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Strategic Finance Analyst
Datadog INC · 🇺🇸 New York, New York, USA
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 64 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 14 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Datadog INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Senior Information Security Analyst” (Information Security Analysts) in NY: $183k–$183k, median $183k. Most were filed at wage level III (50%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Datadog INC
The US Department of Labor certified 64 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 14 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
About Datadog: Datadog is the essential monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. We bring together end-to-end traces, metrics, and logs to make your applications, infrastructure, and third-party services entirely observable. These capabilities help businesses secure their systems, avoid downtime, and ensure customers are getting the best user experience. The Team: Datadog's Finance team collaborates with teams across the organization, providing commercial, operational and analytical support to ensure that Datadog's business continues to scale rapidly and efficiently. The Opportunity: Strategic Finance partners with the business to analyze key financial and operational drivers across the company in order to support the business’ growth and success. As an analyst supporting revenue, you will manage and refine key financial models and data, help create our annual financial targets, and work directly with operational leaders across multiple functions to support execution against our goals. Your work will be highly cross-functional and play a pivotal role in connecting the dots across the organization through a financial lens, ensuring operational alignment and informing decision making. What You’ll Do: • Manage financial forecasts and analyses that may include revenue, ARR, customers, product, and cash flow - translating insights into recommendations for senior leaders • Partner with senior business leaders across various departments, such as go-to-market (GTM) and Product to track performance and assess trends • Work with finance management on quarterly Board materials, including coordination and consolidation across stakeholders • Partner with the Accounting team for monthly / quarterly flux analysis and financial close items • Assist in planning and budgeting cycles, ensuring consistency in tools, templates, and processes across the organization • Become proficient with various financial planning and business intelligence (BI) tools, including but not limited to Pigment, Tableau, and Metabase • Assist with ROI and profitability analyses on regional and sales channel levels to support data-driven decision making • Work on ad hoc projects and strategic initiatives for senior management, which may include assessing analyzing various business challenges / opportunities and proposing solutions Who You Are: • 2+ years of professional experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, or other related field • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or economics • Mastery of Excel and PowerPoint with proven experience in building financial models and managing complex data • You are a clear, concise communicator and team player with a humble mindset and ‘can-do’ attitude • MBA or CFA is a plus but not required; • Solid understanding of Pigment or other EPM software is a plus, but not required • Experience in or understanding of a consumption-based software business model Benefits and Growth : • Generous and competitive benefits package • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities • Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space • Friendly and inclusive workplace culture Work Location: At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. This role will require you to work in the office 3 days per week, and flexible the remainder. #LI-Hybrid Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such