Senior SAAS Finance & Business Analyst

Committee for Children is a social enterprise dedicated to advancing the well-being of children through the development of essential human skills. The Senior Finance & Business Analyst will serve as a strategic partner, bringing SaaS financial expertise and advanced analytics to support organizational decision-making and analyze subscription revenue performance.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze complex business and financial data to provide actionable insights and support strategic decision-making
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and ad hoc analyses that offer real-time visibility into operational and subscription-based KPI’s
• Build advanced financial and analytical models to forecast performance, assess ROI, evaluate business scenarios, and improve forecast accuracy
• Create compelling visualizations, narratives, and presentations to effectively communicate trends, risks, opportunities, and insights
• Monitor and interpret leading and lagging indicators such as product adoption, customer health, pipeline coverage, and sales velocity to proactively identify business risks and opportunities
• Identify and interpret patterns, trends, and emerging signals—including in situations with incomplete data—using strong analytical judgment, assumptions, and proxies as needed
• Independently identify and pursue industry trends, market developments, and emerging technologies, proactively incorporating relevant insights into analytical approaches and recommendations
• Ensure accuracy and reliability by incorporating robust checks and balances into reports, dashboards, and models
• Collaborate with cross‑functional partners to translate business needs into clear, detailed technical requirements and ensure alignment on definitions and methodologies for core SaaS metrics
• Support database development projects to ensure data standards are met
• Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations and implement solutions accordingly
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for processes, requirements, methodologies, and analytical outputs

Requirements:

• 7+ years' experience in financial analysis and business analytics, with at least 3 years in a SaaS environment working with subscription‑based performance metrics such as ARR, MRR, retention, churn, and cohort analysis
• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field
• Solid understanding of data structures, analytics, ETL processing, and data warehousing
• Advanced skills in Power BI (Power Query M, DAX), Excel and SQL
• Experience with CRM & ERP systems, subscription business models, and SaaS performance metrics; Ed Tech experience preferred
• Demonstrate strong self-direction by proactively identifying emerging trends, relevant metrics, and analytical opportunities, leveraging innovative approaches to obtain insights and inform decision making
• Proven ability to support data-driven decision-making, at all levels, through well-structured analysis, clear narratives, and strategic recommendations
• Solid understanding of core financial, subscription revenue, and business concepts
• Strong data visualization and data storytelling capabilities
• Exceptional analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities meet deadlines, and work in a fast-paced environment
• High attention to detail, confidentiality, and sound professional judgement