What We Do: The PayScale FP&A team is a key part of the business. We emphasize a tight and positive partnership with the business to deliver the best customer experience while instilling a rigorous controllership environment.

What You Do: As a key member of the team, you will play a highly critical and visible role across the R&D and G&A organization in providing clarity through the use of data, analytics and financial modeling.

Who you are:

• You are an inquisitive individual.
• You have a strong foundation in finance and quantitative analysis but are more than just a spreadsheet jockey or number cruncher.
• You are critical thinker, and a problem solver.
• You love process improvement.

We need someone who has the chops to interpret data, conduct rigorous analysis, and has the confidence to make recommendations and improvements to leadership.

Success in this role requires a high-level of engagement with business partners and therefore requires exceptional interpersonal skills, a focus on teamwork, collaboration, and business sense. You will be a leader in our business, on a high performing team at a fast growing company.

Day-in-the-Life: As a Financial Analyst at PayScale, you will not have a typical day, because our day-to-day can change on a dime. But here's a few things you will do here:

• Understand, extract, and automate data flows into financial software.
• Strive for operational improvement and automation of our financial reporting provided to leadership.
• Prepare monthly metrics reporting support, assist with the monthly operating budget results and forecast updates by collaborating with leadership.

• Work with leadership to understand and develop new ways to analyze our financial results with emphasis on influencing profitability.
• Work at various altitudes, from strategic/high level projects to detailed analysis.
• Ad-hoc scenario analysis that drives actionable business changes.
• Participate in the monthly close process; investigate and resolve issues.
• Assist in other various company projects and initiatives.

Qualifications

Experience:

• 2 year’s financial analysis experience in the technology industry, preferably SaaS or other subscription models.
• BA/BS Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Admin, or similar discipline with analytical bias.

Skills:

• Technical: you are proficient in Excel and BI tools such as Tableau
• Working knowledge of SQL, and are comfortable working with a data warehouse (specifically Snowflake).
• Time management: you are able to re-prioritize on a moment's notice based on shifting business needs.
• Communication: you are great at effectively working with and communicating to senior leadership.
• Accuracy: you strive for excellence and have great attention to detail.

Tools:

• Adaptive Insights
• Netsuite
• Salesforce
• Tableau
• Snowflake Data Warehouse

Compensation

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range for this position is $62,600 - $94,000, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses. This position is also eligible for an annual corporate bonus of 10%. If you are hired at Payscale, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to those factors – we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the full base salary range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future & continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package (more information on benefits listed below).

Location

We are a remote first company where you’re able to work primarily from your home, with company-provided equipment to set you up for success. Our employees are distributed across the US, UK, and Canada with access to WeWork or Regus space to allow for in person collaboration. We are unable to hire in Quebec Province, Northern Ireland, Hawaii.

Company Description

As the industry leader in compensation management, Payscale is on a mission to help job seekers, employees and businesses get pay right, and make sustainable fair pay a reality. Empowering more than 53 percent of the Fortune 500 in 198 countries, Payscale provides a combination of data-driven insights, best-in-class services, and innovative software to enable organizations such as Angel City Football Club, Perry Ellis International, United Healthcare, Vista, and The Washington Post to make fair and appropriate pay decisions. Pay is powerful. To learn more, visit www.payscale.com

• Voted Seattle’s and Boston’s best places to work according to Built In 2022.
• Voted one of Seattle’s companies with the best benefits according to Built In 2022.

Benefits and Perks

The Highlights:

All around awesome culture where together we strive to:

• Pursue excellence every day
• Create customer value
• Compete to win (and lose!) as a team

An open and inclusive culture where you’ll learn and grow through programs and resources like:

• Monthly company all hands meetings
• Regular opportunities for executive leadership exposure
• Access to top-notch learning courses through LinkedIn Learning
• Regular manager check-ins to drive performance and career growth
• A growing network of employee resource groups
• And more!

Our more standard benefits (for the U.S.)

• Discretionary Paid Time Off, giving you flexibility to rest, relax and recharge away from work.
• 15 Paid Company Holidays, including an extended Fourth of July Break, World Mental Health Day, and Juneteenth
• A comprehensive benefits plan including medical, dental, life, vision, disability and life insurance covered up to 100% by Payscale
• 401(k) retirement program with a fully vested immediate company match
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Flexible Spending Account options for pre-tax employee allocations

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We embrace equal employment opportunity. Payscale is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. It is our policy that employees will not be subjected to unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation, political ideology, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to: recruitment, hiring, transfers, promotions, training, discipline, termination, compensation and benefits, performance appraisals, education, and social and recreational programs.

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