Senior Financial Analyst, Deal Desk (Strategic Finance)

About the role

Liftoff is a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform for the mobile app economy. Our end-to-end technology stack helps app marketers acquire and retain high-value users, while enabling publishers to maximize revenue across programmatic and direct demand. Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence. About this role / team: We’re looking for a talented Senior Financial Analyst to join our Deal Desk team within Strategic Finance. The Deal Desk team works cross-functionally with sales, accounting, analytics, corporate FP&A, and more to manage commercial agreements, from standard arrangements to complex, non-standard deals with strategic advertising partners. This individual should be highly detail-oriented and comfortable managing complex business models and Excel/Google Sheets tracking files, with the ability to reconcile data across sources and improve the models and processes used to track revenue adjustments over time. This role will manage our weekly tracking files, be able to understand how to integrate complex deals into our financial forecasting models, partner with accounting to ensure accruals are accurate and timely, and speak to the “why” behind the financials. It is critical that this individual is driven, self-motivated, a self-starter, can work independently with minimal supervision, and demonstrates both good judgment and confidentiality. This role will routinely build financial models tracking performance, craft customer-facing incentive deals to drive revenue, and work with sales to optimize performance and maximize margin on a deal by deal basis. This role requires the Senior Financial analyst to be able to comprehensively understand the mechanics of how our business generates revenue both in current and hypothetical future states. Responsibilities: Own and manage the company’s complex financial files used to track customer incentive programs and related revenue adjustments, ensuring they remain accurate, up to date, and reflective of the latest deal terms Design Deal desk incentives: Work with the GTM organization to craft financial incentives for our customer base to drive incremental revenue that takes into account unique customer circumstances, needs, and performance Analyze, discuss, and improve efficacy of deal desk: role helps build a quarterly post mortem to assess what financial incentives were successful vs. unsuccessful, how much accretive revenue was driven, and how deal desk strategy should be augmented in the future based on learnings Strategic financial modeling: analyst will evaluate strategic initiatives of interest to the senior leadership team acting as the analytic engine to support decision making Work cross-functionally to address data requests tied to high-impact initiatives, providing clarity on the organization’s business composition and key operational drivers Tracking of adjustments to revenue due to customer incentives and accurately project out adjusted revenue based on deals live or expected to go live to present an accurate picture of anticipated financial performance Work closely with Accounting during the monthly and quarterly close process to ensure revenue adjustments and customer incentive impacts are accurately and timely reflected in the financials Serve as the owner of the company’s primary KPI file, ensuring accuracy and accessibility of the key metrics used in Board of Directors meetings, strategic planning, and other critical business reviews Requirements: Bachelor’s degree (preferably in Finance or related field) 5+ years of experience in Financial Planning and Analysis, previous experience in corporate development, accounting, investment banking, strategy, a finance development program, deal desk, or consulting a plus Extremely proficient in Excel / Google Sheets with strong modeling skills and attention to detail; comfortable managing complex files, with the ability to take ownership of them and transform them to improve efficiency and usability Highly organized, with a proven ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities across multiple stakeholders simultaneously, balancing short term / ad-hoc requests with long term projects Understanding of accounting/financial statements and experience in valuation a plus Exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities Strong business judgment and desire to learn about underlying business Understand complex data with the ability to present in a way that is easy to understand, including data visualization Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as attention to detail Experience with Tableau, Salesforce, Looker, or other comparable data visualization tools Location: Liftoff follows a philosophy of “remote first, come together meaningfully” and allows employees to be based from a number of different states where we have entities. We require that this role work during Pacific time zone; working from the San Francisco Bay Area is highly preferred. Travel Expectations: We offer several opportunities for in-person team gatherings, including but not limited to project meetings, regional meetups, and company-wide events. We expect our employees to attend these gatherings at least once per quarter. These gatherings provide essential opportunities for collaboration, communication, and team building. Compensation: Liftoff offers all employees a full compensation package that includes equity and health/vision/dental benefits associated with your country of residence. Base compensation will vary based on the candidate’s location and experience. The following are the OTE (base + bonus) salary ranges: SF Bay Area, NYC, Los Angeles/Orange County, Seattle: $120,000 - 150,000 All other California and Washington state locations, Austin, Boston, Denver, Portland: $110,000 - 138,000 All other cities and towns in our approved states: $103,000 - 129,000 Liftoff offers a fast-paced, collaborative, and innovative work environment where employees are empowered to grow and make an impact. We’re shaping the future of the mobile app ecosystem—join us and help accelerate what’s next. Liftoff’s compensation strategy includes competitive salaries, equity, and benefits designed to support employee well-being and performance. We benchmark compensation based on role, level, and location to ensure fairness and market alignment. Benefits may include medical coverage, wellness stipends, and additional perks based on your country of residence. Liftoff is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice: Liftoff does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or Recruiting Team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Liftoff vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Recruiting Team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Liftoff Recruiting Team and such a candidate was submitted to the Liftoff Recruiting Team via our Applicant Tracking System.