Director of FP&A and Analytics

The best jobs are often restricted to a few wealthy cities, but talent exists everywhere. Oyster set out to change this by launching a global employment platform that enables companies to hire, pay, and support talent anywhere.

We’re proof that a strong, engaged culture doesn't require an office. Since January 2020, Oyster has:

🌏 Built a distributed team of 500+ across 60+ countries

👩‍💻 Featured in Forbes as #9 in FlexJobs Top 30 Companies for remote jobs

🌈 Formed a diverse leadership team and a workforce that’s 60% female

🏆 Earned top employee engagement scores

🦄 Raised $286 million; valued at $1.2 billion

💚 Achieved B Corp status in 2023

Our momentum shows the power of global employment, and we’re just getting started! If you want to help us drive change and work remotely, we’d love for you to apply!

Applications close August 1st. We hold off reviewing until then so every candidate gets a fair, consistent look rather than a first-come-first-served read.

Location: While this position is posted in a specific location, all of Oyster’s positions are fully remote and you can work from home. Forever. To create the best experience for our new hire, this role requires you to be based within +5 / -5 UTC.

Role Summary

Oyster is looking for a Director of FP&A and Analytics to lead our newly consolidated FP&A and Analytics team. This role is responsible for delivering the financial insight, planning, and analytical capabilities that enable better business decisions as Oyster enters its next phase of growth.

Partnering closely with business leaders and the VP of FP&A, you will lead planning and forecasting, business performance analysis, pricing strategy, and reporting while driving the evolution of our systems, automation, and AI-enabled ways of working. You'll build a high-performing team that provides trusted insights, challenges assumptions, and improves decision quality across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the annual planning, quarterly forecasting, and performance management processes, ensuring financial plans support business priorities and decision-making.

• Partner with senior leaders across the business to provide financial insight, challenge assumptions, and influence strategic and operational decisions.

• Lead financial modelling and business case development to evaluate strategic initiatives, investments, and commercial opportunities.

• Lead the preparation of financial reporting and performance insights for monthly business reviews, Board materials, and investor updates.

• Drive financial discipline and accountability through robust forecasting, performance analysis, and meaningful spend visibility.

• Lead pricing analytics and commercial insights, governing pricing decisions through the Deal Desk framework.

• Drive the adoption of AI, automation, and scalable workflows to improve forecasting, reporting, and analytical capability.

• Lead the evolution of FP&A systems and business reporting ensuring trusted, scalable data and a single source of truth across the business.

• Build, lead, coach, and develop a high-performing FP&A and Analytics team, fostering strong business partnership and continuous improvement.

• Partner on strategic initiatives, due diligence, and M&A activity as required.

Core Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, or Strategic Finance, with increasing leadership responsibility.

• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams within a global, remote-first environment.

• Demonstrated experience leading company-wide planning, forecasting, and business performance processes in a high-growth business.

• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders through data-driven financial insight and strong business partnering.

• Strong commercial acumen with a deep understanding of SaaS business models, recurring revenue metrics, unit economics, and growth drivers.

• Strong understanding of financial statements, cash flow management, foreign exchange, and accounting principles.

• Experience driving improvements in finance systems, reporting, and business intelligence to enable scalable decision-making.

• Demonstrated experience applying AI and automation to improve finance processes and analytical capabilities.

• Experience with business intelligence and planning tools; Looker experience is a plus.

You'll also need

• A reliable home internet connection and fluency in both written and spoken English

Our values guide the work we do, the decisions we make, and the culture that makes us special. We make it happen. We drive change. We build and give trust, and we are a united team.

Our mission is to create a more equal world, one global hire at a time. Everything we do ladders up to our mission, and that doesn’t just mean building software. We develop programs, participate in workshops, and create dedicated teams to ensure we successfully support companies and knowledge workers in this new world of work. 

We embrace asynchronous communication and collaborative work and share our practices in the Oyster Public HQ to help other global teams learn from our experiences.

With diverse locations, cultures, and needs, we created How YOU Work; a program supporting your whole human experience at Oyster:

• Work from anywhere: Oyster has no borders or HQ. As long as work is timely, your team is supported, and you're authorized to work where you live, you can work from anywhere.

• Paid time off: Enjoy 40 days off per year (including holidays and vacation), or more if required by your country.

• Mental health support: Access Plumm, our mental well-being service.

• Wellbeing allowance: Each month, receive a wellbeing allowance in your ThanksBen wallet. Spend it on a wide range of options; see the benefits catalogue for ideas.

• Flexible parental leave: All new parents are eligible for at least three months’ paid leave, with job protection for up to 12 months or as required locally.

• WFH stipend: Receive a stipend for your laptop and home office equipment to get you set up quickly.

We embrace diverse perspectives and intentionally build our product and company with an inclusive, global mindset. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet every criterion, and are committed to a trust-based, thriving environment.

Oyster is committed to ensuring equal opportunity of employment for qualified persons with disabilities and actively fosters an inclusive work environment. If you require reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process, please email [email protected] with the subject line: Interview Accommodations.

Our available positions are on our careers page. Our team will only contact you from an @oysterhr.com email, and we will never ask for money as part of an interview process or job offer. If you receive a suspicious email about Oyster jobs or are directed to a site other than www.oysterhr.com/careers, please report it via our Compliance and Ethics Helpline.