As the Vice President, of Finance (GTM), you will play a pivotal role in supporting the Go-To-Market organization by developing strategic financial plans, overseeing the annual planning and budgeting process, and providing insightful analytical support to key stakeholders. Reporting directly to the Global VP, FP&A, you will lead a team responsible for driving FP&A activities within the Go-To-Market domain, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the annual financial planning process for Sales & Marketing including working with the department head and business unit leaders to develop the business and financial plans, and to ensure the plans are operationalized.
- Lead a team of finance professionals to drive FP&A activities in the Sales and Marketing organizations. This includes staff based in India as well as other regions/business units.
- Drive data-driven decision support to the organization by compiling inputs and underlying assumptions, coupled with knowledge and expertise in business areas.
- Liaise and collaborate with a broad range of cross-functional leaders to obtain assumptions, identify key metrics, assess impacts, and run sensitivity/scenario analysis to provide decision support.
- Build scalable processes and systems to provide transparency and efficiency across the organization.
- Independently drive operational rigor across the organization by interfacing with key stakeholders.
- Lead internal projects and new business opportunities based on modeling and net present value evaluations for alternative scenarios.
- Present strategic analysis and insights to Executive Leaders
- Strategic thinker with a track record of driving business results and influencing decision-making at the executive level.
- Drive cross-functional alignment and transparency by working with the broader executive team
- Provide leadership and mentoring to the finance team in India.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or Economics; Master's degree in Finance or Economics preferred
- 15+ years of progressive experience in financial planning & analysis, with similar FP&A leadership experience
- Strong understanding of corporate finance concepts
- Experience in Technology (SaaS) industries preferred
- Excellent business communication skills
- Strong attention to detail; working in a conscientious, consistent, and thorough manner
- Solid analytical skills, strategic thinking, and decision-making ability
- Ability to effectively operate with high energy and flexibility in a fast-paced, constantly evolving team environment
- Ability to collaborate across departments and with external stakeholders
- Comfortable performing multifaceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day activities.
- Please note this is a hybrid role with onsite expectations of 3x/week (Tue-Thur) from our San Mateo, CA (HQ)
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