Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Applied Systems is transforming the insurance industry by building a team focused on innovative software and services. They are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to manage software and usage-based spend, ensuring cost visibility and optimization while collaborating with various departments to enhance budget accountability and forecasting accuracy.
Responsibilities
- Own monthly and quarterly reporting on software, SaaS, and consumption-based vendor spend
- Build and maintain dashboards that deliver clear budget vs. actuals, trend analysis, and cost allocation by team and cost center
- Develop financial models for usage-based and subscription spend
- Lead the annual budgeting process for software categories and produce monthly variance analysis with clear explanations of drivers
- Proactively identify waste, underutilized licenses, and inefficient consumption patterns
- Quantify savings opportunities, develop business cases, and track realized savings against targets
- Manage financial relationships across the organization’s software and consumption-based vendor portfolio, including cloud platforms, AI services, and SaaS tools
- Monitor billing structures, track spend against commitments, and maintain a forward-looking view of contract renewals, pricing changes, and budget exposure
- Serve as Finance’s primary point of contact for Engineering and IT on software spend
- Translate complex billing structures into Finance-relevant reporting and integrate software spend into QBR and strategic planning cycles
- Partner with Procurement on contract negotiations by modeling committed spend tiers, volume discounts, and renewal scenarios to improve contract outcomes
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related analytical field
- 3+ years of experience in FP&A or financial analysis, with meaningful exposure to technology or software spend management
- Demonstrated experience in budgeting, variance analysis, and financial forecasting
- Advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets for financial modeling; experience working with billing exports and usage-based spend data from cloud or SaaS vendors
- Familiarity with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker) for spend reporting and dashboards
- Ability to translate complex billing structures into clear financial reporting for non-technical stakeholders
- Strong cross-functional communication skills; comfortable partnering with Engineering, Procurement, and Finance leadership
- Familiarity with FinOps principles (FinOps Certified Practitioner a plus), applied in a Finance or FP&A context
- Hands-on experience with cloud or SaaS vendor billing platforms and cost management tooling
- Exposure to AI/ML cost structures, including token-based and consumption-driven pricing models
- Experience with SaaS spend management platforms (e.g., Apptio Cloudability, CloudHealth, Zylo)
- Basic proficiency in SQL or Python for querying billing data or automating spend pipelines
- Professional certifications: CPA, CFA, or FinOps Certified Practitioner
- Experience in a high-growth technology company where software spend is a material cost driver
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Holiday and Vacation Time
- Health & Wellness Days
- A Bonus Day for Your Birthday
- Depending on the role, team members may also be eligible to participate in additional compensation plans such as bonus and commission.
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