Manager, Strategic Finance

Confluent • Palo Alto, CA • 18h ago

Location: Palo Alto, California

Employment Type: FullTime

Department Finance & Operations

Compensation: $150K - $180K

At Confluent, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation, including work history, education, professional experience, and location. The actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Confluent offers a wide range of employee benefits. To learn more about our benefits click here (https://confluentbenefits.com) .

Overview

We're not just building better tech. We're rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn't sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

About the Role:

We are seeking a self-motivated Strategic Finance Manager to join our corporate FP&A team. In this high-profile role, you will be critical in the successful execution of the Company's long-range financial plan and provide data-driven insights in support of strategic initiatives across the company. The ideal candidate is a highly-motivated individual who is intellectually curious, results driven, and a crisp communicator with strong business and financial acumen. This role reports to the Senior Manager, Strategic Finance

What You Will Do:

Provide strategic insights and recommendations to leadership on company financial performance, including metrics, to help meet long term growth plans

Support the long range planning financial model

Responsible for forecasting and creating analyses regarding NRR and ARR related metrics and providing thought leadership on the implications of these metrics on a consumption based business model

Develop and maintain financial models and analyses to support critical strategic, financial, and operational decisions

Help leadership gain key insights, with the purpose of driving growth and efficiency while delivering a high return on investment

Identify and lead initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools and processes

What You Will Bring:

5+ years experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, investment banking or consulting

Ability to work quickly and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while maintaining a high level of precision and attention to detail

Excellent financial modeling and analytical capabilities

Comfortable with ambiguity and effective at managing multiple priorities

Strong communication skills (written, verbal & presentation) with the ability to understand and communicate difficult concepts and provide recommendations

Extraordinary work ethic

Proactive desire to improve and scale processes

Strong knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, including ASC-606

What Gives You an Edge:

Experience with Salesforce, NetSuite, and Anaplan, SQL

Investment banking experience

Experience with consumption business models

Finance experience in a high growth software company

Ready to build what's next? Let's get in motion.

Come As You Are

Belonging isn't a perk here. It's the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what's possible.

We're proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment decisions are based on job-related criteria, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.

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