Senior Financial Analyst, Customer Excellence Group

Location Type: Remote Employment Type: Full-time

Company Description

It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today — ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.

Job Description

What you get to do in this role:

The Senior Financial Analyst, Customer Excellence Group is an integral role closely involved in providing strategic and financial insights to the Customer Org finance team by analyzing the P&L, topline, Spend and margin trends. The role will involve performing sophisticated financial analysis including deep dives into Bookings, revenue and GTM KPIs, supporting the planning/budgeting process, and performing other ad hoc analyses. This individual should be intellectually curious, highly analytical, and demonstrate the ability to partner and communicate effectively in a cross-functional team environment.

• Build presentation materials and drive strategic analysis that supports recurring and ad-hoc projects that drive results and decision making.
• Contribute to the financial planning process: support annual planning process, long-term strategic planning, and preparation of materials for the QBR.
• Ensure all monthly and quarterly related reporting requirements and submissions to Global Customer & Partner Finance and Corp FP&A are met in a timely and accurate manner.
• Prepare and present financial reports, including budget vs. actual variance analysis, to senior management.
• Perform Headcount analysis, demand and supply analysis of billable capacity.
• Direct cost analysis [headcount driven] at cost center/business unit level.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you have:

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI's potential impact on the function or industry.
• Undergraduate degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in corporate finance, investment banking, management consulting, or related field.
• Intellectually curious and proficient in complex modeling, working with data sets and identifying trends / anomalies against expectations.
• An effective communicator, able to convey complex ideas in a clear, concise manner.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work with minimal guidance.
• Knowledge of enterprise software and the SaaS industry.
• Strong financial modeling and analysis skills, with advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Anaplan, BI experience, and usage of AI tools to drive efficiencies are a plus.
• High attention to detail with excellent organizational skills and ability to work toward results.
• Excellent team player with exceptional work ethics.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• FD21

Additional Information

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Equal Opportunity Employer

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