Finance Manager - Strategic Finance, FP&A

About Shippo

At Shippo, our vision is bold and clear: we are the shipping layer of the internet. Our mission is to make every merchant successful through excellent shipping, delivering world-class logistics technology and infrastructure. We’re building the backbone of global e-commerce — connecting merchants to carriers worldwide through a single API and intuitive dashboard.

As a remote-first and globally distributed team, we believe flexibility fuels trust, autonomy, and performance. Our diverse perspectives — across continents, cultures, and time zones — drive our innovation and enable us to build solutions used by businesses everywhere. We invest in modern, scalable technology so our teams can build, ship, and iterate with confidence.

Your impact starts here: every person at Shippo plays a direct role in shaping the infrastructure that powers global commerce and makes shipping simpler for businesses around the world.

How we will deliver success together:

As a Finance Manager, Strategic Finance, you will own the financial backbone of Shippo: the full company P&L, the annual operating plan, monthly C-level reporting, and board-level financial materials. This is not a support role. You will be the primary financial operator for a high-growth logistics technology company, accountable for the numbers that the CEO, CFO, and Board rely on.

This role carries meaningful executive exposure. You will report directly to the VP of Strategic Finance and have a skip-level relationship with the CFO, meaning your work will be seen, challenged, and relied upon at the top of the organization. You will produce the quarterly Board of Directors finance addendum, present financials in monthly leadership reviews, and be a trusted voice in the room when the numbers matter most. For the right person, this is a fast path to genuine strategic influence.

You will work directly with the CFO (as your skip level), and partner with Accounting, People Ops, and Engineering, and the full leadership team. The right person for this role is a strong finance operator who thrives on ownership, thinks commercially, and isn't satisfied just reporting the numbers - they want to understand them, improve them, and communicate them to decision-makers who act on them.

Shipping & handling responsibilities

Company P&L & Close Reporting

• Own the full company P&L, revenue through EBITDA, and serve as the primary finance partner to Accounting for the monthly close cycle.
• Produce the monthly MBR (Monthly Business Review), flash report, and supporting financial narrative for senior leadership, translating actuals vs. plan into clear stories and actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with the Controller to ensure accuracy and alignment on actuals and variances vs. plan.

Annual Operating Plan & Forecasting

• Own the Master P&L model, the company's single source of truth for forecasting, scenario analysis, and AOP. Build, maintain, and evolve it as the business changes.
• Lead the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process across all functions, including headcount planning, cost modeling, and revenue scenario builds.
• Drive 2-3 reforecasts throughout the year, surfacing risks and opportunities before they show up in actuals.

Board & Executive Reporting

• Produce the quarterly Board of Directors Finance Addendum, including financial exhibits, variance analysis, and supplemental data packages reviewed by the CFO and CEO.
• Build the financial models and materials that support executive decision-making on product investment and cost savings strategies.

Transaction Readiness & M&A Support

• Own and maintain Shippo's transaction readiness infrastructure, auditable P&L and balance sheet flat files, Looker cohort and retention views, AR/AP aging standardization, ensuring the company is 80%+ deal-ready at any given time.
• Serve as the internal financial lead for any M&A diligence process, managing the data room and coordinating with Legal, Accounting, and the CFO on financial workstreams.

Headcount & Cost Management

• Partner with People Ops as the finance counterpart to headcount planning, managing req approvals and monthly HC reporting for the exec team and Board.
• Own the R&D and cross-functional HC scenario modeling tools used by the CTO and CMO, and maintain the financial view of headcount by department.
• Lead recurring software and infrastructure cost reviews (AWS, SaaS vendors) with technical and operational stakeholders to drive efficiency.
• Own vendor contract audits, identifying and actioning lapsed or suboptimal contracts.

Strategic Analysis & Ad Hoc

• Build investment briefs, pro formas, and carrier/partner sizing models to support strategic decisions, including carrier economics, new product monetization, and geographic expansion.
• Partner with Revenue Operations and Sales Finance on go-to-market financial modeling.
• Drive improvements in FP&A tooling, data integrity, and financial systems to support scalable growth.

Your shipping requirements

• 5+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis, corporate finance, or strategic finance, with at least 2 years in a high-growth technology or SaaS company. Investment banking, private equity, or M&A advisory background is a plus.
• Experience owning a full company or business unit P&L, not just a function or cost center, and navigating the ambiguity that comes with it.
• Exposure to transaction processes (M&A, capital raise, or strategic review) and familiarity with financial due diligence data packages.
• Expert-level financial modeling skills: multi-driver operating models, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and headcount planning models.
• Strong proficiency in NetSuite and at least one BI tool (Looker, Tableau, or Power BI). Comfort with Rippling or similar HRIS is a plus.
• Strong commercial instincts: you don't just explain the variance, you explain what it means for the business and what we should do about it.
• Highly organized and reliable - business partners, the CFO, and the CEO depend on you to get this right, on time, every time.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related. MBA, CFA, or CPA is a plus but not required.

What is in the Shippo Package?

• Healthcare coverage for medical, dental, and vision (90% covered by the company, incl. dependents). Pets coverage is also available!
• Take-as-much-as-you-need vacation policy & flexible working hours
• One week-long company wide winter slow down 
• 3 Volunteer Days Off (VTOs)
• WFH stipend to set up your home office
• Charity donation match up to $100
• Dedicated programs, coaching, tools, and resources for your professional and career growth as well as an individual learning stipend for your personal and focused growth
• Fun team in person time through our Shippos Everywhere program which includes regular team and company off-sites throughout the year as well as local Shippos gatherings

Compensation

Our Compensation Shippolicy:

We believe compensation is a custom experience and are commited to fair and equitable compensation practices. The standard base pay range for this role is min is $136,000.00 to a max $184,000.00 annual salary (we tend to anchor our offers at the mid point $160,000.00. Since we are focused on hiring Shippos Everywhere, we have 2 US pay ranges, a standard compensation range for the majority of the US and a standard +1 compensation range for those who live in areas where the cost of labor is higher, such as NYC and California.

The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: financial budgets, work experience, training, transferable skills, business needs, and market value. The base pay salary ranges are subject to change and may be modified in the future. Total compensation for this role will include, equity, medical, dental, vision and other benefits noted in our Shippos “package” section.

Sail through the process:

Here at Shippo, we celebrate inclusivity and are committed to creating equal access to opportunities for people from all backgrounds, perspectives and geographies. These values define who we are and everything we do. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. If you need assistance, or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please contact us at [email protected]

Shippos in the wild:

Our people, much like the packages we help ship, are all over the world. This means, through our remote-first program, “Shippos Everywhere”, our roles can be based anywhere in the US with the exception of Delaware, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Hawaii, New Mexico and West Virginia and many roles can be based internationally.

For locations outside of the US and Ireland, the employment contracts are powered by Rippling.com.