Senior FP&A Analyst, Corporate Finance

Gitlab

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. *Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. AN OVERVIEW OF THIS ROLE As a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, R&D, you’ll serve as a senior contributor on GitLab’s FP&A team. Reporting to the Director of FP&A, you’ll provide timely support grounded in facts and data for critical choices. You’ll manage headcount and vendor spend, coordinate forecasting and annual planning, build financial models, explain performance, and improve the processes and tools that help make GitLab predictable. What You’ll Do   * Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to provide financial advice and guide direct, sometimes challenging, cross-functional conversations. * Manage headcount planning, tracking, and reporting across supported organizations. * Manage vendor and program spend through forecasting, analysis, and decision support. * Coordinate monthly forecast cycles and annual planning for Product and Engineering, improving financial processes and policies with minimal guidance. * Translate financial and data analysis into clear, evidence-based narratives, actionable insights, and recommendations that inform CFO and functional leadership decisions. * Drive complex projects that improve data-driven decision-making and operating efficiency. * Prioritize with limited direction and coordinate large, complex projects that improve GitLab’s ability to make evidence-based choices or operate more efficiently. * Collaborate with cloud hosting finance, mentor finance team members, and use AI, spreadsheets, and data tools to deliver accurate, timely analysis. What You’ll Bring  * Experience as a finance business partner supporting a business function, including headcount management, vendor spend, forecasting, variance analysis, and annual planning; candidates may have gained this experience through a range of backgrounds. * Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial information into clear narratives and influence executives, vice presidents, and cross-functional stakeholders. * Advanced financial modeling skills, including the ability to quickly build complex models from scratch using Excel or Google Sheets for new and ambiguous business questions. * Navigate complex or challenging stakeholder conversations by evaluating financial trade-offs and communicating clear recommendations. * Ability to prioritize with limited direction and guide complex projects while managing changing priorities. * A collaborative approach to exchanging knowledge and working across finance teams. * Experience with Adaptive Planning or NetSuite, exposure to cloud hosting or infrastructure spend, and ability to learn and use GitLab are helpful but not required. About the team The FP&A team partners with executive team members across GitLab to provide timely, fact-based, evidence-based planning support. We support annual planning, own the operating plan and long-term financial model, support internal financial reporting, and develop financial and analytical tools that help make GitLab predictable. In this role, you’ll be the primary finance partner for Research and Development, work closely with Product and Engineering leadership, and collaborate with FP&A team members who support cloud hosting and General and Administrative functions. We operate in GitLab’s all-remote, asynchronous environment and value clear communication, ownership, mentorship, and the ability to make complex information useful. The Director of FP&A is hands-on and available to help while giving each team member opportunities to present to leadership and own their work. HOW GITLAB SUPPORTS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES * Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being * Flexible Paid Time Off  * Team Member Resource Groups * Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan * Growth and Development Fund * Parental Leave  Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.   Privacy Policy: Please review our Recruitment Privacy Policy. Your privacy is important to us. GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. GitLab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also GitLab’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the recruiting process.

