Atlassian

Senior Finance Manager - R&D

Atlassian$168K — $219K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in FP&A with R&D support experience
  • Experience in planning, budgeting, forecasting, and P&L management
  • Preferred background in software, Cloud/SaaS experience is a plus
  • Proficiency in Anaplan or similar Enterprise planning tools
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics; MBA/CPA is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the consolidation and reporting of $1B quarterly spend
  • Lead the FP&A Commercial Finance planning processes
  • Shape capital allocation decisions with data-driven insights
  • Build finance principles and operational controls
  • Serve as liaison between FP&A and CFO functions for financial reporting
  • Provide concise monthly and quarterly financial insights
  • Manage finance initiatives cross-functionally across business partners

Benefits

  • Health and wellbeing resources
  • Paid volunteer days
  • Support for families and local community engagement
Full Job Description
Overview

Responsibilities

Atlassian is seeking an Senior Manager to join the Financial Planning & Analysis team (FP&A). In this visible position, you'll oversee the consolidation and reporting of $1B of quarterly spend as well as drive finance optimization. You will partner directly with FP&A and finance leaders and drive value with a particular focus on leading the FP&A Commercial Finance planning and monthly/quarterly forecasting processes
More about you

In this role, you'll get to:
  • Lead, influence and shape the R&D investment and finance strategy that directly connects with our ability to deliver differentiated, agile innovation in the AI era and deliver on topline and bottom line goals
  • Shape the capital allocation decisions by providing data-driven insight, building predictive scenario models, and tracking post-investment performance.
  • Own and drive FP&A Commercial Finance planning processes including monthly outlooks, quarterly rolling forecasts and long-range planning.
  • Build finance principals and controls needed to operationalize annual and long term plans and facilitate finance optimization efforts to enhance financial planning effectiveness and efficiency.
  • Serve as the liaison between FP&A Commercial Finance team and other CFO functions to manage the month end, quarter end and year end calendar and processes
  • Provide monthly and quarterly reporting that is succinct, consistent & insightful, providing leaders with the insights they need to drive financial results.
  • Own, lead and manage finance initiatives / projects end to end, working cross-functionally with various business partners in procurement, accounting and finance teams.
  • Take a leadership role in ad-hoc projects like driving efficiency of spend so that we are in line with best in class software companies.
  • Business partner for newly acquired entities such as Browser Company of New York and DX.
Your first day, we'll expect you to have:
Qualitative:
  • Ability to prioritize objectives in a fast-paced environment to ensure key deliverables are met in a timely manner
  • Experience with simultaneously managing multiple business stakeholders' budgets
  • Excellent critical thinking, organizational, and prioritization skills
  • Demonstrate attention to detail and follow-through
  • Team player who can also self-initiate
  • Possess a strong work ethic with a "get-it-done" attitude
  • Strong critical thinking, organizational, and collaboration skills
  • An effective communicator who is concise, timely, and able to explain finance and accounting to non-finance partners
  • Efficient with managing tasks that require collaboration with stakeholders in different time zones
  • Comfortable with senior leaders and even challenging the status quo when it's in the business's best interests
Quantitative:
  • A minimum of 7 years FPA experience with at least 3 years supporting an R&D organization.
  • Experience with planning and budgeting processes, financial forecasting, P&L management, interpreting and reporting business performance results
  • Prior software sector experience is highly preferred, Cloud/SaaS is a strong plus.
  • Anaplan or other Enterprise planning tools is required
  • Advanced proficiency in financial modeling
  • Strong technical fundamentals - excel, database / data warehousing concepts and finance systems (CRM & ERP)
  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (Finance, Accounting, Economics), MBA and/or CPA is a plus

Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.

Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

Pay Ranges

In The United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:

Zone A: $168,300 - $219,725

Zone B: $151,470 - $197,753

Zone C: $139,689 - $182,372

Qualifications

Benefits & Perks

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits

About Atlassian

Atlassian is a leading provider of collaboration, development, and issue tracking software for teams. With over 194,000 customers worldwide, including 85 of the Fortune 100, Atlassian is changing the way teams work. Our products help teams organize, discuss, and complete shared work. Atlassian has a unique business model that allows us to deliver software to teams of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises. Our products are available on a subscription basis, with no upfront fees or long-term commitments. Atlassian was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Atlassian
Size
6,433 employees
Market Cap
$31.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.1 billion
Founded
2002
5 Year Trend
+34.9%
Revenue
$1.8 billion
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