Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Applied Systems is transforming the insurance industry and building a team ready to deliver innovative software and services. The Senior Financial Analyst will focus on software and usage-based spend management, driving budget accountability and improving forecast accuracy while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

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.
• We flex our time together, collaborating remotely and in-person to empower our teams to work in the ways that work best for them.

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