Senior Finance Manager - R&D

Responsibilities

• Oversee the consolidation and reporting of $1B of quarterly spend as well as drive finance optimization.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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&L management, 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).
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (Finance, Accounting, Economics), MBA and/or CPA is a plus.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Strong work ethic with a “get-it-done” attitude.
• 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 business’s best interests.

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.