FP&A Mgr

At Higher Logic, engagement happens here. As the industry-leading, human-focused engagement platform we deliver powerful online communities and communication tools to organizations looking to build, retain, and grow their member or customer base. We're obsessed with engagement and, with over 13 years of experience in the industry, we've got it down to a science. We are a global company with offices throughout the US, Canada, and Australia. We serve more than 3,000 customers, representing over 350,000 online communities with over 200 million users across 42 countries worldwide.
Our team is a thriving community of authentic people with diverse experiences and perspectives. We are honest and genuine and believe that sharing ideas and feedback openly helps us to be successful. We believe that diversity and empathy bring us #AllTogether to make us stronger. We learn from failure and successes because both help us to grow and learn. We strive to understand the why behind our actions and bring our best selves to work every day.

Job Description

The FP&A Manager will lead several of our key financial planning and analysis processes. As a finance leader, this role will oversee our financial analysis operations and be the primary business partner to our corporate portfolio. The FP&A Manager will be charged with mentoring the team of financial analysts to deliver value added insights, weave together a clear picture of financial indicators, and enhance financial literacy across the company.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:

• Lead all month end, quarter end financial planning and analysis activities reporting to VP FP&A.

  · Collaborates with VP FP&A to build/update 3 yrs. financial model and other ad hoc financial models.

  · Partner with key functional leaders across the company to lead improved expense forecasting processes, develop business cases for new initiatives, and highlight performance against the strategic operating plan.

  · Collaborate with VP FP&A, Sr Rev Ops/FP&A Mgr., and CFO to deliver monthly operating and analytics packages.

  · Convert data and metrics into actionable insights for our leadership team.

  · Coordinates with other financial functions (tax, treasury, revenue operations, billing, A/P) to drive effective process and real-time understanding of results.

  · Lead the annual planning, monthly, and long-range forecasts through the preparation, analysis, and interpretation of detailed financial projections.

  · Lead projects in support of the strategic plan and special initiatives.

  · Monitor and analyze operating results against budget, prior year, and forecast through the preparation and presentation of monthly reporting packages that include P&L and operational metrics.

  · Provide leadership to the Finance department in developing improvements in the level of financial and portfolio forecasting and reporting, including development of business intelligence and dashboard reporting tools.

  · Conduct all business in accordance with Higher Logic policies and procedures.

  · All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Experience communicating and partnering with executives.
• No less than 2 years of experience working in a subscription model business, i.e. software as a service (SaaS)
• Proven track record delivering results - both on the financial results and process improvement front.
• Advanced excel capabilities including, but not limited to, the use of logical functions, reference functions, financial functions, building financial models, and connecting & organizing multiple data sets.
• Experience exercising time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting aggressive deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• Capable of building PowerPoint presentations, including developing charts and management commentary

• Typically, has at least five years of experience at Higher Logic
• At least 10 years of progressive experience working in financial or analytically driven roles.
• Bachelor's degree in finance or related field
• Experience using business intelligence tools such as Power BI and Tableau for data cleansing and visualization.
• Has led a large-scale process improvement or systems implementation effort.
• Familiar with Salesforce

EEO Disclosure
Higher Logic is committed to equal opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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