Benchling
Finance / FinServ
FinanceBusinessPartner,Sales
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“Finance Business Partner, Sales at Benchling. Skills: FP&A, Strategic Finance, Sales performance analysis, Budgeting, Forecasting, Financial modeling, GAAP accounting, Communication Skills. Build and maintain full year budgets and quarterly forecasts for various Field Organizations (Sales, Solution Consulting, Sales Operations & Enablement, and Customer Success). Deliver monthly/quarterly analyses of financial results including BvA variances to plan, ensuring key issues, risks and business drive”
What You'll Achieve.
drive business decisions; support Benchling’s long-term growth; influence business decisions
Industry & Context.
ability to think logically, rationally, and strategically; distill and articulate complex data to drive business decisions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics or equivalent area., 2-5+ years experience in FP&A/Strategic Finance at a High Growth Startup or Public Company, understanding and substantial knowledge of complex financial modeling, GAAP accounting and FP&A best practices, Communication Skills, ability to think logically, rationally, and strategically in order to distill and articulate complex data to drive business decisions., Experience presenting analyses to management, ability to lead and drive initiatives
Nice to Have
Enterprise Software / SaaS experience a plus, Experience with Salesforce, Certinia (fka FinancialForce), and Adaptive a plus
What You'll Do.
Build and maintain full year budgets and quarterly forecasts for various Field Organizations (Sales
Sales Operations & Enablement
and Customer Success)
Deliver monthly/quarterly analyses of financial results including BvA variances to plan
risks and business drivers are understood and proactively highlighted
Support commissions calculations and reporting
analytics and support annual comp plan design
Support the company-wide annual and long-range planning processes
Partner with Accounting on monthly close activities such as vendor trend reviews
closed-won opportunities
and commissions payments
Develop and continually improve sales and customer metrics (revenue
quota attainment etc.)
Partner with business leaders to drive strategic initiatives influencing business decisions and by providing proactive recommendations
backed by business and financial analysis
Drive ad-hoc projects and analysis to support Benchling’s long-term growth
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
working cross-functionally; Partner with Accounting on monthly close activities; Partner with business leaders to drive strategic initiatives
Communication Scope
Communication Skills; ability to think logically, rationally, and strategically in order to distill and articulate complex data to drive business decisions.; Experience presenting analyses to management
Process & Methodology
ability to lead and drive initiatives, Drive ad-hoc projects and analysis
Full Job Description
We are rebuilding biotech for the AI era. When a breakthrough is delayed, the world waits. Getting a molecule from discovery to patients, or a crop from lab to field, involves thousands of slow, manual, disconnected steps. AI has the potential to change this, compressing decades of R&D work into years. But that only happens when clean, structured scientific data and AI are built into how science gets done. Benchling is the AI platform for biotech R&D. Scientists use Benchling to design experiments, capture structured data, and run AI agents and models directly in their workflows. Over 200,000 scientists around the world trust Benchling to power their most important work, from academic labs to Sanofi, Moderna, and more than half of the world's top 50 biopharma. We’re building an AI scientist for our customers. We can’t do that if we haven’t built the muscle ourselves. AI fluency is the foundation we build on; it's core to how we work, and we're committed to helping every new hire integrate it into their day-to-day. As part of our interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about and use AI to drive impact in your role. Feel free to reference any tools, platforms, or workflows you use today. ROLE OVERVIEW We are looking for an experienced Strategic Financial Analyst, to join our Strategic Finance team, reporting to the Strategic Finance Leader for the Field. You will be an integral part of a small and highly-leveraged team supporting the Sales organization, including monthly and quarterly close process, sales performance analysis (including commission payout reconciliation), budgeting and forecasting, expense management and analysis, as well as special projects to help support the company’s long-term growth and strategic vision. Additionally, you will be expected to expand beyond typical financial responsibilities and act as a strategic thought partner to the business leaders, including driving ad-hoc
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