Description
As a GTM FP&A Manager, Professional Services, you'll join GitLab's GTM Financial Planning & Analysis team, a strategic partner to executive leaders across the company providing timely, fact-based, data-driven decision support.
The team drives annual planning, owns the operating plan, long-term financial model, and partners with the business to drive efficient growth. In this individual contributor role reporting to the Senior Director of GTM FP&A, you'll serve as a trusted finance business partner for the Professional Services organisation, owning the function end-to-end across bookings, revenue delivery, costs, and margin.
You'll work closely with Professional Services leadership on annual planning, long-range planning, forecasting, month-end close, and driving key business decisions.
Responsibilities:
Serve as a trusted finance business partner to Professional Services and cross-functional leaders, influencing day-to-day decisions that improve bookings, revenue delivery, cost management, and margin performance.
Own budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for the Professional Services P&L while delivering insights that improve decision making.
Partner with business leaders to turn data into clear recommendations that support planning, investment, and performance decisions.
Build and maintain financial models in Google Sheets to evaluate performance, test scenarios, and support strategic initiatives.
Drive monthly close analytics, including variance analysis to identify risks, surface business drivers, and improve forecast accuracy.
Support long-range planning and headcount planning with cross-functional partners to align hiring plans with business goals.
Improve FP&A processes to increase efficiency and predictability.
Present concise financial insights to stakeholders to drive alignment and decisive action on priorities that align to company objectives.
Requirements:
Experience in FP&A or related finance roles, with the ability to support planning, forecasting, close, and performance management in a fast-moving business environment.
Strong understanding of financial statements, accounting principles, and core FP&A workflows.
Advanced financial modeling and spreadsheet skills, including strong Google Sheets capability, with the ability to build clear, decision-ready analyses.
Comfort working with large data sets and using planning, reporting, or visualization tools to support analysis and decision-making.
Strong communication, analytical, and business partnering skills, with the ability to own a functional area, influence stakeholders, and turn financial and operational data into clear recommendations.
Ability to work independently in a remote environment, manage multiple priorities, and navigate ambiguity.