Senior Financial Analyst

The incumbent will join a fast-paced organization, playing a central role in providing financial support and guidance as part of the monthly/quarterly close, forecast activities and the annual planning process. A core part of the role will involve working with Business Systems to improve FP&A process effectiveness and efficiency.  As the Sr. Financial Analyst, you will own and lead our Forecasting & Business Planning process within the Business Finance function, prior in-depth experience supporting Business Operations, R&D and G&A, is extremely valuable. You will act as a key financial and strategic partner for members of the Dynatrace Executive and Leadership Team. This role will also be responsible for certain company-wide reporting, planning, and assisting with FP&A’s data analytics strategy. Your work and insight will directly contribute to Dynatrace’s incredible growth story on a global scale. You are highly analytical, data driven, detail-oriented, comfortable dealing with ambiguity, and effective in balancing multiple priorities.

What you will be focusing on:

• Be a valued and integral part of our global team, engaging with various levels of leadership
• Leadership: Finance Business Partner to drive strategic, operational, and financial insights. Enhance modeling for key strategic investments, resource management, the annual spend/investment planning process, quarterly forecast updates, and business reviews
• Partner with functional leaders to provide value-added insights that drive faster, smarter decisions and more accurate forecasts
• Work closely with your business partners to improve visibility into risks and opportunities in their operating plans and highlight key considerations as they execute against their plan
• Prepare proposals to summarize findings and present recommendations to senior leadership
• Perform monthly variance analyses of budget/forecast against actual financial performance, surfacing the “why” behind variances versus plan/forecasts
• Support automation of KPI reporting in collaboration with Business Intelligence Finance team to improve data accessibility, reliability, and time-to-publication
• Collaborate across all teams within Finance to assist in the implementation and administration of key financial reporting/planning systems