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Senior Strategic Finance Analyst

Deputy - Sydney, NSW, Australia - Hybrid

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Deputy is a global SaaS workforce management platform serving over 1.5 million workers and 375,000 workplaces across 100+ countries. The company recently achieved Unicorn status and operates hubs in Sydney, Melbourne, San Francisco, and London, with remote team members across the US. You will join the Strategic Finance & Operations (SFO) team as a trusted business partner, working closely with cross-functional leaders to analyze operational challenges, identify key business drivers, and develop actionable strategies that improve performance and accelerate growth. Key responsibilities include: **Strategic Finance & Business Partnering**: Deliver actionable financial and operational insights to help stakeholders achieve growth, efficiency, and profitability goals. Support development of business cases, investment analysis, and strategic initiatives. Build strong cross-functional relationships and act as a trusted advisor. **Financial Planning & Analysis**: Support annual planning and quarterly forecasting processes. Use automation and AI-enabled tools to enhance analysis of monthly business performance against budget. Assist in preparing executive-level reporting materials, dashboards, and presentations for leadership teams. **SaaS Metrics & Performance Analytics**: Monitor and analyze key SaaS and operational metrics including ARR, MRR, churn, retention, CAC, LTV, and gross margin. Translate large and complex datasets into clear recommendations and insights. Support ad hoc analysis to evaluate business performance and strategic opportunities. You will have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in analytical or strategic finance roles, preferably within investment banking, FP&A, or strategic finance in a B2B SaaS organization. You bring proven track record of building financial models and conducting ad hoc analysis to distill complex business problems into actionable insights. Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills, strong attention to detail, problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication abilities are essential. Comfort using AI tools (Gemini, ChatGPT, or similar) to support modeling, analysis, and reporting workflows is expected. Deputy is becoming an AI-native company, empowering employees to use AI tools and thinking in day-to-day work. Benefits include flexible work policy with work-from-home stipend, Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP), paid parental leave, group salary continuance insurance, employee assistance program, additional leave days, global working groups, annual hackathons, and novated leasing for electric vehicles.

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