FP&A Manager, Operations & Corporate

Company Description

Take a seat on the rocketship and join us to help people succeed across the world.

We’re a global team of builders, listeners and problem-solvers who are relentlessly focused on making life simple, so our customers can get back to growing their business, engaging consumers and doing what they love.

You’ll join our FP&A team — the team that provides financial leadership and support to all business teams. Working hand in hand with business partners, you’ll help them overcome obstacles by understanding their goals and challenges. You’ll enable them to focus on what really matters - helping our teams reach their full potential.

Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Director of FP&A, we have a unique opportunity that calls for a highly analytical and ambitious finance professional to join our FP&A team. The Manager will play a strategic role in forecasting, business planning, management reporting, and business analytics activities related to the Operations & Corporate organizations. This analytical and strategic leader will oversee the tools and processes necessary to help us scale for the future in a highly visible role that includes frequent interaction with the CFO, Finance Leadership Team, and other senior leaders.

The Manager will bring proven experience managing the planning activities of a large, complex company with operations spread across the globe. They will be a change leader and value-add business partner comfortable with managing multiple, high visibility priorities. They will be a thought leader and have the potential to ascend to more senior roles within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the annual and long-term planning process, quarterly forecasts, and monthly close and reporting
• Develop and maintain financial models to analyze and forecast company performance
• Prepare and analyze financial reports, including monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
• Lead the financial analysis of business decisions and provide recommendations to the Senior Director of FP&A, Operations and Corporate business partners, as well as Executive leadership
• Lead the analysis and interpretation of operating results, preparation of executive reports, review of financing activities, and analysis of financial effects of various contemplated actions
• Leverage a sophisticated FP&A infrastructure to translate company specific and external industry data into key strategic insights that drive forward-thinking business decisions
• Partner with business leaders to develop and implement strategies to achieve financial goals
• Analyze and report on financial performance and KPIs in support of the company’s external financial reporting requirements
• Conduct ad hoc analysis and prepare executive level presentations for C-level staff members, and the Board of Directors, including areas impacting the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement
• Drive continuous improvement to produce innovation in reporting, planning and analysis
• Manage a Senior Financial Analyst; provide mentorship, guidance and opportunities for development

Qualifications

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience demonstrating increasing responsibility, scope, and leadership across multiple Finance and/or FP&A functions
• Experience growing through the ranks in Financial Planning & Analysis roles to enhance support capabilities (predictive modeling, analytics, etc.)
• Strong Professional and educational background; bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or quantitative field required
• Experience with business partnering and owning/managing financial forecasts is a must
• Experience with ERP tools and FP&A planning tools is a must; experience with NetSuite and OneStream is preferred, but not required

Work Skills / Personal Characteristics

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proactive and effective communicator with ability to organize, anticipate and plan ahead
• Strong financial modeling experience, from bottoms-up conception to delivery with insightful considerations for the audience and key stakeholders
• Experience identifying and successfully implementing process efficiencies
• Demonstrated experience with core accounting processes and general ledger interaction
• Track record of delivering high quality financial analysis and reporting
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and partnership skills
• Ability to build high quality stakeholder relationships
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates behaviors that are positive, progressive, supportive, confident, clear
• Excellent problem-solving skills and an analytical mind
• Adaptability and flexibility, able to manage fast paced change in growing a company

At the company, we believe that the best innovation and ideas happen at the intersection of differences - people of different cultures, generations, disciplines, and lived experiences. So even if you think you don’t quite tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

Life at the company

You’ll be part of a global network of talented colleagues who support your success. We look for commonalities and shared passions and give people the tools they need to deliver great work and grow at speed.

Some of the perks of working with us:

• 12 weeks Gender Neutral Paid Parental Leave for primary and secondary carer
• #GiveBackDays/Commitment to social impact – 3 extra days off to volunteer and give back to your local community
• Ongoing dedication to Diversity & Inclusion initiatives such as D&I Council, Global Mentorship Program
• Access to free mental health support
• Flexible working arrangements

Our hub locations provide:

• Engagement activities such as field days, monthly company lunches, quarterly events, and department outings
• Regularly sanitized environment with protective equipment
• Dog Days
• Catered lunches plus free snacks and drinks
• Ping pong, foosball, basketball and other onsite games

Ready to apply?

To start your application, please submit your resume and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can. Please include the word "moonshot" at the top of your message to the Hiring Manager so that we know you took the time to read our job ad.

We understand that diverse candidates have diverse needs. We welcome you to inform us of any additional needs related to completing your job application or participating in the interview process, via talent@xplortechnologies.com.

More about us

We are the first global platform combining SaaS with embedded payments and tools to help businesses grow and succeed. We offer software solutions in fast-growing “everyday life” verticals: Education, Fitness & Wellbeing, Field Services and Personal Services – and a global, cloud-based payment processing platform. With operations in North America, Australasia, Asia, Europe, and the UK, we serve over 106,000 customers that processed over $38 billion in payments across 20 markets in 2024.

Good to know

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