Senior Analyst, Strategic Finance

About CogentCogent is an Applied AI Lab building the next generation of AI agents for cybersecurity. AI has fundamentally changed how attacks happen, allowing malicious actors to operate at unprecedented speed and scale. Cogent's "AI Taskforce" assesses petabytes of enterprise data to remediate these issues before critical breaches <occur.To> stay at the cutting edge, we blend frontier research with real-world execution. Alongside our core product work, Cogent Research serves as our applied AI lab, providing the research horsepower needed to make truly agentic security workflows a reality. We partner with Fortune 500 companies to secure some of the most complex production environments in the world.We're backed by Greylock & Bain Capital Ventures, and we've built a team with the best minds in applied AI. Our team is comprised of people from:Top universities like Stanford, Berkeley, Penn, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, WaterlooUnicorn, high-growth companies like Scale AI, Databricks, Stripe, Tesla, CoinbaseWorld class cybersecurity experts from Wiz, Abnormal AI, ZscalerPreeminent research labs like DeepMind and SAILAbout The RoleWe're hiring a Senior Analyst, Strategic Finance to own our financial model and the analysis behind how the company plans, forecasts, and invests. The role spans the five-year operating model, headcount planning, core SaaS metrics, board materials, and GTM finance - including sales capacity modeling, pipeline analytics, and commission design. You'll report to the Head of Finance & Operations and work directly with the CEO and sales leadership. This is hands-on work and a strong fit for someone making a move from banking or an MBB environment into an operating company; the role grows into leading the strategic finance function.What You'll DoOwn the five-year operating model and run the annual and quarterly planning processCollaborate across the business to design hiring plans and build the three-statement forecast supporting lender and covenant reportingOwn the sales capacity model; partner with GTM leadership on quota setting, territory and segment planning, and pipeline analyticsDesign and support commission plans; support pricing and packaging decisions with analysisOwn core SaaS metrics: ARR, net revenue retention, pipeline coverage, sales efficiency, CAC payback, burn multiple, and gross marginBuild dashboards and self-serve reporting for the leadership team; support board meeting preparationUse AI tooling to build models, analyses, and internal reporting tools; apply AI workflows to accelerate forecasting, variance analysis, and ad hoc requestsWhat We're Looking For2-6 years of experience in investment banking, management consulting, or a comparably analytical finance roleAbility to build and maintain a P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow forecast from scratchStrong quantitative judgment; you can explain complex analysis concisely to executivesStrong financial modeling abilitiesComfortable with broad scope and shifting priorities at an early-stage companyBonus PointsExperience in cybersecurity, SaaS, or early-stage operating workExperience partnering with GTM teams on capacity planning or pipeline analyticsHands-on with AI tools for modeling, reporting, or internal toolingWe are committed to building an inclusive and diverse company. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.