[Hiring] Business Applications Analyst - FP&A @Arista Networks

Role Description

As a key member of the Arista Finance FP&A team, you will sit at the critical intersection of finance, data, and technology. With our recent transition to a new Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) utilizing Microsoft Fabric, you will be the driving force behind how our finance team leverages data. You will work closely with financial analysts, leadership, and IT to build automated processes, manage financial business applications, and transform complex data into actionable business intelligence.

This is a highly visible, full-time role designed for a professional who understands both system architecture and financial numbers. You will not just manage applications; you will be an active participant in our FP&A processes, ensuring our data infrastructure directly supports month-end reporting, forecasting, and strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain dynamic financial dashboards and reports using Power BI.
• Leverage Microsoft Fabric and our new EDW to streamline financial data models and reporting workflows.
• Automate manual finance processes to increase efficiency and accuracy across the FP&A team.
• Manage and administer finance-specific business applications and their underlying data structures.
• Partner with FP&A team members to analyze financial numbers, variances, and trends to support core business processes.
• Document business requirements, data definitions, and technical logic for financial reporting.
• Act as the primary liaison between the Finance team and IT/Data Engineering for system upgrades and enhancement projects.
• Support data validation, cleansing, and quality assurance to ensure absolute accuracy in financial reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in Finance.
• Proven professional experience working with Power BI to build complex, business-facing dashboards.
• Hands-on experience with Enterprise Data Warehouses (experience with Microsoft Fabric is highly preferred).
• Strong understanding of financial principles, FP&A cycles, and standard business metrics.
• Proficiency in SQL for data extraction, manipulation, and analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to automate processes and improve reporting efficiency.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial requirements into technical data solutions.
• Self-starter mentality with a strong desire to dive into the numbers and support the broader finance team.

Benefits

• The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $101,000 - $157,000.
• Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location.
• The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and work location.
• Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Arista’s Sales Incentive Plan, which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales.
• US-based employees are entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings, and income protection.