Senior Financial Systems Analyst

Datadog

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Hybrid

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Hybrid
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$101,000–$147,000 / yr
Posted
87 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $149k
This role $124k
$92k most similar roles pay here $189k

This role pays less than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $119,087–$179,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $124k versus about $149k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Datadog

Datadog, Inc. is an American company that provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.

Datadog currently has 266 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $161,000–$205,000 across 138 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Financial Systems Analyst

As a Senior Financial Systems Analyst on the Finance Systems team, you will modernize finance operations through process automation, data analytics, and systems optimization. You will partner with Accounting, FP&A, and Tax stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable reporting solutions while collaborating with IT and Business Systems teams to drive automation initiatives. Your daily responsibilities include building dashboards, automating recurring workflows, and supporting system implementations involving data migration and testing. To succeed in this role, you must be proficient in SQL and Python for analytics and process improvement, and have experience creating reports using Tableau, Power BI, or Looker. You should also possess familiarity with financial systems like NetSuite or Workday. This role focuses on leveraging emerging technologies, including AI tools, to improve the efficiency and accuracy of financial data workflows and reporting.

What you'll do

  • Translate business requirements from finance stakeholders into scalable reporting and analytics solutions.
  • Build and maintain dashboards to monitor financial and operational performance.
  • Automate recurring finance processes using AI tools, data visualization platforms, and custom scripts.
  • Develop and manage automated data workflows to improve efficiency and accuracy.
  • Support financial system implementations through data migration, mapping, testing, and validation.
  • Provide analytical insights and documentation to enable self-service reporting for the finance team.
  • Utilize SQL and Python to perform data analysis and drive automation initiatives.

What we're looking for

  • Hold a Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline.
  • Have 1-5 years of experience in data analytics, financial systems, finance operations, or a related field.
  • Demonstrate proficiency with SQL for data analysis and automation.
  • Experience using Python for analytics, automation, or process improvement is required.
  • Experience building dashboards and reports using Tableau or similar tools like Power BI or Looker.
  • Possess familiarity with financial systems such as NetSuite, Workday, Zip, or comparable platforms.
  • Ability to communicate effectively across both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Willingness to learn and adapt to emerging technologies, including AI tools.

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