Sr Financial Analyst

Why UKG

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.

We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.

Senior Financial Analyst – Product and Engineering

Description

UKG is looking for a self-motivated, proactive Senior Financial Analyst with a proven ability to thrive in a fast paced and changing environment to join our Product and Engineering (“P&E”) Finance organization. This position provides financial support for the Product and Engineering organizations, including Cloud Operations. This position is responsible for planning, forecasting, and ongoing reporting and analysis. The role interacts closely with various individuals on the P&E Finance team and executive management. The successful candidate possesses a broad understanding of finance and accounting concepts along with strong analytical and interpersonal skills. This person will work with all levels in the organization, and must be an excellent communicator, collaborator, and problem solver.

Primary/Essential Duties And Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed forecasts for cloud infrastructure and engineering costs, incorporating key drivers such as usage, capacity, headcount, and project activity.
• Build a strong understanding of cloud infrastructure cost components (e.g., public/private cloud, SaaS, developer tooling, etc) and engineering cost structures.
• Partner with technical stakeholders to translate complex usage and operational data into financial insights.
• Partner closely with Engineering and Cloud leaders to provide end‑to‑end financial support, including budgets, forecasts, and long‑range planning.
• Analyze monthly financial and operational results to understand their impact on the business and future forecasts
• Prepare monthly accruals and reclasses to support month end processes and ensure accurate financial results
• Work cross-functionally with Finance, Accounting, and P&E leadership to synthesize information and gain alignment across the organization
• Create and maintain internal reporting packages and presentations that illustrate a well-thought-out story that is backed by strong data points and metrics to facilitate business decision making
• Develop, maintain, and enhance detailed financial models that track and analyze financial results, key metrics and their respective impact on P&E’s overall performance
• Prepare presentations for P&E forecast reviews
• Identify initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools, processes, and methodologies
• Become an expert in TM1, D365, and other key systems within UKG to accelerate the forecast timeline, enhance reporting, and increase productivity within the team

Required Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience in a SaaS company supporting Engineering, Product, Cloud Infrastructure, or similar functions
• Exposure to public and private cloud cost structures and consumption-based models (GCP/AWS)
• Ability to think imaginatively and intuitively while quickly grasping and synthesizing new ideas
• Detail oriented and skilled to lead in formulating key assumptions to reflect business activities most accurately
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and prioritize deliverables
• Strong organizational and analytical skills to understand business requirements and track plan changes
• Capability to develop and understand financial models with key attention to detail
• Understanding of accounting principles to prepare month end entries and analyze financial results, including accruals and software capitalization
• Effective communication skills; listening, written and verbal; ability to interact with staff at all levels of the company
• Strong systems skills; specifically experience with ERP systems and data warehousing tools, Microsoft D365 and IBM TM1 a plus
• Advanced excel skills including strong data manipulation skills, PowerBI a plus

Experience, Education, Certification, License and Training

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting required, MBA a plus
• 4+ years of progressive experience in financial analysis and modeling, working in a technology company preferred

Company Overview

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry — because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge. Learn more at ukg.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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The pay range for this position is $80,800 to $100,000. The actual base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and work location. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible to participate in a performance-based bonus plan and to receive restricted stock unit awards as part of total compensation. Learn more about UKG’s benefits and rewards at