Senior Financial Analyst
At a glance
Senior FP&A role at Ffive. Seattle · full-time · $129,400–$194,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build financial models for cloud hosting costs, data center expansion and operating rates, and staffing plans
- Analyze budget variances for product and engineering groups, then explain the findings to finance and product leaders
- Lead financial reviews with senior leaders and maintain rolling forecasts and staffing figures in the budgeting system
- Assess the financial effects of strategic investments and improve budget reporting by workstream through automation and scalable methods
What you bring
- At least six years of work experience
- A bachelor’s degree or higher in finance, information systems, accounting, business analytics or a related area
- Advanced Excel modeling and analysis skills, plus the ability to present findings and lead senior-management meetings
- Working knowledge of GAAP accounting for project budgets
Who this fits
This senior finance role suits someone comfortable with ambiguity who can turn detailed analysis into clear recommendations and work across product, engineering, and operations. The position is hybrid in Seattle.
From the employer
At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
POSITION SUMMARY:
We are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support F5’s Product Organization, with a focus on our subscription-based businesses. As part of F5 Finance, you will join a small, highly influential team dedicated to F5’s overall success. In this role, you will partner with Engineering, Infrastructure Operations, and Product Management to support forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis. You will own complex financial models related to cloud hosting expenses, data center expansion and run rates, and resource planning.
There are great opportunities in this role to have a significant impact on the business and develop new skills. This position is well‑suited for someone who thrives in a fast‑moving environment, is comfortable navigating ambiguity, and brings strong analytical and communication skills to cross‑functional work.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Communicate and partner with business functions to support their strategy and goals
- Perform detailed variance analysis for Product Management and Engineering teams, communicating results to leaders in both Finance and Product.
- Lead financial discussions during monthly reviews, quarterly Business Metric Reviews, and fiscal planning with senior leaders.
- Work within F5's internal budgeting system to track and update rolling forecasts and headcount with high attention to detail.
- Generate financial impact analysis for strategic investments and enhance reporting of budgets by workstream, with a focus on automation and scalability.
TECHNICAL SKILLS & CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Advanced business and data analysis skills including building reports and complex models in excel to measure business performance (PowerBI/Tableau is a bonus).
- Ability to communicate and lead meetings with senior management.
- Innovative mindset; interest in improving processes and leveraging finance tools
- Strong organizational skills to effectively support multiple initiatives across business units.
- Ability to draw concise, well supported recommendations based on detailed analysis of the given issue
- Understanding of GAAP accounting to support project budgets.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- BA/BS degree (or higher) in Finance/IS, Accounting, Business Analytics or related field
- 6+ years work experience
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual base pay for this position is: $129,400.00 - $194,000.00F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.
You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.