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Strategic Financial Analyst, GTM

Benchling· Finance
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$119k - $150kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Detail-oriented Financial Analyst in Strategic Finance supporting the Sales organization with monthly/quarterly close, budgeting/forecasting, sales performance analysis (including commission payout reconciliation), and expense management in a hybrid in-office role based in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain full year budgets and quarterly forecasts for various Field Organizations (Sales, Solution Consulting, Sales Operations & Enablement, and Marketing)
  • Deliver monthly/quarterly analyses of financial results including BvA variances to plan, ensuring key issues, risks and business drivers are understood and proactively highlighted
  • Support commissions calculations and reporting, analytics and support annual comp plan design
  • Support the company-wide annual and long-range planning processes
  • Partner with Accounting on monthly close activities such as vendor trend reviews, closed-won opportunities, collections, and commissions payments
  • Develop and continually improve sales and customer metrics (revenue, ARR, ASP, seat penetration, quota attainment etc.)
  • Partner with business leaders to drive strategic initiatives influencing business decisions and by providing proactive recommendations, backed by strong business and financial analysis
  • Drive ad-hoc projects and analysis to support Benchling’s long-term growth

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics or equivalent area.
  • 2–5 years of FP&A or Strategic Finance experience, with at least 2 years supporting a Sales, Marketing or GTM org at a SaaS company.
  • Strong understanding and substantial knowledge of complex financial modeling, GAAP accounting and FP&A best practices
  • Strong Communication Skills - ability to think logically, rationally, and strategically in order to distill and articulate complex data to drive business decisions. Experience presenting analyses to management and ability to lead and drive initiatives
  • Proficiency in Excel/Sheets and a planning tool (Adaptive, Anaplan, or equivalent) required. Salesforce and Certinia experience is a strong plus.

Skills

Required:Budgeting and forecastingFinancial modelingAnalytics and reportingCommission planning and reconciliationCommunication and presentation

Benefits

  • Full-time U.S. benefits program including equity, health, dental, vision, 401(k)+ employer match, wellness, commuter, and more.
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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