Strategic Finance Analyst, 15 Month Contract
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Strategic Finance Analyst owning marketing opex and headcount forecasting at 1Password, a cybersecurity platform company. Improving finance reporting with AI and automation.
Responsibilities:
- Own the marketing operating expense forecast, budget tracking and quarterly reforecast, including program and campaign spend
- Explain budget variances and their drivers to Finance and Marketing leaders
- Own the marketing headcount forecast, tracking hires, open roles and departures against plan
- Reconcile monthly marketing opex and headcount actuals to the general ledger and headcount system
- Prepare marketing sections of monthly and quarterly business reviews, including tables, charts and executive narratives
- Streamline recurring forecasting and reporting work, including actuals feeds, budget owner updates and variance commentary
- Prepare materials for reviews with Marketing budget owners, attend alongside the Director, record decisions and complete follow-up analysis
- Support marketing spend efficiency reporting, including cost per pipeline, customer acquisition cost (CAC) and payback
- Contribute to GTM Finance process improvement projects with the Strategic Finance team
- Document recurring processes for a clean handoff at the end of the contract term
Requirements:
- 4+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), strategic finance or business analytics, preferably in SaaS or subscription technology companies
- Experience owning operating expense and headcount forecasts against budget, including program spend and vendor costs, preferably for marketing
- Experience running a monthly close, forecast and variance cycle, including reconciling actuals and writing variance commentary for an executive audience
- Track record of using AI tools and automation to improve a finance process
- Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, including maintaining and rolling forward financial models built by others
- Clear written and verbal communication, including presenting analysis to Marketing budget owners
- Ability to learn new metrics, models and processes quickly and work independently against set priorities
- Experience building AI agents or automated workflows for a finance team (bonus)
- Experience with NetSuite, Anaplan, ChartHop, Salesforce or Hex (bonus)
- Experience with marketing spend analytics such as cost per pipeline, CAC and payback (bonus)
- Must already be legally authorized to work in the United States or Canada; 1Password will not provide work authorization, relocation assistance, or sponsorship/transferring of a visa
- Successful applicants must complete a background check
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- 401(k)
- RRSP
- Generous paid time off
- Equity grant
- Incentive programs, where applicable
- Company-wide wellness days (1 per quarter)
- Employee-led inclusion and belonging programs and ERGs
- Remote-first environment
- Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly
- Travel for in-person engagement, including annual department-wide offsites, team meetings, and customer/industry events
- Accommodation available upon request during recruitment















