We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us!
Your opportunity
Are you ready to be a crucial financial partner within a global software environment? This is an outstanding opportunity to join our Go-To-Market (GTM) FP&A team, focusing on the strategic financial management of our worldwide Marketing organization.
We are looking for a highly motivated Financial Analyst who values collaboration and learning. You'll deepen your expertise in FP&A by connecting financial performance directly to business drivers, delivering the insights that drive strategic investment decisions. This role is a platform for personal growth, offering you the chance to act as a trusted advisor to business leaders and build a strong foundation for your future career
What you'll do
OPEX & Headcount Management
- Drive Forecasting Accuracy: You will be pivotal in preparing accurate annual budgets and quarterly/monthly forecasts for our global Marketing organization.
- Resource Stewardship: Track and manage marketing headcount and operating expenses (OPEX), including personnel costs, travel and entertainment (T&E), marketing programs, and software spend, ensuring efficient alignment with budget and headcount plans.
- Data Integrity: Ensure proper accruals and expense classifications in coordination with Accounting and Procurement. Maintain detailed headcount reporting and reconcile monthly actuals with HR data.
- Optimization Support: Review and explain monthly spend trends, proactively identifying cost optimization opportunities.
Variance Analysis & Reporting
- Actionable Insights: Prepare and distribute comprehensive monthly financial reporting and variance analysis, providing clear explanations of all deviations between budget and forecast.
- Strategic Communication: Provide meaningful commentary on financial results and support ad-hoc reporting and deep-dive analysis as needed, translating financial data into business-focused context for non finance stakeholders.
- Trusted Partnership: Act as a dedicated, trusted advisor to Marketing leaders, offering financial guidance on spend management, investment prioritization, and budget optimization.
Process Improvement
- Continuous Enhancement: Proactively contribute to the refinement and enhancement of financial reporting tools, templates, and processes.
- Visibility & Accountability: Help improve data integrity, forecast accuracy, and financial visibility across GTM teams.
- System Leverage: Utilize platforms like Adaptive Insights for planning and reporting excellence, ensuring high data integrity and forecast accuracy.
What Success Looks Like (The Outcome of Your Work)
- Trusted Partnership: You will earn a reputation as a highly reliable and insightful financial partner to Marketing leadership.
- Clear Visibility: Your accurate and timely OPEX and headcount forecasts will significantly improve financial visibility and accountability.
- Informed Strategy: Your clear, insightful variance analysis will directly inform and shape strategic business decisions
This role requires
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- 2–4 years of experience in FP&A, business finance, or financial analysis.
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and Excel/modeling skills.
- Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong business acumen and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Bonus points if you have
- Prior experience supporting Marketing, Sales, or Go-to-Market (GTM) functions in a software/SaaS company.
- Familiarity with marketing metrics, funnel analytics, and ROI measurement.
- Proficiency in financial planning tools (Adaptive Insights, Anaplan).
- Familiarity with Netsuite, Workday, Salesforce, or other enterprise systems.
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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The pay range below represents a reasonable estimate of salary for the listed position. This role may be eligible for the corporate bonus plan. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related factors such as an applicant’s skills, qualifications, and experience.
New Relic provides a variety of benefits for this role, including healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, 11 paid holidays, volunteer time off, paid time-off, and other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees.
Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day. We celebrate our talented Relics’ different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us – including nontraditional ones. Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. We’re looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruiting process, please reach out to [email protected].
We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.
Our hiring process
In compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work and to complete employment eligibility verification. Note: Our stewardship of the data of thousands of customers means that a criminal background check is required to join New Relic.
We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records based on individual circumstances and in accordance with applicable law including, but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. New Relic does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes, and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with New Relic.
New Relic develops and distributes encryption software and technology that complies with U.S. export controls and licensing requirements. Certain New Relic roles require candidates to pass an export compliance assessment as a condition of employment in any global location. If relevant, we will provide more information later in the application process.
Candidates are evaluated based on qualifications, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, disability, neurodiversity, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other legally protected characteristics.
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New Relic San Francisco, California, USA Office
188 Spear, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94105
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