risks and changes against plan, understanding ROI of spend, and driving follow-up actions with stakeholders
• Building trusted models, spreadsheets, and recurring reporting that leaders can understand, use, and make decisions from
• Driving GTM analytics and business partnership
• Partnering with Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing leadership to improve pipeline visibility, forecasting accuracy, and overall go-to-market performance
• Owning the design, administration, and calculation of commission and incentive plans across GTM teams, including maintaining accurate payouts and supporting scalable compensation processes
• Building the reporting, dashboards, and KPI frameworks used to track revenue performance, identify trends, and support operational and strategic decision-making
• Using AI tools effectively to improve the speed, quality, and scalability of analysis and reporting workflows, while exercising strong judgment around accuracy, business context, and data integrity
• Pulling and validating data independently using SQL
• Building spreadsheets and models that people can digest and trust
• Fluency with respect to creating very clear Google and PowerPoint slides

Requirements

Strong FP&A and analytical fundamentals, including forecasting, headcount planning, variance analysis, operating expense management, and financial modeling

Experience supporting go-to-market organizations through pipeline analysis, forecasting, KPI reporting, sales productivity analysis, and commission or incentive plan administration

Comfortable working directly with raw data, including pulling, validating, and analyzing data using SQL

Ability to connect operational metrics to financial outcomes and clearly communicate what changed, why it changed, and what the business should do next

Deeply curious, instinctively ask follow-up questions, and feel unsatisfied stopping at surface-level explanations or reporting

Ability to build spreadsheets, models, dashboards, and presentations that are accurate, digestible, and trusted by business leaders

Comfortable partnering directly with leaders across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Finance to drive accountability, improve visibility, and support decision-making

Strong judgment around AI tools and know how to use them to accelerate analysis and reporting without compromising accuracy, context, or data integrity

Thriving in high-growth, ambiguous environments where systems and processes are still being built

Believing that organizations are strongest when they are diverse and inclusive, and committed to helping create that kind of environment

Qualifications

Fluency with SQL

Experience with financial modeling software (e.g., Excel, Tableau)

Understanding of financial statements and accounting principles

Experience with commission and incentive plan administration

Experience with data analysis and visualization tools

Skills

• Financial modeling
• Data analysis
• Communication and presentation skills
• Project management
• Leadership and collaboration

Benefits

The base salary range for this role is $130,000–$165,000 USD. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, location, skills, and interview performance. Compensation may also include equity, bonus, and benefits, depending on eligibility.