Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

About the Role

MongoDB is looking for a Senior Manager to lead its General & Administrative (G&A) Financial Planning & Analysis team. This position involves collaborating closely with senior G&A leaders across Finance, Legal, People/HR, and IT departments to manage financial planning, forecasting, and reporting activities covering the G&A expense base. The role demands the ability to oversee multiple priorities efficiently, excellent communication, and stakeholder management skills, as well as being a motivated self-starter comfortable working directly with senior leadership in a fast-evolving, demanding environment. Adaptability, responsiveness to change, and driving improvements in analytic tools, planning systems, and financial controls are essential attributes.

The role offers a flexible work arrangement, including fully remote options or a hybrid model combining office presence in Austin, New York, or Dublin, Ireland.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, guide, and develop a team of analysts, setting high standards and fostering growth within the G&A FP&A function.
• Act as the principal FP&A associate to G&A leaders, gaining in-depth understanding of their business drivers and aligning financial strategies with the company's overarching goals.
• Manage the complete G&A forecast and budget process, including headcount planning, operational expense forecasting, and reconciliation of actual financial data against budget plans, consolidating results into a comprehensive G&A overview.
• Create and present management reports that summarize G&A financial performance, facilitating informed decision-making among senior leadership such as the CFO, Chief People Officer, CIO, and Chief Legal Officer.
• Collaborate with business units to modernize and automate forecasting and planning tools, enhancing capabilities within the Pigment financial planning platform.
• Encourage and standardize AI integration across the FP&A team to accelerate and improve quality of financial analysis.
• Oversee the month-end close processes for G&A, including verifying headcount data, reviewing accruals, and analyzing budget versus actual spend.
• Coordinate workforce planning efforts with Recruitment and HR to ensure alignment and effective reporting for G&A leadership and executives.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business, economics, or a related field; MBA is advantageous.
• Minimum of six years' experience in FP&A or related finance roles, with prior managerial or mentoring responsibilities.
• Proficient in financial modelling, Google Suite, Microsoft Excel, and Pigment or similar financial planning software.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build lasting partnerships with business stakeholders across various organizational levels, especially within G&A functions.
• Exceptional organizational abilities with a talent for synthesizing complex and disorganized information.
• Meticulous attention to detail with a proven record of producing precise and accurate reports under pressure.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to tailor messages for diverse audiences including varying levels of financial understanding and seniority.
• Analytical skills to interpret data, extract insights, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Effective project and team management capabilities, with enthusiasm for developing a team and overseeing operational rhythms within the function.

About MongoDB

MongoDB empowers innovation at fast speeds by redefining the data platform landscape for the AI era. Our unified platform facilitates modernization of legacy systems and promotes industry disruption through cloud-native solutions like MongoDB Atlas, a globally distributed multi-cloud database service operating across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Serving over 67,000 customers including many AI-driven startups and a majority of Fortune 100 companies, we are shaping next-generation software.

Our culture is guided by our Leadership Commitment, emphasizing collaborative decision-making and mutual support. We prioritize employee growth and well-being through diverse support options, including affinity groups, fertility benefits, and parental leave.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to accessibility and will provide accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request.