Strategic Finance Lead

GTM, Remote

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Locations

San Francisco, CA, USA

Experience Level

Entry

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Desired Skills

Sales

Communications

Financial analysis

Requirements

2+ years post-MBA or 4+ years without an MBA in relevant financial reporting/financial analysis experience with a proven track record of success in positions of increasing responsibility
Must have prior experience in go-to-market FP&A (or focus on Sales, MKT, CS, or PS) at an enterprise SaaS startup or a private equity-backed company. Prior investment banking experience preferred with strong preference for tech investment banking experience
Excellent financial modeling skills and experience leading and managing highly quantitative, complex analysis
Very strong communication/ presentation skills with experience creating and delivering effective presentations to senior management
Comfortable with a fast-paced, demanding environment. Must manage multiple tasks and juggle several urgent demands at any given point, while adapting to changing priorities
4-year degree from a top-tier university with strong academic performance. MBA from a top-tier university preferred but not required

Responsibilities

Oversee preparation of budgets and forecasts, month-end reporting and analysis, and operational and management reporting for the GTM team. Lead monthly budget vs. actuals meetings and maintain rolling forecasts
Support a subset of the GTM leaders on their impact to topline and headcount/expense planning
Prepare weekly/monthly GTM dashboards of operating results, trends, and metrics for the executive team
Become embedded with the business leaders and establish trust to quickly understand the business economics and metrics
Develop robust operational and financial forecast models to support business leaders and FP&A team with trends, key business drivers, and financial results to prioritize & plan investment decisions
Create dashboards and operational trackers to track actuals to plan, identify sources of variability, and partner with the business to implement data-driven forecasting improvements
Support compensation planning. Assist with annual or quarterly target setting as well as the calculation of actual payouts
Establish timelines and initiate reviews with the executive team to ensure financial plans and budgets are delivered on time and are consistent with overall company planning timelines
Work with Accounting on the monthly and quarterly close process and reporting cycle. Support investor reporting of actual financials and key GTM operational metrics
Assist in the implementation of an FP&A planning tool
Support project analysis, validation of plans, and ad-hoc requests as needed

At Weights & Biases, our mission is to build the best developer tools for machine learning. Weights & Biases is a series C company with $200 million in funding and a rapidly growing user base. Our platform is an essential piece of the daily work for machine learning engineers, from academic research institutions like FAIR and UC Berkeley to massive enterprise teams including iRobot, OpenAI, Toyota Research Institute, Samsung, NVIDIA, Salesforce, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Lyft, and more.

We are looking for a Strategic Finance Lead, GTM (go to market) to join the growing FP&A team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, FP&A, this role is an integral part of reporting, forecasting, and partnership for the business’s GTM teams.

You will be involved in analyzing financial and operational data. You will be analyzing the performance of departments, providing variance analysis on budgets & forecasts, and advising with how to improve business performance. The role requires designing and building new models & reports and presenting assumptions to the management team for consideration of different strategic scenarios.

You will have the scope to create, design, and implement processes to make the communication of information run smoothly and shape the compilation and presentation of reports.

As this is a highly cross-functional role, candidates are required to be highly analytical and very effective communicators. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of superior financial modeling and using analysis to influence decision-making, including prior experience in a corporate finance and/or strategy-related role. The candidate should be a self-starter with a strong work ethic, highly team-oriented, inquisitive, enjoy problem-solving, and focused on driving towards results.

Responsibilities

Oversee preparation of budgets and forecasts, month-end reporting and analysis, and operational and management reporting for the GTM team. Lead monthly budget vs. actuals meetings and maintain rolling forecasts
Support a subset of the GTM leaders on their impact to topline and headcount/expense planning.
Prepare weekly/monthly GTM dashboards of operating results, trends, and metrics for the executive team
Become embedded with the business leaders and establish trust to quickly understand the business economics and metrics
Develop robust operational and financial forecast models to support business leaders and FP&A team with trends, key business drivers, and financial results to prioritize & plan investment decisions
Create dashboards and operational trackers to track actuals to plan, identify sources of variability, and partner with the business to implement data-driven forecasting improvements
Support compensation planning. Assist with annual or quarterly target setting as well as the calculation of actual payouts
Establish timelines and initiate reviews with the executive team to ensure financial plans and budgets are delivered on time and are consistent with overall company planning timelines
Work with Accounting on the monthly and quarterly close process and reporting cycle. Support investor reporting of actual financials and key GTM operational metrics.
Assist in the implementation of an FP&A planning tool
Support project analysis, validation of plans, and ad-hoc requests as needed

Requirements

2+ years post-MBA or 4+ years without an MBA in relevant financial reporting/financial analysis experience with a proven track record of success in positions of increasing responsibility
Must have prior experience in go-to-market FP&A (or focus on Sales, MKT, CS, or PS) at an enterprise SaaS startup or a private equity-backed company. Prior investment banking experience preferred with strong preference for tech investment banking experience
Excellent financial modeling skills and experience leading and managing highly quantitative, complex analysis
Very strong communication/ presentation skills with experience creating and delivering effective presentations to senior management
Comfortable with a fast-paced, demanding environment. Must manage multiple tasks and juggle several urgent demands at any given point, while adapting to changing priorities
4-year degree from a top-tier university with strong academic performance. MBA from a top-tier university preferred but not required.

Our Benefits

🏝️ Flexible time off
🩺 Medical, Dental, and Vision for employees and Family Coverage
🏠 Remote first culture with in-office flexibility in San Francisco
💵 Home office budget with a new high-powered laptop
🥇 Truly competitive salary and equity
🚼 12 weeks of Parental leave (U.S. specific)
📈 401(k) (U.S. specific)
Supplemental benefits may be available depending on your location
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We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description as we seek out diverse and creative perspectives. Team members who love to learn and collaborate in an inclusive environment will flourish with us. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you need additional accommodations to feel comfortable during your interview process, reach out at [email protected]

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201-500 employees

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Developer MLOps & visualization platform

Company Overview

Weight & Biases’ mission is to build the best tool for machine learning with their advanced platform that allows models to be built faster with experiment tracking, dataset versioning, and model management. The company is committed to helping machine learning developers in a variety of use cases with their tools that easily integrate and give metrics and visualizations.

Benefits

🏝️ Unlimited vacation time
🩺 100% Medical, Dental, and Vision for employees and Family Coverage
🏠 Remote first culture with in-office flexibility in San Francisco
💵 $1000 home office budget with new high-powered laptop
🥇 Truly competitive salary and equity
🚼 12 weeks of Parental leave
📈 401(k)

Company Core Values

Driven
Kind
Proactive