FP&A Manager, R&D

The FP&A team partners with executive team members across the company to provide timely, fact-based, data-driven decision support to help drive critical decisions. The team drives annual planning, owns the operating plan and long-term financial model, internal financial reporting, and financial and analytical tools to make GitLab predictable. In this individual contributor role, you will work closely with the R&D team and report to the Director of FP&A. 

What you'll do in this role 

• Business Partnership: Influence outcomes in cross-functional settings often. Own relationships with partners while providing advice and guidance.
• Financial Modeling: Quickly develop models to address new and ambiguous business issues or opportunities. Oversee modeling efforts of others in an effective manner.
• Planning and Financial Analysis: improves and drives financial processes and policies with minimal guidance.
• Data Analysis: Translates analysis into clear data-driven storylines and actionable insights / proposals
• Project Management: Run large complex projects that improve our ability to make better data driven insights or makes the company more efficient.
• Communication: Target audience basic influence to CFO, CFO staff and functional VPs.
• Mentorship: As a senior individual contributor, you mentor other team members in modeling, analysis and finance.
• Autonomy: independently deliver and effectively prioritize projects assigned with clear scope.

We're looking for

• 7-10 years of experience in a finance role ideally with an enterprise SaaS software model.
• BS degree in Finance, Accounting or relevant degree. Relevant certification (e.g. CFA/CPA) is a plus.
• Experience as an expert owning a business function as a finance business partner. Experience partnering with engineering or product leadership is strongly preferred. 
• Advanced financial modeling skills with the ability to quickly build from scratch.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial information into clear narratives and influence stakeholders.
• Ability to learn and use GitLab. 
• Extends the Senior FP&A Analyst requirements