Sr. Finance Manager, FP&A

Docker is a remote first company with employees across Europe, APAC and the Americas that simplifies the lives of developers who are making world-changing apps.  We raised our Series C funding in March 2022 for $105M at a $2.1B valuation. We continued to see exponential revenue growth last year.  Join us for a whale of a ride!

About the Role

Reporting to the FP&A leader, the Sr. Finance Manager is responsible for driving FP&A excellence through consolidated budgeting, oversight, reporting and planning for all functions and business units at Docker. This role is highly visible and will interact frequently with the CFO and various leaders across the company. This is a unique opportunity to build the financial foundation, processes and rigor to support Docker’s rapid growth and execution into a significant market opportunity. The ideal candidate will leverage past experiences in strategic finance / FP&A at high-growth SaaS companies (ranging from early stage to IPO and/or public companies) to build and evolve Docker’s corporate-level models, tools, processes and business partnership to chart a clear financial path through Docker’s next phase of growth.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive corporate FP&A activities including consolidated financial forecasting, budgeting and planning across teams, and reporting (including but not limited to the monthly close process, monthly rolling forecast, quarterly guidance, annual planning, owning the operating model and cash forecast, as well as Board and Investor Relations)

• Establish a world-class, scalable financial “rhythm of business” and culture of documentation and asynchronous communication in partnership with the broader finance team and controllership

• Implement and drive forecasting and budgeting process improvements and systems solutions that result in increased forecast accuracy, rigor, scalability, and operational efficiencies

• Own and improve management reporting for leadership to analyze results and present forecasts, author clear narratives that describe business strategy and performance, assess business risk and operating health, and align cross functional teams to effective solutions

• Build a deep finance business partnership with functional leaders and their extended leadership teams to drive regular business reviews, short and long-range financial planning processes, reporting and analytics

• Build and execute processes that guide product resource allocation and other strategic planning initiatives

• Own short-term to long-range plans, benchmarking and other corporate level models, investment frameworks and analysis

• Build and lead a collaborative and inclusive team of high-performers to scale with the business

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in investment banking, VC/PE, FP&A / Strategic Finance, Business Operations or related fields

• Deep understanding of B2B SaaS businesses, GAAP accounting and financial/operating metrics

• Deep experience in financial planning and analysis, reporting, process management and data modeling

• Deep experience utilizing planning systems and automating reporting at scale

• Proven ability to influence across all levels in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment

• Business partnership experience at the executive level; ability to summarize information and effectively communicate to both financial and non-financial audiences.

• Strong financial modeling experience and a willingness to dig into the details is a must

• Proven ability to translate insights into action, working with large data sets, translating business drivers into financial forecasts and distilling key learnings into structured frameworks to drive strategic planning and initiatives

• Highly organized and effective planning and prioritizing skills; capable of executing multiple projects simultaneously

• SQL proficiency is a plus

Expectations (30/90/1 year)

30 day

• Assume ownership of core roles and responsibilities in Corporate FP&A and broader business partnership charter

• Assess current FP&A processes and identify opportunities for improvement; provide a stack-ranked roadmap of the key process leverage points and propose an action plan and timeline

• Start building relationships across the business

90 day

• Execute on your charter

• Execute on your action plan

• Widen your aperture and continue to ramp up on Docker’s business

1 year 

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