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Senior Strategic Financial Analyst, Infrastructure
1 year ago
Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.
As the Sr. Strategic Financial Analyst, Infrastructure on the Finance team, you will be a finance business partner for the Infrastructure team and be involved with all work streams ranging from strategic analysis to financial management of our global datacenter network. The Infrastructure team is one of the largest cost centers for the business (operating and capital expenses); you'll need to navigate our needs as a whole with the needs of the Infra team and help to influence and negotiate the best overall outcome. We are looking for someone who has an eye for data and a passion for optimization. You are curious about every aspect of the business and provide insights on observed trends. This is a full-time, hybrid position based in our San Mateo office and reports to the FP&A Manager.
You will:
- Establish relationship with important partners including CTO, Engineering VPs and Production Engineering team members to serve as their primary finance liaison
- Develop a deep technical understanding of the datacenter cost drivers and related business effects to help provide important financial insights and make recommendations through executive-level presentations
- Work with partners to help build both strategic and tactical projects related to the datacenter group by providing thoughtful ad hoc analysis on proposed projects (e.g. cost/Return on investment analyses)
- Refine and maintain datacenter cost models to build accurate budgets and forecasts to be used by Infra and Finance teams
- Propose improvements to current processes ranging from operational protocols, indicators and reporting, and financial management
- Maintain recurring work streams with a strong attention to detail and a desire to find efficiencies in the process and automate wherever possible (Budget vs Actuals comparison reporting, monthly/quarterly metrics reporting, flux analysis, reviewing requests for budget approvals, etc,)
- Manage full-cycle budget reporting with functional group leaders. Our business model is maintained in Anaplan, builder experience with the tool.
- Develop and participate in our annual strategic and operating plan, including budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning support in departments.
- Build in Anaplan dashboards for improved visibility and usability across the organization to allow thoughtful analyses and communication to functional leaders.
- Help with finance integration activities, which may include software solutions and processes.
You have:
- Distill robust datasets into concise and meaningful insights and trends
- Effective communicator who can present big picture ideas alongside complex and analysis to senior management
- Bachelor's degree in a finance or engineering area of study
- 5+ years of experience in finance-related field
- Advanced Excel skills (can perform complex functions) to analyze data and create financial and operational models plus PowerPoint to communicate analysis effectively
- Technical knowledge of datacenter and infrastructure networking
- Experience with SQL, Netsuite, Anaplan, Tableau and other BI tools
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You’ll Love:
- Industry-leading compensation package
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- A rewarding 401k program
- Flexible vacation policy
- Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
- Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
- At Roblox HQ:
- Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
- Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
- Annual CalTrain Go Pass
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