Finance Manager, Strategic Finance (FP&A)

About Shippo

At Shippo, our vision is bold and clear: we are the shipping layer of the internet. Our mission is to make every merchant successful through excellent shipping, delivering world-class logistics technology and infrastructure. We're building the backbone of global e-commerce — connecting merchants to carriers worldwide through a single API and intuitive dashboard.

Your impact starts here

Every person at Shippo plays a direct role in shaping the infrastructure that powers global commerce and makes shipping simpler for businesses around the world.

Shipping & Handling Responsibilities

• Own the full company P&L, revenue through EBITDA, and serve as the primary finance partner to Accounting for the monthly close cycle.
• Produce the monthly MBR (Monthly Business Review), flash report, and supporting financial narrative for senior leadership, translating actuals vs. plan into clear stories and actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with the Controller to ensure accuracy and alignment on actuals and variances vs. plan.

Company P&L & Close Reporting

• Own the full company P&L, revenue through EBITDA, and serve as the primary finance partner to Accounting for the monthly close cycle.
• Produce the monthly MBR (Monthly Business Review), flash report, and supporting financial narrative for senior leadership, translating actuals vs. plan into clear stories and actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with the Controller to ensure accuracy and alignment on actuals and variances vs. plan.

Annual Operating Plan & Forecasting

• Own the Master P&L model, the company's single source of truth for forecasting, scenario analysis, and AOP. Build, maintain, and evolve it as the business changes.
• Lead the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process across all functions, including headcount planning, cost modeling, and revenue scenario builds.
• Drive 2-3 reforecasts throughout the year, surfacing risks and opportunities before they show up in actuals.

Board & Executive Reporting

• Produce the quarterly Board of Directors Finance Addendum, including financial exhibits, variance analysis, and supplemental data packages reviewed by the CFO and CEO.
• Build the financial models and materials that support executive decision-making on product investment and cost savings strategies.

Transaction Readiness & M&A Support

• Own and maintain Shippo's transaction readiness infrastructure, auditable P&L and balance sheet flat files, Looker cohort and retention views, AR/AP aging standardization, ensuring the company is 80%+ deal-ready at any given time.
• Serve as the internal financial lead for any M&A diligence process, managing the data room and coordinating with Legal, Accounting, and the CFO on financial workstreams.

Headcount & Cost Management

• Partner with People Ops as the finance counterpart to headcount planning, managing req approvals and monthly HC reporting for the exec team and Board.
• Own the R&D and cross-functional HC scenario modeling tools used by the CTO and CMO, and maintain the financial view of headcount by department.
• Lead recurring software and infrastructure cost reviews (AWS, SaaS vendors) with technical and operational stakeholders to drive efficiency.
• Own vendor contract audits, identifying and actioning lapsed or suboptimal contracts.

Strategic Analysis & Ad Hoc

• Build investment briefs, pro formas, and carrier/partner sizing models to support strategic decisions, including carrier economics, new product monetization, and geographic expansion.
• Partner with Revenue Operations and Sales Finance on go-to-market financial modeling.
• Drive improvements in FP&A tooling, data integrity, and financial systems to support scalable growth.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis, corporate finance, or strategic finance, with at least 2 years in a high-growth technology or SaaS company. Investment banking, private equity, or M&A advisory background is a plus.
• Experience owning a full company or business unit P&L, not just a function or cost center, and navigating the ambiguity that comes with it.
• Exposure to transaction processes (M&A, capital raise, or strategic review) and familiarity with financial due diligence data packages.
• Expert-level financial modeling skills: multi-driver operating models, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and headcount planning models.
• Strong proficiency in NetSuite and at least one BI tool (Looker, Tableau, or Power BI). Comfort with Rippling or similar HRIS is a plus.
• Strong commercial instincts: you don't just explain the variance, you explain what it means for the business and what we should do about it.
• Hightly organized and reliable - business partners, the CFO, and the CEO depend on you to get this right, on time, every time.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related. MBA, CFA, or CPA is a plus but not required.

Pay

The standard base pay range for this role is min is $136,000.00 to a max $184,000.00 annual salary (we tend to anchor our offers at the mid point $160,000.00. Since we are focused on hiring Shippos Everywhere, we have 2 US pay ranges, a standard compensation range for the majority of the US and a standard +1 compensation range for those who live in areas where the cost of labor is higher, such as NYC and California.

Schedule

Remote (United States)