SUMMARY:The Senior Finance Manager drives financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis for Placer's business, and partners closely with R&D and product teams to create financial insights to influence business actions. Partnering closely with the SVP of Finance, you will build the models and narratives that shape how the company plans, and you will influence decisions in support of those plans.
This is a high-ownership role in a fast-moving Finance team. You will operate with significant autonomy, make judgment calls where data is incomplete, and be a person leaders work with directly for financial insights.
RESPONSIBILITIES:- Support all financial planning and forecasting across the P&L, balance sheet, and company cash flows including annual, quarterly, monthly and ad-hoc cycles.
- Partner closely with the R&D and product teams to drive actions influenced by your financial insights
- Create forecasting models for on going and ad-hoc analyses.
- Provide in depth analysis of company performance, key KPIs, budget-to-actuals, flux, and key financial analyses
- Work closely with the Finance and Accounting teams in partnership with Placer business and support teams to track, adjust, monitor, fine-tune and continually improve the financial and business processes. annual and monthly budgets.
- Develop, maintain and improve the company's financial models.
- Cross-departmental insights for the operations, marketing, sales development and sales teams to improve internal reporting processes, departmental budgets and non-financial KPIs.
- Identify where improved controls are needed, design and test them, and work cross-functionally to embed them in the teams that operate them
- Lead cross-functional projects end to end, including projects that may fall outside your direct scope, requiring you to influence team members not in your direct reporting chain to deliver results on time and effectively.
REQUIREMENTS:- 8+ years of experience in finance, financial modeling and interpreting financial statements
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or a related field
- A natural partner: you build trust with partner teams and executive stakeholders with an ability to turn differing views into shared decisions
- Can operate quickly with the skills to data-mine, organize, and gain insights from raw financial information, customer anecdotes and partner expertise.
- Knowledge of financial reporting, accounting standards and the budgeting process across a high-growth organization
- Able to proactively communicate effectively across departments in a remote environment and accustomed to working towards deliverable deadlines
- An expert in Excel and Google Sheets, specifically in regards to financial modeling
- Able to work independently and fully-remote while collaborating in a small team environment and cross functionally
- Ability to manage multiple projects & priorities, seamlessly moving between strategy & execution
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a drive to learn and grow
- Experience with B2B SaaS / data subscription business model(s) is highly preferred
NICE TO HAVES:- Demonstrated use of AI tools to work more efficiently-whether professionally or personally-and a curiosity for finding new ways to apply them.
- Comfort integrating generative AI into day-to-day workflows to boost productivity, quality, and output.
WHY JOIN PLACER.AI?- Join a rocketship! We are pioneers of a new market that we are creating
- Take a central and critical role at Placer.ai
- Work with, and learn from, top-notch talent
- Competitive salary
- Excellent benefits
- Fully remote
The U.S. annualized pay range for this position is $160,000 - $180,000 USD. In addition, certain roles have the opportunity to earn sales-based commissions. Base pay offered within the stated range may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including job-related skills, professional experience, education and licenses (if applicable), work location and compensation market data.
Base pay is just a part of our total rewards program. Placer provides medical, dental and vision coverage as well as flexible time off, 401K and equity awards for certain roles.
Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
NOTEWORTHY LINKS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PLACER- About Placer.ai
- Placer.ai's $100M round C funding (unicorn valuation!)
- See our data in action at The Anchor
- Placer.ai in the news
- Video: About Placer for Commercial Real Estate
