Senior FP&A Manager - Sales

At Weights & Biases our mission is to build the best tools for AI developers. We founded our company on the insight that while there were excellent tools for developers to build better code there were no similarly great tools to help ML practitioners build better models. Starting with our first experiment tracking product we have since expanded our solution into a comprehensive AI developer platform for organizations focused on building their own deep learning models and generative AI applications.

Weights & Biases is a Series C company with $250M in funding and over 200 employees. We proudly serve over 1000 customers and more than 30 foundation model builders including customers such as OpenAI NVIDIA Microsoft and Toyota.

Reporting to the CFO The Sr. Manager will support world class financial forecasting planning & reporting of the Go-to-Market orgs: Sales Pre-and Post Sales BD and Professional Services.  They will help evaluate and determine overall strategy for investment headcount planning targets and compensation.  The Sr. Manager will also partner with senior executives in the organizations to forecast plan and analyze business activities and model out key investments and associated returns.

The Sr. Manager will interact frequently with senior management in this role and must become a trusted thought partner to their teams.

Responsibilities:

• Business Partnership and Strategic Support

• Become embedded with Sales and broader set of Revenue organizations establish trust and quickly understand the business economics and metrics

• Develop robust models on trends key business drivers and financial results to prioritize & plan investment decisions in collaboration with senior management

• Advise on breakdown of optimal marketing spend across a variety of categories develop models on profitability of sales channels geos and products and use the results of analysis to influence spend going forward

• Support headcount and compensation planning and payouts as well as quarterly and annual target setting

• Support approval and discussion of non-standard deals in partnership with Rev Ops and Deal desk

• Perform ad-hoc analysis and special projects as needed to support business decisions and strategic initiatives

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Oversee preparation of budgets and forecasts month-end reporting and analysis operational and management reporting

• Prepare monthly dashboard of operating results trends and metrics for the executive team

• Focus on sources of variability understand causes and implement data-driven forecasting improvements

• Prepare a monthly consolidated go-to-market pack in coordination with other FP&A team members annual plans and quarterly re-plans as well as weekly bookings and revenue status updates

Data Management and Process Improvement

• Identify additional data needed and help operationalize and streamline the systems and data collection processes needed to support a robust forecasting and planning process

• Work with Accounting on the monthly and quarterly reporting cycle to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting

Team Leadership and Development

• Work hand in glove with Sr. Manager Marketing FP&A to provide holistic support to full GTM leadership business partners

• Partner with and provide guidance and feedback to others on the FP&A team

• Manage an Associate on the team providing coaching development and performance management

Requirements:

• 4+ years post-MBA or 6+ 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 CS or PS) at an enterprise SaaS startup or at a private equity backed company. Prior investment banking experience preferred

• 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 fast-paced demanding environment. Must manage multiple tasks and juggle several urgent demands at any given point while adapting to changing priorities

$152000 - $210000 a year

This position has an annual estimated salary of $152000 - $210000 per year. Weights & Biases is committed to providing competitive salary equity and benefits packages for all full-time employees. The actual pay may vary depending on your skills qualifications experience and work location.

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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