IT Business Analyst at Parlinum Consulting

Description

We're looking for a highly analytical and detail-driven FP&A professional to join our advisory practice. In this role, you would support client engagements with the client's Finance team to assess process inefficiencies. Additionally, you would advise our clients on best practices for maintaining accurate financial forecasts and reporting, building and maintaining financial models, providing in-depth ad-hoc analysis, and ensuring that our clients' processes around forecasting, financial planning, and analysis and/or RevOps are best in class. As a trusted advisor, you'll partner closely with Sales, CS, Finance & RevOps, as well as senior leadership, to deliver actionable insights, enhance reporting accuracy, and strengthen financial planning capabilities. This is an opportunity to contribute directly to the financial strategy of technology organizations and fast-scaling SaaS businesses as they improve the overall effectiveness of their internal functions (FP&A, Revenue Operations, CS Operations, and Accounting). You will also conduct stakeholder interviews, analyse client data and processes, and facilitate executive workshops needed to provide insights to clients as they work toward achieving their transformational goals.

Key Responsibilities:

i.                 Maintain and enhance dynamic financial models for revenue, headcount, expenses, and cash flow

ii.               Prepare and deliver monthly reporting packages, including variance analyses, management dashboards, and key SaaS metrics

iii.             Support the annual budgeting process, quarterly re-forecasts, and scenario planning to guide executive decisions

iv.             Calculate, validate, and forecast monthly sales revenue and SaaS renewals with accuracy and transparency

v.               Provide ad-hoc performance analyses across GTM teams, including SaaS metrics (ARR, NRR, churn, CAC payback, LTV) and pipeline efficiency

vi.             Partner with RevOps and Sales leadership to align commission performance with strategic objectives

vii.           Support month-end close deliverables and reconciliations in partnership with the Accounting team

viii.          Assist when needed with relevant U.S. tax and compliance requirements, assessing their impact on reporting and operations

ix.             Uphold strong internal controls across revenue recognition, commissions, and accounting processes

x.               Partner with RevOps to automate and improve the pipeline → bookings → revenue reporting workflow

xi.             Identify and implement process improvements to enhance speed, accuracy, and

xii.           scalability of reporting

xiii.          Assist with system integrations between CRM (Salesforce), FP&A tools, and emerging Al analytics initiatives to improve data flow and forecast accuracy

Required Qualifications:

i.                 3-5+ years of experience in FP&A, accounting, or business analytics, preferably in SaaS or technology industries

ii.               Advanced Excel / Google Sheets financial modelling skills; experience with SQL or BI tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Power BI) is a plus

iii.             Strong understanding of SaaS financial metrics and revenue modelling

iv.             Excellent communicator, able to distil complex financial data for executive and non-financial audiences

v.               Demonstrated ability to balance precision and speed, with strong ownership over deliverables

Preferred Tools & Skills:

       i.          Advanced Excel / Google Sheets, SQL, BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI)

     ii.          CRM platforms (Salesforce), FP&A tools

Education Required:

       i.          Bachelor's in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration

Nice to Have:

i.                Experience with Workday, Jira, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Microsoft Azure, AWS, SAP, Snowflake