ROLE OVERVIEW

We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join our Strategic Finance team, reporting to the Strategic Finance Leader for the Field. You will be an integral part of a small and highly-leveraged team supporting the Sales organization, including monthly and quarterly close process, budgeting and forecasting, expense management and analysis, as well as special projects to help support the company’s long-term growth and strategic vision. Additionally, you will be expected to expand beyond typical financial responsibilities and act as a strategic thought partner to the business leaders, including driving ad-hoc analysis and other project work. Expectations also include working cross-functionally and establishing/improving processes to enable Benchling’s continued growth.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and maintain full year budgets and quarterly forecasts for various Field Organizations (Sales, Solution Consulting, Sales Operations & Enablement, and Customer Success)
• Deliver monthly/quarterly analyses of financial results including BvA variances to plan, ensuring key issues, risks and business drivers are understood and proactively highlighted
• Partner with business leaders to drive strategic initiatives influencing business decisions and by providing proactive recommendations, backed by strong business and financial analysis
• Support the company-wide annual and long-range planning processes
• Partner with Accounting on monthly close activities such as vendor trend reviews, closed-won opportunities, collections, and commissions payments
• Develop and continually improve sales and customer metrics (revenue, ARR, ASP, seat penetration, quota attainment etc.)
• Support commissions calculations and reporting, analytics and support annual comp plan design
• Drive ad-hoc projects and analysis to support Benchling’s long-term growth

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics or equivalent area.
• 4+ years experience in Investment Banking, Consulting, Private Equity or FP&A at a High Growth Startup or Public Company (Enterprise Software / SaaS experience a plus)
• Strong understanding and substantial knowledge of complex financial modeling, GAAP accounting and FP&A best practices
• Strong Communication Skills - ability to distill and articulate complex data to drive business decisions. Experience presenting analyses to management and ability to lead and drive initiatives

SALARY RANGE

Benchling takes a market-based approach to pay. The candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and work location. For this role the base salary range is $141,525 to $191,475.

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Total Compensation includes the following:

• Competitive salary and equity
• Broad range of medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their dependents
• Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
• Four months of fully paid parental leave
• 401(k) + Employer Match
• Commuter benefits for in-office employees and a generous home office set up stipend for remote employees
• Mental health benefits, including therapy and coaching, for employees and their dependents
• Monthly Wellness stipend
• Learning and development stipend
• Generous and flexible vacation
• Company-wide Summer & Winter holiday shutdown
• Sabbaticals for 5-year and 10-year anniversaries

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