**About the team:** R&D Finance partners with Engineering, Product Management & Design (EPD) leadership to support Hashicorp’s financial growth objectives. The team manages the annual EPD budget & Monthly/Quarterly expense variance reporting with a focus on providing actionable insights to drive the business forward. **Role Overview:** As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in driving operational efficiency and ensuring financial discipline across the R&D organization. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to manage planning and forecasting for R&D, deliver impactful insights, and support strategic decision-making. _This role can be based in Raleigh, North Carolina._ **What you’ll do (responsibilities):** + **Budgeting and forecasting** - Drive monthly and quarterly financial forecast in Anaplan, ensuring accurate projections, appropriate level of reporting, analysis and communication. + **Business partnering** - Develop positive partnerships with Engineering, Product & Design teams. Collaborate to support forecast activity, management of departmental budgets, and to maintain optimization of resources within the accounting guidelines. + **R&D performance reporting** - Prepare monthly and quarterly financial review presentations (including collecting, formatting, and analyzing information) and assist in presenting the materials to senior leadership teams. + **Ad-hoc, financial, and operational analysis** - Combine quantitative and qualitative analysis to highlight business risks and opportunities for business units. + **Business processes** - Become a subject matter expert on your area’s business processes and highlight opportunities for automation and process improvement. + **Financial close** – Engage with the Accounting team to prepare / review journal entries related to Cloud Service Providers and R&D Software consumption. **What you’ll need (basic qualifications):** + **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or CFA preferred. + **Experience:** minimum 4 years of experience in financial analysis, spend management, or a related role in a Cloud Software as a Service technology company. + **Skills:** + Excellent communication skills and “story telling” ability when presenting data insights + Experience collaborating with business unit leaders and driving expense forecasting (including OPEX and COGS), initiative planning, and ability to influence across organization + Ability to effectively build relationships with internal and external partners + **Mindset:** + Growth Mindset, curious, eager to learn and develop new skill sets. + Analytical, detail-oriented, and proactive problem-solver with a passion for productivity and cost management. + **Technical:** + Proficiency in financial modeling, data visualization, and analysis tools (Excel, Anaplan, Tableau, Sigma, or similar). Anaplan & Tableau/Sigma experience is a plus + Ability to distill complex analyses into insights that drive action + Advanced Excel (Google Sheets) and strong PowerPoint (Google Slides) skills are required **Location: Based in either San Francisco, California or Raleigh, North Carolina due to the hybrid nature of the role and team.** _HashiCorp welcomes all qualified candidates who have authorization to work in the United States to apply - HashiCorp will not be sponsoring visas for this role at this time._ Individual pay within the range will be determined based on job related-factors such as skills, experience, and education or training. The base pay range for this role in the SF Bay Area / NYC area is: $117,300—$138,000 USD The base pay range for this role in California (excluding SF Bay Area), New York (excluding NYC), Seattle Metro, Denver / Boulder Metro, Washington D.C., or Maryland is: $107,500—$126,500 USD The base pay range for this role in Colorado (excluding Denver / Boulder Metro), Illinois, Minnesota, or Washington (excluding Seattle Metro) is: $97,800—$115,000 USD