Who are we?
Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications.
Our growing community of over 6500 organizations in regulated industries counts on Smarsh every day to help them spot compliance, legal or reputational risks in 80+ communication channels before those risks become regulatory fines or headlines.
Relentless innovation has fueled our journey to consistent leadership recognition from analysts like Gartner and Forrester, and our sustained, aggressive growth has landed Smarsh in the annual Inc.
5000 list of fastest-growing American companies since 2008.
Summary
We are seeking a talented Financial Analyst to join the FP&A function operating out of either our Portland or Atlanta office and reporting to the Director of FP&A.
This is a person who can drive value, collaborate with others and improve capacity of the team.
A key participant in the creation of the company’s operating forecasts in addition to providing management with analytical tools and information to measure performance of the Company.
How will you contribute?
Support the monthly financial close process.
Review results and understand key variances to our financial plans.
Monitor functional and departmental spending versus budget by highlighting material variances using system generated detail and trend reports.
Complete departmental variance analysis with commentary.
Prepare and distribute financial reports and packages by gathering and analyzing information related to current performance.
Assists in bottoms up forecasts and budgeting for the business using key performance indicators and drivers including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses, and capital expenditures.
Financial modeling and analysis of new customer deals including pricing and gross margin analysis.
Assist day-to-day, as well as ad-hoc, projects and requests from various business units within the organization; requires pulling information from various sources/systems.
Collaborate with other cross-departmental teams to create processes, validate data, and build reports.
Continuously identify areas of improvement in existing processes, as well as develop and maintain process documentation.
Reporting and analysis on compensation including headcount, salary, workforce planning and key compensation drivers.
Perform vendor spend analysis and PO management.
What will you bring?
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business
1+ years of financial analysis experience
Moderate Excel skills and experience such as: nested functions, sumifs, vlookup, pivot table creation and development.
Experience with reporting financial data to others both verbally and written
Experience with management and analysis of large datasets
Excellent critical thinking, troubleshooting, and analytical skills
Basic understanding of GAAP and impact on financial forecasts
Driven by working directly with other departments and carrying out a team-first mentality
Comfortable with the monthly finance reporting cadence, and the resulting prioritization of responsibilities
Previous experience with a SaaS business preferred
Previous experience with Salesforce, Adaptive Insights, NetSuite, or similar platforms a plus
The above salary range represents Smarsh's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.
Any applicable bonus programs will be discussed during the recruiting process.
The salary for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, location, specialty and training.
Local cost of living assessments are done for each new hire at the time of offer.
About our culture
Smarsh hires lifelong learners with a passion for innovating with purpose, humility and humor.
Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do.
We work closely with the most popular communications platforms and the world’s leading cloud infrastructure platforms.
We use the latest in AI/ML technology to help our customers break new ground at scale.
We are a global organization that values diversity, and we believe that providing opportunities for everyone to be their authentic self is key to our success.
Smarsh leadership, culture, and commitment to developing our people have all garnered Comparably.
com Best Places to Work Awards.
Come join us and find out what the best work of your career looks like.