Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst

About the Company

If you want to build, develop, and see your impact, join Skillz and level up your Career!

Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.

At Skillz, we understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. Want to join a team made up of alums from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, Wynn Resorts and more? Learn more to see if Skillz is the right fit for your next career move!

Why Skillz

• Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value, obsess over our product, and make a difference in the world.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your dependents. Additionally, take advantage of our 401K matching, equity incentives, pre-tax benefit options, and more.

• Wellness Support: Enhance your well-being with our array of wellness initiatives, including meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, health and parenting guidance, virtual therapy sessions, and more.

• Time off: We offer competitive paid time off (PTO) & company holidays to help you recharge and pursue your passions.

• Las Vegas Headquarters: Skillz strongly believes in a five-day a week, collaborative office environment at our 36,000+ square foot headquarters. Enjoy free breakfast and catered lunches, snacks, a full-size gym with showers, commuter benefits, insurance, team bonding events and many more. 

• Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.

• Development Opportunities: We hold our employees to high standards while providing them with professional growth opportunities. We operate like a startup, and encourage all of our employees to collaborate and voice feedback about our product and ways we can improve as a business. We believe in never settling, and that also pertains to your growth. 

About the Role 

As Skillz continues to scale, we're hiring an FP&A Analyst to support financial forecasting, reporting, and business performance analysis. This role will help improve decision-making through accurate financial insights, stronger forecasting, and enhanced visibility into the impact of key business initiatives.

Responsibilities 

• Support forecast preparation and updates for assigned accounts or business areas, ensuring timely and accurate completion.
• Analyze financial results and variances, identify key drivers, and communicate actionable insights to finance leadership and business partners.
• Prepare recurring monthly reporting packages and assist with variance analysis during close cycles.
• Maintain assigned portions of financial models, ensuring formula integrity, data accuracy, and structural clarity.
• Validate inputs and assumptions used in forecasts and budgets, identifying inconsistencies or risks.
• Support annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes through accurate data consolidation and analysis.
• Monitor forecast risks and opportunities within assigned areas and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Contribute to financial model, reporting, and process improvements that enhance efficiency, scalability, and operational rigor.
• Document financial processes and maintain clear, structured supporting analyses to ensure accuracy, traceability, and continuity.

Key Competencies 

• Foundational understanding of financial statements, forecasting concepts, and variance analysis.
• Ability to interpret data, identify trends, and explain financial drivers logically and clearly.
• High standards for data accuracy, formula integrity, and reporting precision.
• Ability to take responsibility for assigned areas and meet deadlines consistently.
• Understand workflows and seek opportunities to improve efficiency and clarity.
• Communicate financial insights concisely to non-finance stakeholders.
• Quickly build knowledge of business drivers, systems, and FP&A processes.

Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related quantitative field.
• At least 1 year of relevant work experience in FP&A, accounting, corporate finance, consulting, or a related analytical role, internship experience included.
• Knowledge of financial modeling and forecasting principles.
• Strong proficiency in Excel or similar financial modeling tools.
• Experience preparing or supporting financial reporting and variance analysis.
• Familiarity with financial systems or other similar tooling preferred.
• Experience working with SQL or other data querying tools preferred.

Total Starting Compensation including Base + Bonus: $75,000

Location: Onsite, Las Vegas, NV

Travel Requirement: Less than 10% 

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