Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dropbox is a Virtual First company. They are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst, Revenue FP&A to own forecasting, analysis, and strategic insights across key revenue-related metrics, partnering closely with various teams to create a unified view of business performance and outlook.
Responsibilities
- Own revenue forecasting across key SaaS metrics, including billings, revenue, net new paid users, average revenue per user, merchant fees, deferred revenue, and contra revenue items
- Translate business drivers into financial forecasts by connecting ARR, net new ARR, bookings, cohort behavior, ramp, retention, and revenue recognition timing to billings and revenue outcomes
- Support guidance and executive communication by partnering with Investor Relations and Corporate Finance leadership to develop forecasts, scenarios, key assumptions, risks, and opportunities
- Drive insight and decision support by analyzing billings and revenue drivers, identifying trends, and providing a centralized financial perspective to inform strategic decisions and investment trade-offs
- Partner across Finance and business teams, including Revenue FP&A, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Long-Range Planning, Corporate FP&A, Finance Systems, Analytics, and business teams to align assumptions, reporting, and financial narratives
- Improve forecasting processes and systems by driving initiatives that increase forecast accuracy, scalability, transparency, and efficiency
- Contribute to Finance operating excellence by strengthening forecasting methodologies, documentation, analytical rigor, and process consistency across the organization
Skills
- 6+ years of experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, Revenue Finance, Strategic Finance, or a related finance function, with hands-on ownership of forecasting and revenue-related metrics
- Experience working in a SaaS, subscription, or recurring revenue business, with strong understanding of metrics such as ARR, net new ARR, bookings, billings, retention, ARPU, and paid user trends
- Strong understanding of revenue forecasting mechanics, including revenue waterfalls, deferred revenue, merchant fees, contra revenue, and revenue recognition timing
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, including the ability to build, maintain, and clearly explain complex forecast models
- Proven ability to independently own complex forecasting areas, ambiguous workstreams, and high-impact projects
- Strong communication, storytelling, and cross-functional influence skills, with the ability to translate detailed analysis into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders
- Experience with financial planning systems such as Oracle PBCS, Anaplan, Pigment, Adaptive Planning, Planful, or similar tools
- Experience with BI, data, or reporting tools such as Tableau, Databricks, Looker, Oracle Financials, SQL-based reporting, or similar platforms
- Experience building and maintaining revenue forecast models that incorporate ARR, net new ARR, cohort behavior, retention, deferred revenue, and revenue recognition timing
- Experience supporting executive reporting, board materials, Investor Relations, public-company guidance, or long-range planning
- Interest in improving Finance workflows through automation, scalable systems, or AI-enabled planning tools
Benefits
- All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
- Dropbox’s Virtual First way of working is designed to help people do their best work with flexibility, autonomy, and connection.
- Day to day, teams work remotely with nonlinear schedules and core collaboration hours that support deep focus and individual working styles.
- We prioritize asynchronous communication to improve clarity, respect deep work time, and reduce unnecessary meetings.
- While remote work is the primary experience for our employees, we also prioritize intentional, in-person connection.
- We bring teams together through regular team gatherings, on-demand workspaces, and Dropbox Neighborhood events in order to strengthen team cohesion, foster creativity, and enhance momentum.
- This role requires travel to offsites and various other team gatherings (approximately 5-10% of the year or 2-3 days per quarter). We provide advance notice when possible and encourage candidates to discuss any accommodation needs during the interview process.
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