Director of FP&A , R&D

MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build and run applications anywhere—on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 new developers signing up to use MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.

MongoDB is hiring a Director of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) to lead the finance team supporting our Product & Technology (P&T) organization. This role involves partnering with product and engineering leaders to manage financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis for key business decisions, product strategy, and resource allocation. The Director will enable success by helping P&T executives and team leaders make better decisions and driving the evaluation, planning, execution, and measurement of strategic business initiatives.

This role has the option to be remote, hybrid, or in-office in NYC, Palo Alto, or San Francisco. 

This role requires a highly analytical, adaptable self-starter who excels at clear communication, managing tasks from start to finish, and thriving in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

This role offers flexibility to be hybrid or in-office in NYC or Palo Alto, with a preference for NYC. Hybrid candidates should plan to be available in the local office for approximately 2-3 days per week, and Palo Alto-based candidates should expect to travel to NYC once per quarter.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary finance liaison to P&T leadership, building strong relationships and serving as a proactive advisor to your business partners, allowing you to build a deep understanding of data inputs and outputs
• Build and maintain detailed financial and operating models to help predict future performance, perform scenario analyses, and guide the business on strategic decisions. Key models will include the headcount capacity model and other productivity analysis that drive cost-efficient outcomes
• Leverage your industry knowledge and business acumen to influence leadership and drive results
• Enhance financial processes, tools, and reporting for better visibility into P&T spend and performance, collaborating across teams to achieve results
• Conduct ad-hoc analyses and build financial models to guide leaders towards efficient operating strategies, resource allocation, and investments in growth initiatives
• Perform financial month-end close activities, including headcount reconciliations, accruals, journal entries, and budget vs. actuals analysis and reporting
• Track key performance indicators, analyze trends, investigate variances, and recommend improvements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize processes and systems for operational efficiency
• Support business cases for major technology initiatives, including build-vs-buy decisions, cloud infrastructure spend, and tooling investments

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree; finance, business or economics preferred, MBA is a plus
• 10+ years experience in FP&A, with strong analytical, critical thinking, and quantitative skills; experience supporting product, engineering, and technology teams is a plus
• Minimum of 4 years experience managing and leading a team
• Proficiency in financial modeling, Google Suite, financial planning tools (Adaptive), Netsuite, and SQL and/or Python know-how is a plus
• Ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, and develop actionable recommendations
• Highly articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Think creatively, are highly driven, and skilled at creating structure in situations that are uncertain or ambiguous within a rapidly growing business
• Highly organized, with incredibly strong project management skills. You will need to be detail-oriented, love multi-tasking, and have excellent follow-through skills
• Demonstrated the ability to roll up your sleeves and work with team members, driving projects through to completion

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ well