FP&A Analyst R&D

The Team

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team analyzes company financial data (revenue, customers, headcount, expenses, etc.) in order to support the business’ growth and success. Within FP&A, the R&D Finance team enables the financial strategy behind Datadog’s Engineering and Product organizations. We partner directly with technical leadership to drive decision-making around our most critical investments.

The Opportunity

As a part of the R&D Finance team, this person will be key in supporting our product and engineering leadership team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, you will help create our annual budget and financial targets and work with operational leaders to support execution against our goals. Your work will be highly cross-functional and strategic, and you will play a pivotal role in connecting the dots across the organization through a financial lens, in order to help ensure operational alignment and inform decision making.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with senior business leaders to manage their departmental budgets on a regular basis, including but not limited to the company’s co-founder and CTO 
• Manage financial forecasts and analytics, which include data across revenue, customers, product, company expenses, and headcount / workforce.
• Help manage significant portions of the company’s spend, including but not limited to AI and GPU spend across the company.
• Work on trend, ROI, and profitability analyses on both product and customer levels to support data-driven decision making
• Work with finance management on quarterly Board materials, including coordination and consolidation across stakeholders
• Assist in planning and budgeting cycles, ensuring consistency in tools, templates, and processes across the organization
• Work on ad hoc projects and strategic initiatives for senior management, which may include assessing potential acquisition opportunities and/or negotiations with strategic partners like cloud vendors
• Become proficient with various financial planning and business intelligence (BI) tools, including but not limited to Pigment, Tableau, and Metabase

Who You Are

• 2+ years of professional experience in FP&A / Strategic Finance, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, and/or other related field
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or economics
• Mastery of Excel and PowerPoint with proven experience in building financial models and managing complex data
• You are a clear, concise communicator and team player with a humble mindset and ‘can-do’ attitude 

Bonus Points

• Solid understanding of Pigment is a plus, but not required
• Experience in or understanding of a consumption-based software business model
• Proficiency in use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude)

Benefits and Growth

• Generous and competitive benefits package
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities 
• Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture