Data Scientist, Strategic Finance - Figma

Job Title: Data Scientist, Strategic Finance
Job Location: San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
Job Listing URL: https://boards.greenhouse.io/figma/jobs/5237961004?gh_jid=5237961004
Job Description: Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, design and build better products — from start to finish. Whether it’s consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!
Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, create, test, and ship better designs, together. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!

The Strategic Finance team is focused on solving some of Figma’s most pressing business issues. The team is responsible for owning the company's budget and top level business objectives, driving annual and quarterly planning processes, forecasting future company growth, and performing financial analysis to inform our business strategy. You’ll be bringing a high level of rigor to the highest priority business issues and will interface regularly with senior leaders at the company. The ideal candidate is a great communicator with both technical and non technical counterparts, extremely detail oriented, and comfortable with ambiguity. Familiarity with financial data would be a huge plus.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

What you'll do at Figma:

Take ownership of our financial data pipelines

Partner with the Strategic Finance team to improve financial forecasting methods

Perform data analysis and build models such as customer LTV and propensity to buy to refine our long term strategy

Drive metrics understanding and operationalize usage of KPIs

Collaborate with cross organizational teams including finance, growth, product, marketing and sales to set team level targets that contribute to company objectives.

Prepare metrics updates for the executive team and the broader company.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

5+ years relevant work experience in Analytics or Data Science

Experience working with financial data and metrics

Fluency in SQL

Proficiency in Python, R or similar scripting language

Experience in distributed data processing systems (Hive, Redshift, Presto, Snowflake, etc)

Firm knowledge around statistical methods, including forecasting

Excellent judgment and creative problem solving skills

A self-starting mindset along with strong communication and collaboration skills

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Read more about our team:

https://www.figma.com/blog/cross-functional-data-science-user-research-figma/

https://www.figma.com/blog/how-we-use-data/

https://www.figma.com/blog/from-experiment-to-launch-how-data-shaped-a-new-comments-experience/

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Pay Transparency Disclosure

If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. You may view our Pay Transparency Policy by clicking on the corresponding link.
Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):
$164,000—$338,000 USD
At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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Holding interviews in an accessible location

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