Marketing FP&A Manager, Confluent

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics
• 6+ years of hands-on FP&A experience in a high-growth company
• Excellent financial modeling and analysis skills required
• Effective communication at a detailed level while having the ability to elevate for high-level consumption by executives
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; must also be proficient using G-Suite
• Ability to work quickly and manage multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment while maintaining a high level of precision and attention to detail
• Ability to influence business partners and provide recommendations in order to drive decision-making and execution
• Experience developing and improving processes with desire to inspire change across the org
• Strong knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, including ASC-606

Desirable

• We are hiring a Manager to partner with our Marketing and Go-To-Market organization and drive strategic decision-making, provide financial insight into investment decisions, and build operational rigor and efficiency. You will guide the financial planning, forecasting, and reporting for these teams.
• You will also be responsible for key financial deliverables and ad hoc analyses and define the processes by which we scale and grow the budgeting, spend and ROI process for these teams.
• You will also drive operational rigor in our Pipeline Generation and Pipeline Progression analytics and reporting processes. This role will report to the Director, FP&A. We’re looking for someone who is a strong business partner with the ability to deliver top-tier results in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Partner with Marketing leaders on data driven evaluation and execution of strategic business initiatives; provide operational guidance on best practices and ROI frameworks for their business areas
• Build and maintain detailed financial models that track and analyze functional costs and their impact on the company’s overall performance
• Assist in developing and executing the monthly, quarterly and annual financial planning and forecasting processes for Marketing
• Build and maintain detailed financial models that track and analyze pipeline generation and conversion and their impact on the company’s overall performance
• Prepare executive-level management reporting, summarizing findings and recommendations
• Identify and lead initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools, processes, and methodologies
• Collaborate with Marketing and Finance leaders to drive and execute both short-term and long-term policies to drive growth and efficiency while delivering a high return on investment
• Partner with Corp Accounting to perform month-end close activities and help drive process improvements and efficiencies
• Manage approvals for both hiring and purchase requisitions, striving to constantly deliver and improve our forecast accuracy