Lead Financial Analyst - Strategic Finance
Based at Rapid7 global headquarters in Boston, the Lead Financial Analyst will serve as a key member of the Strategic Finance team.
About the Team
The Strategic Finance team works closely with business leaders across the company to drive growth and scale. The team provides key insights and strategic recommendations that fuel revenue growth, expansion strategy, and focused investment. We work closely with executive leadership to ensure Rapid7 continues to be a leader in the cybersecurity industry.
About the Role
As an integral part of this new and growing team, you will be heavily involved in financial modeling and analysis. Key projects include presenting pricing recommendations to executive leadership, supporting new product launches, forecasting growth, and identifying and tracking key performance metrics for multiple objectives. You will be a trusted financial problem-solver for the business and will be responsible for breaking down complex data into digestible, actionable insights for team members across the business.
This position is a unique blend of business partnering, financial analytics, and visibility. It offers you a great opportunity to make a direct and immediate impact, coupled with a significant opportunity to grow and expand your scope of responsibilities as the Finance function scales to support Rapid7's business.
In this role, you will:

• Create price and profitability models for our new and existing products
• Ensure our go-to-market strategy optimizes for growth while meeting our profitability targets
• Become an expert on our data, including working with our Business Intelligence team to design and implement new ways to present and track key metrics
• Work closely with FP&A and Business Intelligence team to forecast and analyze trends in our Annual Recurring Review ("ARR")
• Gain exposure to acquisitions and provide insight on how acquired assets align with our broader growth strategy

The skills you'll bring include:

• High EQ with the ability to develop high-trust relationships across all levels of the organization
• Ability to solve and simplify ambiguous and complex problems
• Expert Microsoft Excel skills (including financial modeling best practices)
• GSuite experience a plus
• Background in Investment Banking, Consulting, or high-growth SaaS preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a quantitative discipline, MBA or CFA a plus
• 5+ years of experience or 3+ years with at least 1 year of Investment Banking, Consulting, Equity Research (buy or sell-side), or high-growth SaaS experience
• Intellectually curious with a keen desire to learn and understand the big picture

We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams that reflect a variety of backgrounds. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please apply!
About Rapid7
Rapid7 (NASDAQ: RPD) helps organizations across the globe protect what matters most so innovation can thrive in an increasingly connected world. Our comprehensive technology, services, and community-focused research simplify the complex for security teams, helping them reduce vulnerabilities, monitor for malicious behavior, be in 10 places at once, and shut down attacks. We're on a mission to make security solutions easier to use and access so we can bring safety and resilience to more people. With more than 11,000 customers across 140+ countries, Rapid7 is a leader in cybersecurity that has earned numerous industry accolades and recognition for our technology and culture.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law.