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About the Role
Quest Software is seeking a strategic, growth-oriented finance professional to own the company’s growth story, focusing on board reporting, investor relations, and framing the narrative for executive leadership, the Board, and private equity partners. This high-visibility role partners with FP&A and Sales & Marketing Finance to translate inputs into a clear, defensible corporate story.
Responsibilities
- Own the growth story end-to-end, from metrics to reporting structure and narrative delivery.
- Translate revenue and growth drivers into a clear, consistent, and defensible corporate story.
- Build and maintain frameworks and reporting for a repeatable, board-ready growth story.
- Anticipate and proactively address questions from leadership and PE sponsors.
- Own the narrative for board reporting, preparing materials that communicate growth performance, outlook, and value creation.
- Lead investor relations activities and reporting for PE sponsors, lenders, LPs, and co-investors.
- Support diligence requests and value-creation-plan tracking.
- Present growth narratives to both financial and non-financial audiences.
- Maintain and interpret key growth metrics (ARR, NRR, churn, bookings, pipeline, Rule of 40).
- Analyze results to identify drivers, risks, and opportunities, and provide insights to leadership.
- Ensure consistent definition and reliable presentation of metrics across reporting.
- Partner with VP of Sales & Marketing Finance to translate sales planning outputs into the growth narrative.
- Direct FP&A team members on a dotted-line basis for board and investor reporting needs.
- Partner with Sales, Revenue Operations, Product, and Customer Success to connect operational drivers to the story.
- Serve as a trusted finance voice on growth measurement, framing, and communication.
Requirements
- PE-backed company experience.
- Enterprise software background.
- 5+ years of core FP&A experience, specifically supporting top-line/growth reporting.
- Proven ownership of the corporate story, with demonstrated ability to translate data into a board- and investor-ready narrative.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related quantitative field.
- Strong financial modeling skills.
- Advanced Excel proficiency.
- Deep understanding of recurring-revenue business models and SaaS performance metrics.
- Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.
- Comfortable presenting to senior leaders and investors.
- MBA, CPA, or CFA (Preferred).
- Direct experience with board reporting and investor relations for a PE-backed business (Preferred).
- Experience in a high-growth or value-creation-plan environment (Preferred).
Skills
- Growth Storytelling
- Board & Investor Communication
- Strategic Thinking
- Business Acumen
- Executive Presence
- Analytical Problem Solving
- Collaboration
- Influence
- Ownership
- Bias to Action
- Recurring Revenue Metrics (ARR, MRR, NRR, Churn, Bookings, Pipeline, Rule of 40, CAC, LTV)
- Advanced PowerPoint
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Looker
- Anaplan
- Workday Adaptive Planning
- Oracle EPBCS
- Planful
- Salesforce
- Clari
- Gong
- Advanced Excel
- SQL
- Python (a plus)
- NetSuite
- Oracle
- SAP
- Workday Financials
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- In-office
- Senior individual contributor
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related quantitative field
- MBA (Preferred)
- CPA (Preferred)
- CFA (Preferred)
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Annual bonuses
- Top-performer recognition
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Family benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Flexible work options
- Generous PTO
- Wellness programs
- Professional growth opportunities
- Learning platforms
- Mentorship programs
- Leadership programs
About the Company
- Quest Software builds the foundation for enterprise AI with solutions in data governance, cybersecurity, and platform modernization.
- Over 45,000 companies, including 90% of the Fortune 500, trust Quest to solve critical IT challenges.
- Quest helps enterprises unlock their full potential by securing identities, modernizing platforms, and preparing data for AI.
Equal Opportunity
- Quest is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind.
- Quest is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.
- All employment decisions at Quest are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
- Quest will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
- Quest encourages applicants of all ages.