Atlassian

Senior Finance Manager - R&D

Atlassian$168K — $219K *
US-Anywhere
+ 2 other locationsRemote
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 7 years of FP&A experience, with 3 years in R&D settings
  • Strong experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and P&L management
  • Preferred background in the software sector; Cloud/SaaS experience is a strong plus
  • Proficiency in Anaplan or equivalent enterprise planning tools required
  • Advanced capabilities in financial modeling and analysis
  • Strong technical skills in Excel and finance systems; familiarity with CRM and ERP
  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field; MBA or CPA is advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Lead FP&A Commercial Finance planning processes, including monthly and quarterly forecasts
  • Shape R&D investment strategy to enhance competitive innovation
  • Drive finance optimization and ensure effective financial planning across departments
  • Build predictive scenario models and assess investment performance
  • Serve as a liaison for month-end and year-end financial processes
  • Provide insightful and consistent monthly and quarterly financial reports
  • Manage cross-functional finance initiatives and projects

Benefits

  • Health and wellbeing resources
  • Paid volunteer days
  • Flexible work environment options
  • Support for family and personal goals
  • Engagement with local community opportunities
Full Job Description
Overview

Working at Atlassian

Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity.

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 9get-it-done9 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 business9s 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&Lmanagement, 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)

  • Bachelor9s degree in a quantitative field (Finance, Accounting, Economics), MBA and/or CPA is a plus

Atlassian has a business model, with a focus ongrowth and profitability,that israreamong its growth technology peers. We also have an analytics DNA that runs deep through the company9s core.FP&A is ahighly visible team in theorganization at the intersection of both these focus areas. The FP&A team is a talented and collaborative team with a unique mix of technology industry, consulting and financial services background. Our responsibilities include facilitating planning, providing insight into business performance, supporting strategic decision making and helping predict the future of the business.We encourage decision-making at every level and highly value an open-minded approach and organizational transparency. We work closely with business leaders across all areas of the business to support the Company9s continued growth.You9ll join an extraordinary team that is passionate about Atlassian, its products, and its customers.

Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate9s 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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