Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis

Job Description:

Job Title:               Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis

Location:               Remote (US Based Only)

                               *We cannot sponsor or transfer any visas, of any kind, at this time*

Hiring Manager:    Chief Financial Officer

Estimated salary range: $175,000 to $225,000

• The salary offered for this position will be based on a candidate’s experience and skill demonstrated during interviews and other evaluations.

About Ocient

Ocient is a hyperscale data analytics software company headquartered in Chicago, IL, enabling organizations to analyze trillions to quadrillions of data records in seconds. Over the past five years, Ocient has built a SQL compliant data warehouse for Petabyte and beyond datasets that is 10x to 50x times faster than competitive OLAP databases.

Position Overview

Our ideal candidate has high moral standards and takes pride in maintaining exceptional internal controls and designing efficient processes. You will oversee Ocients budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis processes, providing strategic financial insights to support decision-making and drive profitability. You are a dedicated team player, extremely organized, detail oriented, and look to make a footprint in the development of long-term scalable processes.  You are able to work very independently and are able to adapt and develop processes as the business evolves and matures. 

Responsibilities

·       Liaising with heads of departments, executive suite and other key leadership figures.

·       Lead financial and strategic planning for individual departments and the wider organization.

·       Work with sales to develop bookings, revenue, and cash forecasts.

·      Lead and build annual budgets and forecasts for different departments and consolidate into one master budget.

·      Develop and track key financial metrics for SaaS businesses.

·      Analyzing past financial performance, preparing competitor analysis, and examining market trends along with commentary for management.

·       Lead and create financial models to predict growth and forecast performance.

·       Analyzing monthly budgets and forecasts and performing variance analysis to explain discrepancies.

·       Evaluating new and existing projects, investments, and assets to determine their validity and appraise their value.

·       Recommending improvements and use of financing structures such as debt and equity when appropriate.

·      Reviews analysis results, develops insightful suggestions for investment, sourcing, cost reduction and leads strategic business decisions.

·      Lead financial aspects of the planning cycle: Strategic Plan (STRAP), Annual Operating Plan (AOP).

·      Prepare board of directors and investor materials as appropriate.

·      Proactively collaborate, influence and align with corporate planning and overall company strategy.

Qualifications

·       7+ years in financial planning & analysis.

·       5+ years working with start-up organizations.

·       3+ years in banking or financial consultant at a Big4 accounting firm.

·       Experience in managing large sets of data and working with complex financial operating models.

·       Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. 

·       Comfortable presenting and driving meetings with executives and other key leadership figures.

·       Ability to be detail-oriented, autonomous, and resourceful.

·       Demonstrated ability to succeed in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial business.

·       Commitment to excellence and efficiency. 

·       Familiarity with GAAP.

Nice to Have

·       Experience with Netsuite

·       SaaS or Enterprise Software business experience

·       Experience with specialty FP&A software, (i.e., Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, etc.)

We are not open to using an agency or staffing company at this time. We do not accept unsolicited agency or staffing resumes and we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. 

Ocient provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.