Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

As a member of Sprout’s finance team, you will play a pivotal role in positioning Sprout for future growth, all while ensuring compliance and upholding the highest standards of integrity. In this role you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to the development of best-in-class processes and practices that are scalable as our organization grows. What sets our team apart is the significant impact of each member’s work, directly influencing key decisions at the leadership level. You will be entrusted with meaningful responsibilities that deliver real value across the organization.

What you’ll do

• Guide the development of our reporting and analysis processes across all our departments at Sprout.
• Provide insights to our leaders for intelligent decision making and have an impact on our business.
• Use Sprout’s planning tool (Vena), sales tool (SalesForce), data visualization (Tableau) to create reports.
• Understand the mechanics and drivers of our P&L, Plan and Forecast methodology.
• Fully own monthly/quarterly reporting processes, including budget to actuals, variance modeling, and key performance metrics.
• Construct financial models for what-if scenarios and ad-hoc analysis to inform leadership.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across departments to build scalable solutions based on reliable data.

What you’ll bring

We are looking for someone with past experience in Accounting and/or Finance, who is able to communicate clearly, partners well with the departments we support, and thrives in a fast paced changing environment. If you are looking to play a large part in the development of our best in class Finance team we’d love to speak with you!

The minimum qualifications for this role include:

• 3+ years of experience in accounting, finance or business operations
• Excellent Excel and analytical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred qualifications for this role include:

• Experience using Vena financial reporting, Salesforce reporting and Tableau

How you’ll grow

• Complete Sprout Social’s new hire training & onboarding program alongside other new Sprout team members. You’ll gain a broader understanding of our products and how your role fits into the organization.
• Making a plan with your manager to set initial priorities, aligning on expectations for your role and planting goalposts for your career.
• Gain a deep understanding of the Finance team’s goals and the impact our work has on Sprout’s overall business objectives.

Within 3 months, you will:

• Build connections with members from other teams through networking and community building.
• Become proficient using Sprout’s planning tool (Vena), sales tool (Salesforce), data visualization (Tableau) to create and analyze reports.
• Understand the mechanics and drivers of our P&L, Plan and Forecast methodology.
• Support the preparation of monthly and quarterly reporting.

Within 6 months, you will:

• Fully own monthly/quarterly reporting processes, including actuals vs. target, variance analysis, and key performance metrics.
• Provide key insights to our business partners using ad-hoc financial analysis.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across departments to build scalable solutions based on reliable data.
• Have your first performance conversation with your manager, where you’ll discuss your accomplishments in your role and work together to build goals for your professional growth

Within 12 months, you will:

• Play a key role in our annual planning process.
• Communicate financial performance and recommendations to our business partners across the organization, including the CFO.

• Be an expert and identify opportunities to improve our tools capabilities and other areas for automation.
• Surprise us! Use your unique ideas and abilities to change your team in beneficial ways that we haven’t even considered yet.

Of course what is outlined above is the ideal timeline, but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager.

Our Benefits Program

We’re proud to regularly be recognized for our team, product and culture. Our benefits program includes:

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best

• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program, employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and mentorship programs for aspiring leaders
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle

The base pay range for this role is $68,000 – $102,000 annually. Individual base pay is based on various factors, including relevant experience and skills, the responsibility of the role, and job duties/requirements. In addition to base pay, some Sales and Success roles can earn sales incentives.