Director, FP&A Systems and Transformation

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About the Role

Lead the strategic roadmap and digital transformation of the FP&A function across a complex tech organization encompassing Consumer, Enterprise, Content, Marketing, and Product divisions. As the "Translator," you will bridge technical automation and business strategy, ensuring system builds reflect unique segment drivers such as Enterprise SaaS metrics, B2C unit economics, and Content amortization schedules.

You will inherit a dual-system landscape (IBM Planning Analytics and Workday Adaptive Planning) and evaluate, test, and select the single go-forward enterprise architecture. Additionally, you will lead, mentor, and cross-train an internal team of two direct reports (Systems Administrator and Analytics Specialist), fostering a culture of automation and empowering the broader FP&A team to focus on high-value strategic analysis.

Responsibilities

• Leverage automated reporting and financial data to surface actionable insights that drive long-term corporate strategy, optimize capital allocation, and maximize ROI across Content, Product, and Marketing investments.
• Manage day-to-day workflows for two direct reports, balancing immediate reporting and analytics demands with major project milestones for the system transition.
• Partner directly with decentralized FP&A teams across all business segments to audit their unique workflows and build tailored, automated financial modeling solutions.
• Direct external implementation consultants and manage vendor relationships to execute the definitive "rip and replace" system migration on time, within budget, and with zero disruption to close cycles.
• Automate data pipelines and standard reporting decks to drastically reduce monthly close and forecast cycle times.
• Establish strict system access controls, data hierarchy standards, and cross-functional user training programs to drive company-wide platform adoption.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience across FP&A, Finance Transformation, or Financial Systems, ideally within a high-growth, multi-segment technology company.
• Hands-on architectural and administrative knowledge of both Workday Adaptive Planning and IBM Planning Analytics (TM1), or comparable enterprise planning platforms.
• Proven success leading end-to-end platform consolidations, vendor bake-offs, and full-lifecycle system implementations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and upskill technical team members through organizational change and software transitions.
• Working knowledge of modern data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI), SQL, data warehousing, or automation tools, with the ability to explain technical concepts to business leaders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field (MBA/CPA preferred), paired with a deep understanding of tech P&L drivers and subscription metrics.

Pay

Competitive, zone-based pay aligned to your location, experience, and role level:

• US Zone 2: $206,125 - $242,500
• US Zone 3: $191,250 - $225,000
• US Zone 4: $178,075 - $209,500

US Pay Zones:

• US-Z1: Bay Area (within 75 miles)
• US-Z2: NYC and Seattle Metro (within 75 miles)
• US-Z3: CA, WA, NY, NJ, CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, MA, MD, OR, RI, TX, VA
• US-Z4: AK, AZ, DE, FL, HI, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NV, NH, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, UT, VT, WI

Total rewards package includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, bonus and RSU equity programs, and global perks.