FP&A Analyst, Go-To-Market
Yelp
Summary
Looking for a company where the Financial Planning & Analysis team plays an integral role in decision-making? If you answered yes, then you’ll find what you seek within Yelp’s growing FP&A function.
Business partners are eager for your financial expertise and value your help in understanding, tracking, and managing finances and resources to achieve company goals. If you are someone who enjoys this type of FP&A environment and is looking to make an important impact to Yelp, then come join our growing team!
The FP&A Analyst role is ideal for highly-motivated individuals who function with confidence and expertise in a fast-paced and rapidly changing business environment. The Analyst will have direct visibility to senior members of Finance, as well as significant interaction with the broader FP&A team across key functional areas. Candidates must have great communication and interpersonal skills, strong analytical ability, and an ability to balance the details against the bigger picture. The ideal candidate possesses a strong drive to exceed personal goals, and is naturally inclined to take on new challenges.
We’d love to have you apply, even if you don’t feel you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Yelp, we’re looking for great people, not just those who simply check off all the boxes. This is a full-time remote role based in the United States.
What you'll do:
- Planning & Forecasting: You will participate in corporate planning, budgeting, forecasting, annual and long-range planning in support of key areas (e.g. Revenue, Sales and Marketing,and Headcount expenses).
- Performance Management: You will provide accurate, timely, and actionable financial reporting and key business metrics to operating teams, gain key insights into spend trends with meaningful and actionable analyses. You will build thoughtful analyses to drive better investment decisions and optimal resource allocation.
- Business Partnering: You will build strong relationships and collaborate with business leaders to become a trusted advisor who highlights risks, spots opportunities, builds simulations, and sensitivity analysis. You will also collaborate cross-functionally within FP&A to provide timely insights on monthly forecasts and financial trends.
What it takes to succeed:
- You have 2+ years of progressive experience in finance or related field.
- You have a BA/BS in Business, Finance, Economics, or equivalent.
- You have experience with Anaplan, Oracle Financials, SQL, and dashboarding.
- You have advanced Excel modeling skills and a strong understanding of forecasting and financial statement analysis.
- You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail.
- You are self-driven, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- You have strong written and verbal communication skills and can tailor messaging for different audiences.
- You have a customer-focused mindset and can collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders.
- You are eager to take on responsibility and consistently exceed expectations.
- Experience in publicly-traded, high-growth technology companies is preferred.
What you'll get:
- Effective your first day: Full medical, vision, and dental
- 15 days PTO (accrual begins on date of hire and increases with 2+ years of tenure thereafter), 12 paid holidays, plus one floating holiday
- Up to 14 weeks of parental leave
- Monthly wellness subsidy
- Work from home reimbursement
- Flexible spending account
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Compensation range for this position is $85,000 - $115,000 annually. You may also be offered a bonus and benefits.
