Principal Financial Analyst

Job Summary

MathWorks has a hybrid work model that enables staff members to split their time between office and home. The hybrid model provides the advantage of having both in-person time with colleagues and flexible at-home life optimizations. Learn More:

We are seeking a strategic Senior FP&A Analyst to play a key role in driving MathWorks' planning, forecasting, and revenue insights. This handson role partners closely with the business to deliver clear financial models, scenarios, and analyses that improve forecast quality and support growthoriented decisions.

MathWorks nurtures growth, appreciates inclusivity, encourages initiative, values teamwork, shares success, and rewards excellence.

Responsibilities

Planning & Forecasting

• Lead significant components of the annual planning and recurring forecast processes, with a focus on revenue and growth drivers.
• Design and refine forecasting frameworks, assumptions, and scenarios to improve accuracy, transparency, and decision usefulness.
• Analyze actual results versus plan from multiple perspectives and clearly articulate drivers, risks, and opportunities.

Revenue Analytics & Insights

• Develop forward looking insights across key revenue and business metrics (e.g., ARR, customer trends, renewals, churn, growth drivers).
• Frame analyses with potential counter measures, enabling leadership to make informed decisions.
• Identify emerging trends and proactively bring insights to FP&A leadership and business partners.
• Proactively identify and drive improvements in forecasting accuracy, automation, and FP&A processes.

Modeling & Data Management

• Build, own, and maintain complex financial models supporting scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and strategic decision-making.
• Improve existing models by introducing new techniques, enhancing structure, and increasing scalability and usability.
• Leverage tools such as Anaplan, Snowflake, Excel, and other analytics platforms to support planning and analysis.

Communication & Business Partnership

• Present insights, recommendations, and scenarios directly to senior and executive leadership.
• Act as a business partner to Sales Operations, and other cross functional teams, to gather inputs, validate assumptions, and ensure models and analyses reflect underlying business drivers.
• Translate complex data into clear narratives that resonate with financial and nonfinancial audiences.

Minimum Qualifications

• Candidates for this position must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without restriction.
• Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position.
• A bachelor's degree and 10 years of professional work experience (or equivalent experience) is required.

Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.\
• 6+ years of experience in FP&A or related finance roles, preferably in a SaaS or technology environment in a multi-national or Global company.
• Experience with revenue recognition (i.e., ASC 606)
• Experience with sales quota planning, and/or other top line planning & analysis work
• Proven ability to operate independently, manage ambiguity, and influence decisions through analysis
• Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem solving skills
• Clear and confident communicator with experience presenting to senior stakeholders.
• Experience with planning and analytics tools (e.g., Anaplan, Snowflake, Power BI) is a plus.