BRKZ

ABOUT US Backed by top regional and global VCs, BRKZ is Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing construction-tech startup. Our web platform, mobile apps and WhatsApp channels give contractors instant access to 7,000+ building-material SKUs from 1,100+ vetted suppliers, with quotes in minutes and buy-now-pay-later financing built in. In just two years we have on-boarded 850+ contracting companies, supported giga-projects such as NEOM and King Salman Park, and scaled RFQs to $350 million while keeping positive unit economics. You can read more about BRKZ's latest news on Forbes, TechCrunch & Wamda. POSITION OVERVIEW: The FP&A Analyst will play a critical role in driving the company’s financial planning, forecasting, and analysis activities. This position requires strong analytical skills, financial expertise, and the ability to provide actionable insights that support strategic decision-making and enhance overall financial performance. The role involves working closely with senior leadership, commercial, operations, and credit teams to provide insights that shape pricing, unit economics, growth strategy, and capital allocation. WHAT YOU WILL DO (RESPONSIBILITIES) : Financial Planning & Forecasting * Build and maintain financial models to project future performance. * Lead the annual budgeting process, ensuring alignment with company goals. * Update rolling forecasts to reflect changing business conditions. Financial Analysis * Perform variance analysis to highlight trends, risks, and opportunities. * Provide insights and recommendations to senior management based on financial results. * Support strategic initiatives with scenario modeling and financial evaluation. Reporting & Dashboards * Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports. * Design and maintain dashboards to track KPIs and performance metrics. * Analyze unit economics across customers, suppliers, products, and financing offerings * Monitor key KPIs such as GMV, take rate, contribution margin, CAC, LTV, and credit performance * Ensure reporting accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with standards. * Support board materials and ad-hoc strategic analyses Business Partnering * Collaborate with department leaders to understand financial needs. * Act as a trusted advisor to guide informed decision-making. * Contribute financial expertise to cross-functional projects. * Partner with credit and risk teams to analyze loan performance, portfolio profitability, and loss drivers * Deliver clear, actionable insights to non-finance stakeholders Process Improvement * Identify opportunities to improve FP&A processes and efficiency. * Utilize financial systems and tools to streamline reporting and analysis. * Stay current with industry best practices and emerging trends. * Work closely with data and accounting teams to ensure a single source of truth WHO YOU ARE (QUALIFICATIONS) :  Must Have * Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration * 2–4 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or related roles. * Advanced proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis. * Solid understanding of P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet dynamics * Ability to translate data into clear business insights * Strong communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally * Strong command of Microsoft Excel and financial systems  * Ability to take ownership of tasks, own projects end to end, and keep up with a fast paced, impact-driven environment Nice to Have * Professional finance qualification (CFA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA) preferred * Exposure to credit, risk, or financing products * Experience working in or with construction, supply chain, or B2B commerce WHAT WE OFFER: * Excellent opportunity to be part of a start-up with a lot of responsibility and independence early on and where you will have an impact on the entire business. * The best idea wins; we are all ears when it comes to ways to do things better. * You’ll get to experience unique technology built to empower your experience in the company and help you better serve the customers. * Exciting stock options. * Attractive compensation package with access to Premium Health Insurance  * Product first mindset.   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check our guide on How to prepare for your interviews with BRKZ 🚚🏗️ Pls note : Certain positions eventual grading might be subject to interview performance, this allows great talent to shine regardless of years of experience and keeps a fair process based on how big of an impact you deliver in the organization.

