Altana AI
Principal Financial Analyst
$170K–$200K
Brooklyn, New York +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Aug 31, 2026
- Location
- Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, NY - Experience
- 5-8+ years; progressive FP&A or finance business partnering experience, with direct R&D, Engineering, or Product organization experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA a plus.
About the job
Serves as Finance Business Partner for Altana’s Technology organization, managing its financial planning, cloud and AI spend, procurement, and executive reporting.
What you'll do
- Own Technology forecasts, budgets, variance reporting, and investment analysis; advise leaders on spending and headcount decisions.
- Manage cloud and AI cost forecasting, attribution, optimization, and accounting coordination.
- Lead Technology procurement and vendor management, and produce Board-level scorecards and financial narratives.
What they ask for
- 5-8+ years of progressive FP&A or finance business partnering experience at a high-growth technology or SaaS company, including direct experience with R&D, Engineering, or Product organizations.
- Strong financial modeling skills in Excel and at least one EPM/planning platform.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, including the ability to explain financial data to executives and engage with engineering and product leaders.
- Active, enthusiastic use of AI tools in day-to-day work; familiarity with ERP, CRM, and HRIS/workforce planning tools.
Nice to have
- SQL proficiency to independently pull and analyze data from a data warehouse.
- AI company experience; MBA.
Pay
$170,000 - $200,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Excel, SQL, ERP, CRM, HRIS, EPM
AI focus
Build the financial framework for AI and LLM spending, including token-level unit economics, cost attribution, and efficiency reporting; use AI tools in daily finance workflows.
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