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Salary: USD 99,000 - 132,000 / annual
Datadog is seeking a Strategic Finance Analyst to join its Finance team in New York. The role is hybrid, requiring 3 days per week in the office.
You will partner with business leaders across the organization to analyze key financial and operational drivers supporting Datadog's growth. Your responsibilities include managing financial forecasts and analyses covering revenue, ARR, customers, product, and cash flow; translating insights into recommendations for senior leadership. You will work cross-functionally with go-to-market and Product teams to track performance and assess trends, support quarterly Board materials preparation, and partner with the Accounting team on monthly and quarterly flux analysis and financial close items.
Additional responsibilities include assisting in planning and budgeting cycles to ensure consistency in tools and processes; becoming proficient with financial planning and business intelligence tools such as Pigment, Tableau, and Metabase; conducting ROI and profitability analyses at regional and sales channel levels; and supporting ad hoc strategic initiatives for senior management, including business challenge assessment and solution proposals.
Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for cloud applications, bringing together end-to-end traces, metrics, and logs to enable businesses to secure systems, avoid downtime, and ensure optimal user experience. The Finance team provides commercial, operational, and analytical support across the organization.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 2+ years of professional experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, or related field
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or Economics
- Mastery of Excel and PowerPoint with proven experience building financial models and managing complex data
- Clear, concise communicator and team player with humble mindset and can-do attitude
- Experience in or understanding of consumption-based software business models
- MBA or CFA is a plus but not required
- Solid understanding of Pigment or other EPM software is a plus but not required
