Senior Finance Analyst - Cost Management
Description
Senior Finance Analyst - Cost Management
Location: United States – Remote
About VikingCloud
VikingCloud is the leading Predict-to-Prevent cybersecurity and compliance company, offering businesses a single, integrated solution to make informed, predictive, and cost-effective risk mitigation decisions – faster. Powered by the Asgard Platform™, the industry’s largest repository of anonymized cybersecurity and compliance event data, we continuously monitor and analyze over 6+ billion online events every day.
VikingCloud is the one-stop partner trusted by 4+ million customers to provide the predictive intelligence and competitive edge they need to stay one step ahead of cybersecurity and compliance disruptions to their business. Our 1,000 dedicated cybersecurity and compliance expert advisors understand that it’s not just about technology. It’s about transacting business and delivering an exceptional customer experience every day, without fail. That’s the measurable value we deliver. And that’s what we call, Business Uninterrupted.
This Position
VikingCloud is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to join our FP&A team as the financial owner for all vendor-related costs across the company. Reporting to the FP&A Finance Manager, you’ll lead vendor-level reporting, contribution margin analysis, and the analytics behind a key cost savings initiative. This high-visibility role offers significant exposure to senior leadership across Finance, Operations, and Product, and is ideal for a hands-on, detail-oriented professional who can build cost models, challenge spend with business partners, and turn data into actionable recommendations. Salary: $100,000. Base 8% Bonus Target
Responsibilities
Cost Analysis & Management
- Build and maintain vendor-level reporting and self-service dashboards providing visibility into spend by vendor, account, business unit, and department.
- Deliver monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc reporting that highlights trends, variances vs. budget and forecast, and key cost drivers.
- Conduct deep-dive analyses on vendor spend to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for optimization or consolidation, partnering with department owners to evaluate return on spend.
- Support contract renewals and vendor selection with scenario modeling and total cost of ownership analysis, and own vendor cost budgets and forecasts to drive accountability across cross-functional stakeholders.
Cost Savings Initiative
- Support on company-wide cost savings initiatives, partnering with Operations, and business leaders to source, validate, and prioritize initiatives, including business cases with baseline, savings methodology, risks, and timing.
- Track and report savings realization against committed targets — ensuring savings flow into budgets, forecasts, and actuals — and communicate progress to senior leadership through clear, executive-level updates.
- Build strong relationships with Accounting, IT, and business unit leaders to drive financial discipline around vendor spend.
- Identify and implement process improvements in vendor cost reporting, forecasting, and analysis, and support month-end close activities including accruals, reclasses, and variance commentary.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- 4–6+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or a related analytical role.
- Strong understanding of financial statements, with a particular focus on operating expenses, cost of revenue, and contribution margins.
- Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and the ability to build scalable models from scratch.
- Experience working with ERP and financial planning systems (e.g., Sage, SAP, PowerBi, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability to translate large data sets into clear, actionable insights for non-finance audiences.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and partner across functions and seniority levels.
- Strong attention to detail, ownership mindset, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation or opinion, medical condition, status as a veteran, and/or any other federal, state, or local protected class.
