Senior FP&A Analyst

Senior Fpa Analyst

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.

Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world's toughest obstacles.

As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.

We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.

Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

About The Role

We're looking for a passionate, self-motivated Sr. Fpa Analyst to join the Finance team. This role will be responsible for regular monthly reporting, maintaining financial systems, supporting our business partners and enhancing our financial models. As a member of the Finance team, you will work cross-functionally with the business and help support the overall company strategy. Due to the high-growth nature of our business, the duties and responsibilities of this position will evolve over time, so we are looking for someone who has the capacity and desire to grow with the position. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with a positive, get-it-done attitude.

This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco HQ 3 days per week.

Impact You'll Own

• Create detailed financial models and enhance existing models inclusive of OpEx, headcount and CapEx in support of Planet's space systems team
• Improve and maintain the consolidated corporate financial model. This includes managing a rolling forecast for the business
• Assist the development of annual and recurring forecasts and scenarios, focusing on the underlying business drivers, key financial and operating metrics, and sensitivity analysis
• Work cross-functionally across the organization to drive process improvements
• Develop and monitor goals, highlighting trends and explaining causes of variances to forecast as part of month end close process
• Work closely with the accounting team to ensure timely and accurate financial closes
• Track and analyze KPIs across all departments
• Implement new processes and lead system requirements to streamline financial operations
• Ad hoc financial modeling and analysis

What You Bring

What Makes You Stand Out

Application Deadline

November 26, 2025 by 11 : 59 PM PST

Benefits While Working At Planet

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.

Compensation

The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is listed below. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). The final salary range is determined by job related experience, skills and location. The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

San Francisco Salary Range

$101,400 - $126,800 USD

Why We Care So Much About Belonging

We're dedicated to helping the whole Planet, and to do that we must strive to represent all of it within each of our offices and on all of our teams. That's why Planet is guided by an ultimate north star of Belongingdreaming big as we approach our ongoing work. If this job intrigues you, but you're thinking you might not have all the qualifications, please... do apply! At Planet, we are looking for well-rounded people from around the world who can contribute to more ways than just what is listed in this job description. We don't just fill positions, we aspire to fulfill people's careers, most excited about folks who are motivated by our underlying humanitarian efforts. We are a few orbits around the sun before we get to where we want to be, so we hope you're excited to come along for the ride.