Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

Description

Sprout Social is looking to hire a Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst to the Finance team.

Why join Sprout’s Finance team?

As a member of Sprout’s finance team, you will play a pivotal role in positioning Sprout for future growth, all while ensuring compliance and upholding the highest standards of integrity. In this role you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to the development of best-in-class processes and practices that are scalable as our organization grows. What sets our team apart is the significant impact of each member’s work, directly influencing key decisions at the leadership level. You will be entrusted with meaningful responsibilities that deliver real value across the organization.  

What you’ll do

• Guide the development of our reporting and analysis processes across all our departments at Sprout. 
• Provide insights to our leaders for intelligent decision making and have an impact on our business. 
• Use Sprout’s planning tool (Vena), sales tool (SalesForce), data visualization (Tableau) to create reports.
• Understand the mechanics and drivers of our P&L, Plan and Forecast methodology. 
• Fully own monthly/quarterly reporting processes, including budget to actuals, variance modeling, and key performance metrics.
• Construct financial models for what-if scenarios and ad-hoc analysis to inform leadership. 
• Collaborate with stakeholders across departments to build scalable solutions based on reliable data.
  
  

What you’ll bring

We are looking for someone with past experience in Accounting and/or Finance, who is able to communicate clearly, partners well with the departments we support, and thrives in a fast paced changing environment. If you are looking to play a large part in the development of our best in class Finance team we’d love to speak with you!

The minimum qualifications for this role include:

• 3+ years of experience in accounting, finance or business operations
• Excellent Excel and analytical skills 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 

Preferred qualifications for this role include:

• Experience using Vena financial reporting, Salesforce reporting and Tableau

How you’ll grow

• Complete Sprout Social’s new hire training & onboarding program alongside other new Sprout team members. You’ll gain a broader understanding of our products and how your role fits into the organization.
• Making a plan with your manager to set initial priorities, aligning on expectations for your role and planting goalposts for your career.
• Gain a deep understanding of the Finance team’s goals and the impact our work has on Sprout’s overall business objectives.
  
  

Within 3 months, you will:

• Build connections with members from other teams through networking and community building.
• Become proficient using Sprout’s planning tool (Vena), sales tool (Salesforce), data visualization (Tableau) to create and analyze reports.
• Understand the mechanics and drivers of our P&L, Plan and Forecast methodology. 
• Support the preparation of monthly and quarterly reporting.

Within 6 months, you will:

• Fully own monthly/quarterly reporting processes, including actuals vs. target, variance analysis, and key performance metrics.
• Provide key insights to our business partners using ad-hoc financial analysis. 
• Collaborate with stakeholders across departments to build scalable solutions based on reliable data.
• Have your first performance conversation with your manager, where you’ll discuss your accomplishments in your role and work together to build goals for your professional growth

Within 12 months, you will:

• Play a key role in our annual planning process.
• Communicate financial performance and recommendations to our business partners across the organization, including the CFO.

• Be an expert and identify opportunities to improve our tools capabilities and other areas for automation. 
• Surprise us! Use your unique ideas and abilities to change your team in beneficial ways that we haven’t even considered yet.

Of course what is outlined above is the ideal timeline, but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager.

Our Benefits Program

We’re proud to regularly be recognized for our team, product and culture. Our benefits program includes:

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program 
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best

• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program, employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and mentorship programs for aspiring leaders
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle

The base pay range for this role is $68,000 - $102,000 annually. Individual base pay is based on various factors, including relevant experience and skills, the responsibility of the role, and job duties/requirements. In addition to base pay, some Sales and Success roles can earn sales incentives. 

Sprout’s compensation ranges are intentionally broad to allow for our team members' growth within their role. These ranges were determined by a market-based compensation approach; we used data from trusted third-party compensation sources to set equitable, consistent and competitive ranges. We also evaluate compensation bi-annually, identify any changes in the market and make adjustments to our ranges and existing employee compensation as needed.

Base pay is only one element of an employee's total compensation at Sprout. Every Sprout team member has an opportunity to receive restricted stock units (RSUs) under Sprout’s equity plan. Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit).  Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution. Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays. We have outlined the various components to an employee’s full compensation package here to help you to understand our total rewards package.

Sprout Social is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and an Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate based on identity— race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged or sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our latest DEI Report.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at accommodations@sproutsocial.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. We'll do all we can to ensure you're set up for success during our interview process while upholding your privacy, including requests for accommodation. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please click here (1) Equal Opportunity Employment Poster  (2) Sprout Social's Affirmative Action Statement (3) Pay Transparency Statement. 

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Last updated on Aug 27, 2024