Sr. Manager Financial Planning & Analysis
Foundation Software · Strongsville, OH · 2 wk ago
FinanceFull-time
About the role
Position Summary As the Sr. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), you will report directly to the Head of FP&A and serve as a key finance leader responsible for delivering timely, accurate, and decision-ready financial insights to executive leadership and the Board of Directors. You will play a central role in monthly reporting, forecasting, annual planning, and strategic analysis as the business continues to scale. Let us start your future at Foundation!
Responsibilities
- Lead the preparation and analysis of monthly financial reporting packages for the Board of Directors and executive leadership.
- Deliver clear variance analysis, KPI reporting, and forward-looking insights that support rapid decision-making aligned with PE ownership expectations.
- Own significant components of the monthly and quarterly forecasting process, including revenue, headcount, and operation expenses.
- Play a central role in the annual budgeting and long-range planning process, supporting growth, margin, and cash flow objectives.
- Function as a strategic finance partner to functional leaders across Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and G&A
- Provide ad hoc financial analysis in support of strategic initiatives, M&A activity, and integration efforts.
- Enhance financial models, dashboards, and reporting tools to support scale and repeatability.
- Identify and drive process improvements across FP&A and cross-functional workflows.
- Mentor and develop junior FP&A team members, as applicable, and help evaluate overall team effectiveness.
- All other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (MBA and/or CPA is a plus)
- 8-10+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience
- Experience in Software/SaaS strongly preferred
- Strong understanding of SaaS business models and metrics (ARR, MRR, churn, CAC, LTV, gross margin)
- Prior experience in a PE-backed or similarly high-performance environment is a strong plus
- Experience preparing materials for Boards of Directors and senior executives
- Advanced financial modeling and Excel skills
- Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning is a strong plus
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, work with incomplete information, and deliver high-quality outputs on tight timelines
- Clear, confident communicator with the ability to translate analysis into actionable recommendations
Benefits
- Fun, casual, yet hard-working culture that invests in employees, promotes creativity, and delivers on reputation
- Manicures and pedicures in the office
- Massages, laundry service, monthly car washes, catered lunches Wednesdays and a monthly happy hour
- Tickets to Cleveland sporting events
- Variety of lunch and learns
- Various employee-appreciation events throughout the year
- Paid vacation, paid holidays, 401(k) with match, and tuition reimbursement
- Medical, eye and dental coverage
- Discounts on pet, home, and auto insurance through Liberty Mutual
- Foundation is constantly recognized as one of Northeast Ohio's top workplaces; 21-time winner of the NorthCoast 99 award, multi-year winner of The Plain Dealer's Top Workplaces award, and multiple years on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.