Description
We're building a finance team that operates like a strategic asset, not a back-office function. Automated planning infrastructure and AI-embedded systems handle the routine. That frees this role to do something harder and more valuable: provide unique insight, help the business see around corners and influence the business where needed.
As Director of FP&A, you'll own a) building systems, b) budgeting/forecasting across Cost of Sales, G&A, R&D, and select GM business models and c) deep financial partnership. You'll partner directly with the ELT and their counterparts. This role is for someone who is equally comfortable building a cost model one day and challenging a business leader's assumptions the next.
You will report to the SVP of Strategic Finance and have one direct report. What You'll Do:
- Own the AOP and monthly/quarterly forecasts across all assigned functions, from bottoms-up budget builds to ELT-ready output.
- Be the financial thought partner functional leaders actually want to call - proactively surfacing risks, opportunities, and the implications of strategic choices before they become surprises.
- Lead monthly business reviews with sharp variance analysis and a clear point of view, not just a slide of numbers.
- Build dynamic models covering headcount, OpEx and unit economics.
- Build and support GM-level business model work, including investment analysis, scenario planning, and beyond.
- Partner cross-functionally with Sales Finance, Corporate Finance, Accounting, Procurement, HR and other functional business units to optimize our records and connect operational drivers to financial outcomes.
- Build systems & processes (including leveraging agentic workflows and AI-assisted tools) to automate the recurring workstreams.
- Develop one direct report with the same standard of rigor and business partnership you hold yourself to.
- Be a leader and culture carrier on the FP&A team - working with your peers to optimize and uplevel our processes.
What You Bring:
- Technical: Expert financial modeling skills. You build models others can use, stress-test them, and know when simplicity beats sophistication. Excel mastery is non-negotiable. Systems/coding expertise is a plus- this role is expanded to work with large datasets, automate work, build dashboards and beyond.
- Business Fluency: You understand SaaS and consumption-based economics.
- Executive Presence: You are comfortable and crisp when presenting to the ELT. You can read the room, hold your ground with data, and distill a complex financial story into simple concepts.
- High EQ: Business partners describe you as someone who makes them better. You ask the questions they didn't think to ask, follow through, and never make people feel managed.
- AI Fluency: You're genuinely curious about how AI is changing finance work , and you've already started using it.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years in FP&A or strategic finance, with meaningful time in a senior or ELT-facing role.
- Background in mature SaaS or technology.
- Bachelor's in Finance, Accounting, or Economics; MBA or CPA a plus, not a requirement.