Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, create, test, and ship better designs, together. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!
The Strategic Finance team is passionate about solving some of Figma’s most pressing business issues. The team is responsible for leading the company’s budget, driving annual and quarterly planning processes, allocating and deploying the company’s resources efficiently, performing financial analyses, and partnering with teams across the company. The role requires someone who is highly analytical and strategic, a great communicator, approaches problems in a structured manner, and is comfortable with ambiguity. You’ll get substantial visibility, focus on the highest-priority business issues, and be plugged into every facet of the business.
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs (SF / NY) or remotely in the United States.
What you’ll do at Figma:
- Drive cross-functional alignment in GTM strategy across Finance, Sales, and the Executive leadership team in close collaboration with the CFO & CRO
- Lead annual planning, quarterly reforecasts, and weekly analysis’ of performance and investments to highlight trends, opportunities, and causes of unexpected variances
- Own the consolidated and bottoms up ARR forecast, including splits by GTM channel, segment, region, and product
- Assess revenue opportunity and investment costs for new products, markets, and verticals
- Establish growth efficiency frameworks to identify key opportunity areas and drive future investment in GTM initiatives
- Drive headcount, quota capacity, and expense planning for Sales team. Partner with Sales Ops to identify opportunities to better align Sales incentives to company priorities
- Prepare and deliver management presentations for leadership to analyze results and present forecasts, build narratives that describe business strategy and performance, assess business risk and operating health, and align cross functional teams to effective solutions
Some projects you could work on:
- Partner with Data Science and Growth to craft experiments, measure performance, and make product recommendations to drive monetization
- Facilitate recurring Executive Leadership team review of business performance and make recommendations to drive growth
- Establish paid marketing investment framework with Growth team
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- An ability to distill sophisticated issues into structured frameworks and develop concrete action plans
- A highly entrepreneurial “roll up your sleeves” mindset
- Strong financial modeling experience and a willingness to dig into the details
- Deep understanding of B2B SaaS businesses, metrics, and customer lifecycle
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify messaging while understanding the nuances
- 10+ years of relevant experience in investment banking, private equity, and/or Strategic Finance, Business Operations, or related fields
- Experience of leading a distributed, high performing team
- Proficiency in SQL
At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Pay Transparency Disclosure
If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.
Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.
Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):
$233,000—$337,000 USD
We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please let your recruiter know if you require accommodation.
About Figma
Dylan Field and Evan Wallace co-founded Figma in 2012 with the vision of building tools for designers in the browser. Their goal was to create the first design tool that combined the accessibility of the Web with the functionality of a native app. Today Figma is a platform with tools and spaces to support the entire product development process—idea to design to build—and has simplified collaboration for companies like Microsoft, Uber, and The New York Times to name a few.
At Figma, we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, products, and community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace—we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national orientation, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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