Principal Financial Analyst

Responsibilities

• Strategic planning: Be a trusted advisor to the leadership team to develop and refine our 1- and 3-year strategic plans, proactively highlighting risks and opportunities related to business growth and drive optimal investment decisions through data-driven insights and business modeling expertise.
• Operational Excellence: Partner with the Marketing and Analytics teams to develop and monitor key performance indicators to drive insights and decision making in order to achieve our strategic and financial plans.
• Modeling: Create financial models to analyze complex business scenarios that drive and inform our go-to-market strategy (e.g. promotion, pricing, new sales channel opportunities, product portfolio).
• Financial reporting: Prepare financial reporting deliverables (month-end close package, variance explanation,...) to enable transparency into the business’s performance and drivers. Liaise with the Accounting team and cross-functional business partners to ensure correct accounting treatment of transactional activities.
• Process improvement: Drive efficiencies and continuous improvement by streamlining, standardizing and automating processes and reporting requirements.
• Team coaching: Operate in a leader capacity, proactively influencing, leading & coaching within the Finance organization and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• You are a qualified financial analyst, with strong analytical and modeling skills and a deep SaaS understanding.
• You also have demonstrable experience of acting as a business partner, supporting and challenging non-finance stakeholders.
• The ideal candidate has worked in the high-tech industry and enjoys operating in an extremely fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Advanced Proficiency in Microsoft Excel to analyze complex business scenarios by building/improving financial models. Hyperion EssBase experience preferred.
• Highly motivated, self-starter with ability to work independently in a fast paced environment, simultaneously manage several priorities, and challenge the status quo to lead change and operational improvements.
• Attention to details and ability to synthesize large volumes of data into insightful recommendations to the executive leadership team.
• Ability to influence all levels of leadership to drive actions, behaviors, decisions and business outcomes.
• Ability to lead teams to deliver exceptional results and drive business growth.
• Exceptional track record of self-motivation, prioritization, initiative, and integrity.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with experience in presenting to business partners with confidence, conviction, and credibility.
• 10+ years in FP&A roles and experience with SaaS a plus.
• BS/BA in Finance or Accounting. MBA a plus. Or equivalent work experience.

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.