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MathWorks is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst to lead planning, forecasting, and revenue analysis efforts that support strategic business decisions. The role requires developing financial models, delivering insights on revenue trends, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve forecast accuracy and guide leadership.

Highlights

Lead annual planning and recurring forecast processes focusing on revenue and growth drivers.
Design forecasting frameworks and conduct scenario analysis to enhance decision-making.
Analyze performance results to identify risks, opportunities, and key business drivers.
Develop revenue insights covering ARR, customer trends, renewals, and churn.
Build and maintain complex financial models using tools like Anaplan, Snowflake, and Excel.
Present findings and recommendations to senior and executive leadership teams.
Partner with Sales Operations and other departments to align assumptions and analyses with business realities.
Require a bachelor’s degree plus 6 years of FP&A or related finance experience, preferably in SaaS or technology sectors.
Strong financial modeling, analytical skills, and ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.
Salary range: $103,500 - $160,500.

Senior Financial Analyst Full Description

Senior Financial Analyst

Team: Finance and Operations
Location: US-MA-Natick
Salary Range: $103,500 - $160,500

Job Summary

We are seeking a strategic and analytical Senior FP&A Analyst to drive planning, forecasting, and revenue insights that inform key business decisions in a dynamic, evolving environment. This hands-on role combines advanced financial modeling, scenario analysis, and strong business partnership to shape growth strategies and improve forecast quality.

Responsibilities

Planning & Forecasting

Lead significant components of the annual planning and recurring forecast processes, with a focus on revenue and growth drivers.
Design and refine forecasting frameworks, assumptions, and scenarios to improve accuracy, transparency, and decision usefulness.
Analyze actual results versus plan from multiple perspectives and clearly articulate drivers, risks, and opportunities.

Revenue Analytics & Insights

Develop forward looking insights across key revenue and business metrics (e.g., ARR, customer trends, renewals, churn, growth drivers).
Frame analyses with potential counter measures, enabling leadership to make informed decisions.
Identify emerging trends and proactively bring insights to FP&A leadership and business partners.
Proactively identify and drive improvements in forecasting accuracy, automation, and FP&A processes.

Modeling & Data Management

Build, own, and maintain complex financial models supporting scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and strategic decision-making.
Improve existing models by introducing new techniques, enhancing structure, and increasing scalability and usability.
Leverage tools such as Anaplan, Snowflake, Excel, and other analytics platforms to support planning and analysis.

Communication & Business Partnership

Present insights, recommendations, and scenarios directly to senior and executive leadership.
Act as a business partner to Sales Operations, and other cross functional teams, to gather inputs, validate assumptions, and ensure models and analyses reflect underlying business drivers.
Translate complex data into clear narratives that resonate with financial and non‑financial audiences.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or equivalent experience) is required.
Candidates for this position must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without restriction.
Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position.

Additional Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
6+ years of experience in FP&A or related finance roles, preferably in a SaaS or technology environment in a multi-national or Global company.
Proven ability to operate independently, manage ambiguity, and influence decisions through analysis.
Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem solving skills.
Clear and confident communicator with experience presenting to senior stakeholders.
Experience with planning and analytics tools (e.g., Anaplan, Snowflake, Power BI) is a plus.

Original Job Description

Senior Financial Analyst

Team: Finance and Operations
Location: US-MA-Natick
Salary Range: $103,500 - $160,500

Job Summary

Responsibilities

Planning & Forecasting

Lead significant components of the annual planning and recurring forecast processes, with a focus on revenue and growth drivers.
Design and refine forecasting frameworks, assumptions, and scenarios to improve accuracy, transparency, and decision usefulness.
Analyze actual results versus plan from multiple perspectives and clearly articulate drivers, risks, and opportunities.

Revenue Analytics & Insights

Develop forward looking insights across key revenue and business metrics (e.g., ARR, customer trends, renewals, churn, growth drivers).
Frame analyses with potential counter measures, enabling leadership to make informed decisions.
Identify emerging trends and proactively bring insights to FP&A leadership and business partners.
Proactively identify and drive improvements in forecasting accuracy, automation, and FP&A processes.

Modeling & Data Management

Build, own, and maintain complex financial models supporting scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and strategic decision-making.
Improve existing models by introducing new techniques, enhancing structure, and increasing scalability and usability.
Leverage tools such as Anaplan, Snowflake, Excel, and other analytics platforms to support planning and analysis.

Communication & Business Partnership

Present insights, recommendations, and scenarios directly to senior and executive leadership.
Act as a business partner to Sales Operations, and other cross functional teams, to gather inputs, validate assumptions, and ensure models and analyses reflect underlying business drivers.
Translate complex data into clear narratives that resonate with financial and non‑financial audiences.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or equivalent experience) is required.
Candidates for this position must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without restriction.
Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position.

Additional Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
6+ years of experience in FP&A or related finance roles, preferably in a SaaS or technology environment in a multi-national or Global company.
Proven ability to operate independently, manage ambiguity, and influence decisions through analysis.
Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem solving skills.
Clear and confident communicator with experience presenting to senior stakeholders.
Experience with planning and analytics tools (e.g., Anaplan, Snowflake, Power BI) is a plus.

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