Senior FP&A Analyst

Job description

At Dscout , we’re building the most flexible and powerful UX research platform on the market—trusted by the world’s top brands in finance (JP Morgan Chase, Intuit, Charles Schwab, PayPal), healthcare (Aya, Headspace), consumer goods (Keen, Verizon, Target, Northface), and tech (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Meta, Spotify, AirBnB). Our tools help teams deeply understand the humans behind their products, so they can build better ones. We are expanding our smart and driven team and would love for you to join us. Dscout is currently hiring for an experienced Senior FP&A Analyst for an immediate need in AUSTIN, TX . This individual will report to the CFO and senior leadership and will be responsible for utilizing both quantitative and qualitative analyses of all operational aspects of the company in order to evaluate the company's progress toward achieving its goals and to map out future goals and plans. This individual will play a critical role in considering economic and business trends, reviewing past company performance, and anticipating obstacles and potential issues, all with an eye toward forecasting the company's future financial results. This person will work cross-functionally with other departments in the execution of the role's duties. If you are excited about the challenge of building an incredible product while also helping to mentor and build a great engineering team, we’d love to hear from you! What You Will Do at Dscout: Create, update, and maintain financial models and detailed forecasts of the company's future operations/ Assess and track overall financial health, primarily by using key financial ratios common to SaaS companies and marketplace/ Determine gross margin and net margin contributions of our products or product line/ Examine and evaluate the cost-efficiency of each department, in light of what percentage of the company's financial resources each department consumes. Work with individual departments to prepare budgets and consolidate into the company's overall corporate budget. Compare historical operating results against budgets and forecasts, and perform variance analyses to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward. Consider opportunities for the company to expand or grow; map out growth plans, including capital expenditures and investments. Evaluate new investments or products by looking at return on inve…