Financial Planning & Analysis Director

Location: Plano (TX)

Job overview

This is a high-visibility position with an opportunity to partner closely with key stakeholders across the business to develop actionable insights. Reporting to the CFO, the Director – FP&A will help scale the financial planning, analytics, and strategic capabilities of CYPHER LEARNING to support the rapid growth of our business.

Responsibilities

Lead, plan, and direct the development and analysis of budgets, forecasts, and strategic plans, working across all functional areas of the business, and institute monthly reporting/tracking and reviews
Build and own the monthly, quarterly, and annual FP&A processes, including management reporting, variance analysis/insights, rolling forecast, scenario planning, and long-range planning
Develop dashboards to track business performance, including financial/P&L and SaaS KPIs/metrics; advance the insight and understanding of KPIs and economics to drive further alignment and accountability across the company
Drive the process for rationalizing spending, including headcount and non-headcount spend within the framework of short-term and long-term operating plans
Work with the Accounting team to develop and improve the financial reporting and business analysis framework; evaluate and implement financial tools and applications to streamline planning, budgeting, and reporting
Define performance metrics to evaluate sales and marketing ROI and help inform sales and marketing investment
Partner with sales and marketing to set SaaS product pricing/subscription models
Be the thought partner to sales leadership to ensure commission plan design drives desired outcomes, and ensure the commission can be properly forecasted and calculated
Evaluate key financial systems and implement enhancements to maximize productivity
Create presentations and analyses to support investor conversations and Board meetings
As necessary support M&A deal & transaction due diligence, valuation analysis, and the negotiating of contracts and other agreements
Lead the preparation of materials for board and investor meetings
Complete ad hoc strategic, financial and operational analyses
Other duties as needed

Required experience

A background in FP&A, Corporate Finance, Strategic Finance or Investment Banking, with at least 2 years of experience operating in a SaaS and/or usage business model
Sound understanding of the SaaS business model and metrics, including customer acquisition cost, lifetime value, churn, net dollar retention, MRR, ARR, and SaaS magic number
Demonstrated success leading financial functions at businesses of different stages – the ideal candidate has experience operating in finance at scale, but also providing hands-on leadership for an earlier stage, high growth company
High level of operational rigor and the ability to prioritize competing objectives in a fast-paced environment
A results-oriented leader who identifies issues/challenges and drives aggressively to resolve them to the benefit of the enterprise
You have a strong understanding of data analysis and forecasting
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
Experience evaluating and implementing financial systems to support planning and forecasting
Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance, or related field; MBA and/or CFA preferred

CYPHER LEARNING is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at CYPHER LEARNING without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran, marital, or citizenship status, or any other status protected by law.

If you’re interested in one of the available positions, please send your resume to careers@cypherlearning.com

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