Strategic Finance Analyst - 15 Month Contract

About the role

This role owns marketing operating expense and headcount forecasting, variance reporting and recurring planning processes within 1Password's Strategic Finance team, on a 15-month fixed-term contract. It suits a finance professional with 4+ years in FP&A or strategic finance, ideally at a SaaS company, who can work independently and communicate analysis to budget owners.

What you'll do

• Own the marketing opex forecast, budget tracking and quarterly reforecast, including program and campaign spend, and explain each variance to budget with its driver.
• Own the marketing headcount forecast, tracking hires, open roles and departures against plan and their impact on marketing opex.
• Reconcile monthly marketing opex and headcount actuals to the general ledger and headcount system.
• Turn reconciled results into the marketing sections of the monthly and quarterly business reviews, including tables, charts and a draft executive narrative.
• Streamline recurring forecasting and reporting work, such as actuals feeds, budget owner updates and variance commentary, to reduce manual effort each cycle.
• Prepare materials for reviews with Marketing budget owners, attend alongside the Director, record decisions and complete follow-up analysis.
• Support marketing spend efficiency reporting, including cost per pipeline, customer acquisition cost and payback, to inform investment decisions.
• Contribute to GTM finance process improvement projects with the Strategic Finance team, including shared forecasting and reporting workflows.
• Document each recurring process so the work hands off cleanly at the end of the term.
• Attend and present marketing business reviews with budget owners
• Support monthly and quarterly business review preparation alongside Strategic Finance leads

What you'll need

• 4+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis, strategic finance or business analytics, with a preference for SaaS or subscription technology companies.
• Experience owning operating expense and headcount forecasts against budget, including program spend and vendor costs, with a preference for marketing.
• Experience running a monthly close, forecast and variance cycle, including reconciling actuals and writing variance commentary for an executive audience.
• A track record of using AI tools and automation to improve a finance process, such as automating a recurring report, drafting variance commentary or standardizing a forecast template.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, including maintaining and rolling forward financial models built by others.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including presenting analysis to Marketing budget owners.
• Ability to learn new metrics, models and processes quickly and work independently against set priorities.

Nice to have

• Experience building AI agents or automated workflows for a finance team.
• Experience with NetSuite, Anaplan, ChartHop, Salesforce or Hex.
• Experience with marketing spend analytics such as cost per pipeline, CAC and payback.

Benefits listed by 1Password

• Health, dental, 401k or RRSP and other benefits program from day one
• Generous paid time off (accrues 2.08 days per month)
• Company-wide wellness days (1 per quarter)
• Equity grant
• Participation in incentive programs where applicable
• Employee-led inclusion and belonging programs and ERGs
• Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly

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