8+ years in corporate FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, or consulting
Strong technical foundation in financial modeling and long-range planning
Expertise in annual planning, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting
Experience preparing board materials and translating data into narratives
Strong analytical skills to evaluate financial opportunities and risks
Fluency in SaaS financial metrics and operational planning
Comfortable with ambiguity and proactive in a fast-paced environment
Ability to communicate recommendations clearly to executives
Energized by automation and AI-assisted workflows
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
Responsibilities
Own the company's core planning processes including annual operating and long-range plans
Lead monthly business reviews, reporting results and identifying risks
Partner on board and investor materials to shape business narratives
Collaborate with various departments on budgets and financial investments
Model infrastructure economics and evaluate vendor commitments
Define and report KPIs measuring performance and efficiency
Ensure accurate and timely financial closes with Accounting
Build scalable FP&A systems and automated reporting
Develop AI-native workflows for finance analysis
Benefits
In-office position in San Francisco, promoting team collaboration
Opportunity to shape the financial narrative during hyper-growth
High-visibility role with direct access to leadership
Chance to build an AI-native finance function
Engagement in strategic decision-making processes
Supportive environment for professional growth and development
Full Job Description
About the Role
Factory is looking for a Corporate FP&A Lead to own how we plan, measure, and tell the story of our financial performance as we scale through our next phase of hyper-growth. This is a high-ownership, high-visibility role on a lean finance team - a true thought partner to leadership on our most consequential financial decisions, and a chance to help build the foundations of the function.
You will own the operating model and the planning and forecasting cadences, partner on board and investor materials, and work directly with leadership, Sales, Engineering, and Accounting to turn ambiguity into decision-ready insight. You will also help build an AI-native finance function, using Factory's own tools to automate the work that traditional FP&A teams do by hand.
What you will do and achieve
Own the company's core planning processes - annual operating plan, long-range plan, quarterly forecasts, and monthly performance reviews
Own the corporate operating model that underpins planning, scenarios, and strategic decisions
Lead monthly business reviews with leadership: report results, explain variances, and surface risks and opportunities
Partner on board and investor materials to help shape the narrative of where the business is headed
Partner with GTM, Engineering, Operations, and G&A leaders on budgets, headcount, and COGS - bringing a financial perspective to how each org invests
Model infrastructure and compute economics, and evaluate vendor commitments, pricing, and capital-allocation tradeoffs
Define, track, and report the KPIs that measure topline performance, unit economics, and operational efficiency
Partner with Accounting on an accurate, timely close and on budget-vs-actuals - explaining performance, resolving discrepancies, and course-correcting early
Build scalable FP&A systems, dashboards, and automated reporting that turn raw data into timely, decision-ready insight
Build AI-native workflows for recurring finance analysis - applying Factory's own tooling to cut manual cycles and unlock deeper analytical work
Qualifications
8+ years in corporate FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, or consulting
Strong technical foundation - three-statement modeling, driver-based modeling, and long-range plans
Strong command of annual planning, forecasting, budgeting, and monthly and board reporting cadences
Experience preparing board and investor materials and translating complex data into clear narratives for executives and external stakeholders
Strong analytical rigor and the judgment to evaluate opportunities, risks, and tradeoffs in the financials
Fluency in SaaS and usage-based financials - gross margin and COGS, opex and headcount planning, and the metrics that matter to a board
Comfort with ambiguity and a high-agency, roll-up-your-sleeves mindset in a lean, fast-paced environment
Able to form a point of view and bring a clear recommendation - weighing trade-offs and communicating them, not just presenting numbers - with strong executive communication and low ego
Energized by AI-assisted workflows and automation - you build automation into your work rather than waiting for someone else to
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience Nice to have
Experience with financial planning and BI tools (e.g. Pigment, Anaplan)
Background in AI, ML, or cloud infrastructure economics
Experience supporting capital raises or IPO readiness
Fluency translating between GAAP and non-GAAP metrics
Experience scaling a finance function - and team - through rapid growth
This is an in-office position (5 days/week) in San Francisco (walking distance to Caltrain)
