Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, empowers developers and businesses with the fastest PostgreSQL platform designed for various workloads. As a Lead FP&A & Strategic Finance Analyst, you will partner with the Head of Strategic Finance and GTM leadership, focusing on analytics to drive insights and support decision-making across the business.

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, including planning, forecasting, reporting, and budget-versus-actual analysis
• 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
• Helping create scalable planning processes that improve visibility, accountability, and decision quality across the business
• 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

Skills

• 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
• Thrive in high-growth, ambiguous environments where systems and processes are still being built
• Commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive environment

Benefits

• Flexible PTO and comprehensive family leave
• Fridays off in August 
• Fully remote opportunities globally
• Stock options for long-term growth
• Monthly WiFi stipend
• Professional development and educational resources 
• Premium insurance options for you and your family (US-based employees)

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