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:
We are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst contractor to support the upcoming Annual Operating Plan and forecast cycles by leveraging AI to improve financial analysis, planning, and decision support. Reporting to the Senior Manager of FP&A, this role will partner cross-functionally to improve visibility into vendor spend and renewals while strengthening FP&A through more accurate planning, forecasting, and business insights.
Responsibilities:
- Strengthen the upcoming Annual Operating Plan and forecast cycles by increasing visibility into vendor spend, commercial commitments, renewal timing, and savings opportunities, improving FP&A accuracy and decision-making.
- Leverage AI to develop scalable tools and workflows that improve financial decision-making, automate manual processes, and strengthen vendor planning, forecasting, and commercial management.
- Build financial analyses and business cases for vendor renewals and new investments, evaluating total cost of ownership, build-versus-buy tradeoffs, alternatives, budget implications, and forecast impact to inform business decisions
- Support high-impact FP&A initiatives as business needs evolve, including forecasting, headcount planning, executive reporting, infrastructure analysis, and ad hoc financial projects.
Requirements:
- 3-5+ years of relevant FP&A experience
- Familiarity using AI tools such as Codex and Claude to analyze data, automate workflows, and develop internal business tools.
- Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills, with the ability to independently build, troubleshoot, and maintain complex financial models and reporting files.
- Strong data-analysis capabilities, including working across multiple data sources, reconciling discrepancies, forecasting, and developing business cases.
- Ability to ramp quickly, manage existing processes independently, and deliver reliably in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
Location:
This role is eligible for full-time remote work in one of our entities in the Pacific Time Zone: California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington (State).
Compensation:
The following are our hourly salary ranges for this role: $60-$70 an hour
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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.
