Senior Analyst - Strategic Finance

Five9 is an industry-leading provider of cloud contact center solutions, bringing the power of cloud innovation to more than 3,000+ customers worldwide and facilitating billions of customer engagements annually. The Five9 Intelligent Cloud Contact Center provides digital engagement, analytics, workflow automation, workforce optimization and practical AI to help customers reimagine their customer experience. Designed to be reliable, secure, compliant and scalable, the Five9 platform increases agent and supervisor productivity, connects the contact center to the business and ultimately helps to deliver tangible results including increased revenue and enhanced customer trust and loyalty.

We are actively searching for an experienced Senior Analyst to join Five9’s Strategic Finance function. In this role, you will work with a lean team to develop top and bottom-line financial projections, track key performance indicators, deliver ad hoc financial analyses, present critical recommendations to key stakeholders, lead investor relations internally and execute capital raising transactions. This highly visible position is a fantastic opportunity to drive company-wide strategic initiatives, partner cross-functionally with other line-of-businesses and interact frequently with senior leaders, including Five9’s executive team.

The ideal candidate takes ownership of their work, is deeply analytical, can succeed with a large degree of autonomy, thrives in a fast-paced environment and communicates exceptionally well.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain top and bottom-line financial forecasts, reporting of key metrics and ad hoc financial models
• Create deeply thoughtful analyses and presentations to communicate strategic recommendations to senior leadership
• Distill huge amounts of data into actionable insights and trends, updating management regularly on the health of the business
• Design, implement and track important financial and operating metrics, benchmarking performance against strategic goals
• Prepare materials for key stakeholders, including Five9’s executive team, Board of Directors and investors
• Partner cross-functionally with every line-of-business, including cloud ops, product, sales, marketing, professional services and customer support
• Execute on capital raising transactions from inception to close
• Drive finance-wide initiatives, including process improvement and automation

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting or a highly analytical field (i.e. Engineering, Math)
• 2-4 years of relevant experience in investment banking, consulting, private equity, investing or FP&A/strategic finance (SaaS experience a plus)
• Background in Investment Banking highly preferred
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint (GCP, BigQuery, & SQL experience a plus)
• Exceedingly strong analytical acumen and financial modeling capabilities
• Detail-oriented and systematic approach resulting in high levels of accuracy
• High level of integrity, professionalism, motivation and attention to detail
• Ability to succeed with substantial autonomy, pro-activity and self-starter mentality
• Exceptional communication skills with experience presenting to executives
• Strong organization skills, including ability to manage multiple projects / competing priorities under tight deadlines in parallel