Sr Business Analyst

Sr Business Analyst

Reporting directly to the FP&A Director, Commercial, the Senior Business Analyst will be a high-impact member of the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team. You will serve as a strategic business partner to the Finance, Sales, and Marketing teams, owning the end-to-end commissions process and ensuring tools are strategically set up to drive critical revenue analytics, financial close cycles, and future forecasts. To achieve this, you will drive operational efficiency by automating workflows and streamlining processes, while evolving our commercial models to provide deeper, data-driven insights into business performance.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end quarterly commission process, ensuring 100% payout accuracy for employees across AMER, EMEA, and APAC while providing predictable expense forecasts to Finance and Sales leadership.
• Act as the technical lead for the commissions tool (Spiff) and maintain audit-ready documentation to support internal and external compliance reviews.
• Architect automated revenue models and Tableau visualizations to eliminate manual analysis and improve data-driven decision-making.
• Lead special projects and provide ad-hoc analytical support for the commercial organization, including strategic growth analysis, financial modeling, and evaluating marketing and sales spend efficiency.
• Leverage AI tools to lead efforts in streamlining business operations that support driving revenue growth and efficiency for Twist.
• Provide deep-dive analytics for Earnings Calls and Close cycles, including detailed regional, product, industry, and customer-level variance analysis.
• Map and scale commercial processes, leading data governance efforts to identify current manual tasks and prioritizing their removal to ensure the tech stack evolves alongside the organization's growth.

Position Requirements

Nice to Have

The base cash compensation for this California-based role is below. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for bonus, equity, and a generous benefits package. Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate skill, experience, expertise, and location and may vary from the amount listed above. Compensation may be different in other locations.

San Diego Area Pay Range

$100,000 - $138,000 USD