Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst

Job Description:

Remitly’s vision is to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders. Since 2011, we have been tirelessly delivering on our promises to people who send money around the world. Today, we are reimagining global financial services and building products that extend beyond traditional barriers to give customers access to more of the services they need, no matter where they call home. Join over 2,700 employees worldwide who are growing their careers with purpose and connection with our customers while having a positive impact on millions of people around the globe.

About the Role:

As a Senior FP&A Analyst on the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team, you will play a critical role in driving financial insight, forecasting accuracy, and strategic decision making across the business. This role has increased ownership and scope, with responsibility for managing complex forecasts, leading expense and resource optimization initiatives, and serving as a trusted finance partner to senior stakeholders.

You will work cross functionally to provide transparency into financial performance, influence planning decisions, and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and scale. In addition to core FP&A responsibilities, you will lead high impact, value adding projects and contribute to the evolution of finance processes, tools, and ways of working. Strong judgment, proactive problem solving, and the ability to operate independently are essential for success in this role.

You will be expected to translate financial analysis into clear, actionable insights, communicate effectively with diverse audiences, and mentor junior analysts as the team grows. Strong analytical thinking, project management skills, and a solid grasp of financial planning concepts are vital for excelling in this position.

Responsibilities:
• Business Partnering: Act as a primary finance partner, supporting the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and their respective leadership teams, leading presentations of month end results and quarterly forecasts, and influencing
decision making through data driven insights and thoughtful recommendations.

• Financial Analysis: Own and analyze complex financial data across OpEx categories, identify key drivers and variances, and recommend strategic actions to improve cost efficiency and performance.

• Forecasting: Lead the preparation of accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts, including detailed OpEx and
headcount planning, and continuously improve forecast accuracy.

• Planning: Play a key role in the annual budgeting and long range planning processes, partnering with business leaders
to align spending with strategic priorities.
 

• Financial Reporting: Develop and deliver high quality financial reporting, dashboards, and executive ready presentations that provide clear insights and tell a compelling financial story.

• Resource Allocation: Own expense and headcount management for supported teams, ensuring disciplined resource allocation and accountability.

• Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify and implement improvements to FP&A processes, models, and reporting to increase efficiency, scalability, and insight.

• Project Management: Lead complex, cross functional financial initiatives from concept through execution, such as:

• Cost Optimization: Identify areas to optimize costs, develop financial models to quantify the potential savings, and track the progress of the initiative.
• Business Process Improvements: Identify and implement improvements to the financial planning and analysis processes, such as streamlining data collection procedures, automating tasks, or developing new reporting templates.
• Enhancing Financial Reporting: Provide more transparency into finances, work toward more real time results, and deliver actionable insights to support business decisions.

You Have:

• Finance Background: A bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.

• Progressive Experience: 5+ years of relevant experience in FP&A, finance, or related roles, with demonstrated ownership of complex financial analysis, forecasting, and cross functional projects, and comfort presenting to and
partnering with senior level leaders.

• Business Partnering Experience: Act as a primary finance partner for assigned functions, confidently engaging with senior level leaders to influence decision making through clear, data driven insights and recommendations.

• Strategic Mindset: Ability to think beyond the numbers, connect financial insights to business outcomes, and influence stakeholders.

• Ownership and Initiative: Self directed, comfortable operating with ambiguity, and motivated to proactively identify and solve problems.

• Prioritization Skills: Strong attention to detail while balancing multiple priorities and consistently delivering on deadlines.

• Stakeholder Communication: Lead and participate in meetings with senior stakeholders, clearly articulating financial insights, risks, and tradeoffs, and representing FP&A with credibility and confidence.
 

• Accounting Knowledge: Strong understanding of accounting principles and the ability to navigate the general ledger and financial statements.

• Expense and Headcount Management: Proven experience managing OpEx, CapEx, and headcount, with a strong focus on efficiency and ROI.

• Financial Modeling: Advanced experience building and maintaining financial models for forecasting, long range planning, and business cases.

• Project Management: Demonstrated success leading complex financial projects and driving them to completion with minimal oversight.

• FP&A Tools: Prior experience with Adaptive, NetSuite, Workday, Coupa, G Suite, and OfficeConnect is a plus.

• AI Fluency: Remitly is leaning into AI across the business, and this role carries a real expectation to use AI tools in day to day work and deliverables, pushing to find efficiencies and sharper reporting. Experience applying AI in finance or analytics work is preferred

Our Benefits:

• In Site Subsidized Meals

• Transportation

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits

• Private Life Insurance

• On site Clinic and Remitly Doctor

• Continuous learning tools & certification programs

• Two consecutive days off

We are committed to nondiscrimination across our global organization and in all of our business operations. Employment is determined based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status or status as an honorably discharge/veteran, pregnancy (including a woman's potential to get pregnant, pregnancy-related conditions, and childbearing), sexual orientation, age (40 and over), national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical, mental, or sensory disability (including the use of a trained dog guide or service animal), HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C status, genetic information, status as an actual or perceived victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other protected class as established by law.

Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.