Financial Analyst, R&d

Salesloft Salesloft · Enterprise · Atlanta, GA · Finance

This role partners with R&D (Product & Engineering) leadership to evaluate unit-level economics, engineering headcount, and investment KPIs that drive the product roadmap. It involves preparing financial reports, analyzing trends, and communicating risks/insights to senior leadership. The role also requires performing ad-hoc business case evaluations and scenario analyses for strategic technology initiatives, and supporting financial operations by partnering with Accounting during month-end close. The role explicitly mentions leveraging Pigment as a planning platform and Claude AI to accelerate data analysis, reporting, and scenario modeling to automate finance workflows.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as the dedicated finance partner to Product & Engineering leadership, evaluating unit-level economics, engineering headcount, and investment KPIs that drive our product roadmap.
  2. Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting—analyzing financial results, tracking key trends, and communicating business risks and insights to senior leadership.
  3. Utilize Pigment as our core FP&A planning platform and Claude AI to accelerate data analysis, reporting, and scenario modeling to automate finance workflows.
  4. Perform ad-hoc business case evaluations and scenario analyses to guide strategic technology initiatives and investment decisions.
  5. Partner with Accounting during the month-end close process to complete variance analysis and assist with R&D financial reporting.

Skills

Required

  • 2 to 3 years of experience in FP&A, Sales Operations, or quantitative financial analysis roles within a high-growth tech or B2B SaaS environment.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets for financial modeling.
  • Hands-on experience with modern FP&A platforms (specifically Pigment) and comfort using AI tools (such as Claude AI) to drive analytical productivity.
  • Tech-savvy with strong analytical skills and the ability to learn new systems and workflows quickly.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills to interact effectively with engineering leaders and executive management.

Nice to have

  • Exposure to or strong interest in R&D and technology finance (e.g., engineering headcount planning, cloud infrastructure costs, or software capitalization).

What the JD emphasized

  • R&D investments directly fuel platform innovation and growth
  • evaluate unit-level economics
  • engineering headcount
  • investment KPIs
  • strategic technology initiatives
  • R&D financial reporting
  • quantitative financial analysis
  • R&D and technology finance
  • engineering headcount planning
  • cloud infrastructure costs
  • software capitalization