finance
Posted 2 hours agoPrincipal Finance Partner, Revenue & Strategic Modeling
at LazyApply
Hybrid
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end revenue forecast—driving design, execution, and continuous improvement across monthly, quarterly, and annual planning cycles, including variance analysis, scenario planning, and executive reporting for all topline metrics.
- Build and maintain the connection between bookings, ARR, and recognized revenue, applying sound methodology to drivers, assumptions, and retention/churn dynamics.
- Architect robust, multi-scenario models that link operational drivers to the financial forecast—supporting long-range planning, investment prioritization, and executive "what-if" analysis.
- Deliver clear, actionable insights through executive reporting, variance commentary, board materials, and earnings preparation—distilling a complex, often-incomplete dataset into a crisp narrative.
- Support high-impact special projects and ad hoc analysis for senior leadership.
- Own the model behind our topline revenue forecast.
Requirements
- As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks.
- We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools.
- Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up.
- If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.
- We're looking for someone who instinctively automates—using AI and agentic tooling to replace manual work, tighten the loop between fresh data and the forecast, and improve accuracy every cycle—so you can focus on the strategic, high-impact analysis that drives decisions.
- Continuously automate and scale the forecasting process—leveraging AI and agentic tooling to reduce manual effort, move toward real-time data, and improve accuracy every cycle.
- experience in investment banking, private equity, FP&A, revenue finance, or a similar highly analytical role; high-growth, public-company SaaS
- experience using AI tools (e.g., Windsurf/Devin, Cursor, OpenCode) to automate workflows, accelerate modeling, and analyze large datasets—and a genuine drive to push how far that can go.
- Experience with financial planning systems (Anaplan a plus) and comfort with data structures.
- Expert proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets;
- experience with enterprise financial systems (e.g., NetSuite, Salesforce) is a plus.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a quantitative field. Why This Role?
- A real builder mandate: modernize and automate how we forecast, with room to push AI and agentic tooling.
- Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
- Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process.
Experience
- 10+ years of progressive
Benefits
- High visibility and impact in a mission-driven company helping build a better Internet. Compensation
- Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
- ● For San Francisco Bay Area based hires: Estimated annual salary of $188,000 - $259,000.
- ● For Washington based hires: Estimated annual salary of $179,000 - $246,000.
- ● For Colorado based hires: Estimated annual salary of $163,000 - $204,000. Equity
- This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan. Benefits
- benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our
- Health & Welfare Benefits
- ● Medical/Rx Insurance ● Dental Insurance ● Vision Insurance
- ● Global Travel Medical Insurance Financial Benefits
- ● Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
- ● Life & Accident Insurance
- ● 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- ● Employee Stock Participation Plan Time Off
- ● Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
- ● Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
- All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law.
Contact
- Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.
Additional details
- At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet.
- Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies.
- Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code.
- Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request.
- Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
- At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with.
- Available Locations: Austin, TX, San Francisco, CA, Denver, CO, Seattle, WA About the Team
- The Finance & BizOps team provides the financial insights and strategic guidance to shape Cloudflare's growth, profitability, and investment strategy.
- We're partners who embed across the business—connecting strategy to execution, driving planning and analysis, and collaborating with cross-functional leaders to develop and deliver key priorities.
- This team of passionate problem-solvers thrives in a fast-paced environment, designing and implementing high-quality, scalable solutions. About the Role