Stripe

ABOUT STRIPE Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. ABOUT THE TEAM The Finance & Strategy (F&S) team serves as the strategic engine and financial steward of Stripe's businesses, connecting financial rigour with business judgment to drive sound capital allocation and accountability across the company.   The Group Business Finance & Strategy team partners with some of Stripe's largest internal business organizations, driving planning, investment prioritization, and operational discipline across headcount and non-headcount spend. The team is responsible for financial reporting, business performance management, and driving the planning and forecasting processes that enable sound decision-making at the most senior levels of the organization.   This role sits within F&S Bengaluru, a high-impact team whose mission is to enable F&S to "Grow for Free", driving process efficiency, centralization, and resource optimization so that senior F&S partners can focus on higher-order strategic work. ABOUT THE ROLE We are hiring a Financial Analyst for Group Business F&S to build, standardize, and scale the reporting, planning, and process excellence functions that support Group Business Finance & Strategy. This role covers the full spectrum of Group Business F&S financial operations including headcount reporting and analytics, month end close accruals, opex reporting and BvA, business review preparation, and forward-looking planning cycles.   The immediate and primary mandate is to establish a clean, consistent, and automated reporting foundation across Group Business F&S, bringing discipline and rigor to how financial and workforce data is tracked, packaged, and presented to F&S leadership.   This is a strong FP&A and Corporate Finance profile. You thrive in building structured processes from the ground up, have a sharp eye for data quality, and bring a standardization and automation-first mindset to everything you touch. You are comfortable working independently, managing a large volume of recurring deliverables with accuracy and timeliness, and continuously improving the processes behind them.   As you establish the reporting foundation, you will have the opportunity to take on broader scope including owning forecast line items, driving planning cycle inputs, and contributing to more strategic finance work within Group Business F&S. WHAT YOU'LL DO REPORTING AND ANALYTICS: * Own end-to-end delivery of the monthly and quarterly reporting packages for Group Business F&S, including headcount actuals, opex BvA (budget vs. actual), forecast variance commentary, and trend analysis for MBRs, RTBRs, and board-level reviews * Design, build, and maintain standardized dashboards and data packs that give F&S leadership a clear, consistent, and audit-ready view of Group Business F&S financial and workforce health across planning orgs, cost centers, functions, and geographies * Own headcount reporting and analytics as a core component of the Group Business F&S reporting suite, tracking HC actuals, variances, and trends alongside broader financial metrics * Establish a single source of truth for Group Business F&S data by driving cross-system integrity across Workday, planning systems, and Oracle, defining data quality standards and owning resolution of discrepancies * Translate financial and workforce data into clear, concise narratives that explain variances, surface risks, and connect business trends to financial outcomes for senior leaders * Automate and streamline recurring reporting workflows, eliminating manual steps and building for scale and consistency PLANNING AND FORECASTING: STRATEGIC OWNERSHIP * Support the annual budget and quarterly forecast processes for Group Business F&S, maintaining and updating financial and HC models by planning org and cost center in Anaplan or any other enterprise planning system * Over time, take ownership of specific forecast line items within Group Business F&S, building bottoms-up models that incorporate headcount, opex, requisitions, backfill decisions, attrition assumptions, and hire-ahead activity * Build scenario models to support F&S leadership in assessing the financial and operational impact of business and workforce decisions across Group Business F&S PROCESS EXCELLENCE AND STANDARDIZATION * Lead the documentation and standardization of reporting and planning processes across Group Business F&S, building SOPs, data dictionaries, and process playbooks that ensure consistency, continuity, and auditability * Identify inefficiencies across reporting and planning workflows and drive automation initiatives that reduce cycle time and improve output quality * Champion process improvement opportunities within F&S Bengaluru, bringing proposals to F&S leadership for prioritization and resourcing * Mentor and guide junior analysts in F&S Bengaluru on reporting standards, analytical rigor, and process discipline   WHO YOU ARE We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements listed below. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS * 7–14 years of progressive experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, or financial analysis, with meaningful hands-on experience in financial reporting, planning, and process standardization * Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field * Strong FP&A fundamentals: you have owned reporting cycles, built and maintained financial models, and managed budget and forecast processes with precision and without supervision * Proven track record of building and standardizing reporting processes, with a demonstrated ability to bring structure, consistency, and automation to previously manual or fragmented workflows * Experience in headcount reporting and workforce analytics as part of a broader FP&A or Corporate Finance remit * Command of enterprise planning systems such as Anaplan or any equivalent tool for financial and headcount planning; working knowledge of Workday for position and people data is an advantage * Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills, including integrated model design, scenario modeling, and large-dataset manipulation * Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial and workforce data into clear, concise narratives for senior leaders * Strong process orientation with a history of building scalable, structured processes in ambiguous or resource-constrained environments * High attention to detail with the discipline to maintain accuracy across high-volume, recurring deliverables under tight deadlines * Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across time zones and with US-based counterparts PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Experience in a Finance & Strategy, FP&A, or Corporate Finance function at a high-growth technology or fintech company * Hands-on experience building planning models in Anaplan or any other enterprise planning system (model design and configuration, not just data entry) * Proficiency in SQL or data visualization tools (Tableau, Looker, Hubble, or similar) for building self-service reporting and analytics * Familiarity with payroll-to-finance reconciliation, headcount-to-opex bridging, and how HC flows into the P&L * Experience leading process standardization or automation initiatives within an FP&A or centralized finance team * Exposure to company-wide planning processes including annual planning cycles, board reporting, and forecast submissions * MBA or professional certifications (CA, CMA, CFA, CPA, CPIM etc.)