About the Role
Attentive's G&A functions (Finance, People, Legal, Facilities, and Operations) power the operational backbone of our fast-growing marketing technology business. As our FP&A Manager, G&A, you'll serve as the primary finance partner to these organizations—owning budgeting, forecasting, headcount planning, and business performance reviews while helping leaders make informed investment decisions.
This is a highly visible individual contributor role reporting to the Senior Director of FP&A. You'll partner directly with senior leaders across the business, influence strategic decisions, and help evolve our planning processes as Attentive continues to scale.
What You’ll Accomplish
- Serve as the primary FP&A business partner to leaders across Finance, People, Legal, Facilities, and Operations.
- Own the annual budgeting and rolling forecasting processes for G&A, including headcount, operating expenses, and key performance metrics.
- Lead monthly business reviews with G&A leaders, leveraging variance and driver analysis to identify risks, opportunities, and actionable recommendations.
- Develop financial models and business cases to evaluate new investments in headcount, software, and strategic initiatives, challenging assumptions and informing business decisions.
- Own headcount planning and capacity models for supported functions, translating hiring plans into financial impact and proactively identifying capacity risks.
- Define and maintain operational KPIs (e.g., cost per employee, spend-to-headcount ratio, vendor concentration), and communicate the key drivers behind performance trends.
- Build trusted partnerships across Finance, People, Legal, Facilities, Operations, and Accounting to align financial plans with business priorities.
- Partner closely with Accounting to ensure accurate monthly reporting while providing meaningful variance analysis and financial insights.
- Continuously improve FP&A processes, systems, and tooling (Anaplan, NetSuite, Excel, AI-assisted workflows) to increase efficiency and support the company's growth.
- Present financial insights and strategic recommendations directly to senior leaders, enabling informed business decisions.
Your Expertise
- 4+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance, investment banking, strategy consulting, private equity, or business operations.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field preferred.
- Strong business judgment and curiosity, with an interest in understanding how customer behavior, GTM motions, product mix, and market trends influence revenue performance.
- Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across Finance, GTM, Data/BI, Accounting, and senior business leaders.
- Excellent presentation skills using PowerPoint and/or Google Slides, with the ability to translate complex analyses into clear, compelling narratives and executive-ready materials.
- Advanced Excel and/or Google Sheets skills, with experience building scalable, auditable financial models with clear assumptions and well-organized outputs.
- Experience in a SaaS, eCommerce, usage-based, or subscription business is preferred but not required.
- Experience with Snowflake, Looker (or similar BI tools), Anaplan, Salesforce (SFDC), and AI tools such as Claude or Codex is a plus.
- Thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with a high degree of ownership. Able to balance attention to detail with strategic thinking, synthesize complex financial information, and communicate clear, actionable insights to executive stakeholders.
You'll get competitive perks and benefits, from health & wellness to equity, to help you bring your best self to work.
For US based applicants:
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $120,000 - $140,000 annually + equity + benefits
- Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location
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Skills Required
- 4+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance, investment banking, strategy consulting, private equity, or business operations
- Own annual budgeting and rolling forecasting for G&A, including headcount and operating expenses
- Headcount planning and capacity modeling translating hiring plans into financial impact
- Lead monthly business reviews, perform variance and driver analysis, identify risks and opportunities
- Develop financial models and business cases to evaluate investments with clear assumptions and auditable outputs
- Advanced Excel and/or Google Sheets skills and experience building scalable, auditable financial models
- Excellent presentation skills using PowerPoint and/or Google Slides, able to create executive-ready materials
- Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills; ability to influence senior leaders
- Partner closely with Accounting to ensure accurate monthly reporting and provide variance analysis
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or related quantitative field
- Experience in SaaS, eCommerce, usage-based, or subscription business
- Experience with Snowflake, Looker (or similar BI tools), Anaplan, Salesforce (SFDC), NetSuite, or AI tools (Claude, Codex)
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with high ownership and attention to detail
Attentive Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Attentive and has not been reviewed or approved by Attentive.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, plus a fully covered One Medical membership and mental health resources. Employer-paid options and added wellness stipends indicate strong support for physical and mental wellbeing.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants are described as significant and a meaningful component of total compensation. Market-value cash pay paired with stock helps position overall packages as competitive.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leave, fertility and family-forming benefits, and supports such as Milk Stork and travel reimbursement for necessary medical care are offered. These provisions signal robust support for families across different needs.
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What We Do
Attentive® is the AI marketing platform for leading brands, designed to optimize message performance through 1:1 SMS and email interactions. Infusing intelligence at every stage of the consumer’s purchasing journey, Attentive empowers businesses to achieve hyper-personalized communication with their customers on a large scale. Leveraging AI-powered tools, a mobile-first approach, two-way conversations, and enterprise-grade technology, Attentive drives billions in online revenue for brands around the globe. Trusted by over 8,000 leading brands such as CB2, Urban Outfitters, GUESS, Dickey’s Barbeque Pit, and Wyndham Resort, Attentive is the go-to solution for delivering powerful commerce experiences for consumers with the brands they love. To learn more about Attentive or to request a demo, visit www.attentive.com or follow us on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), or Instagram.
Why Work With Us
At Attentive, you'll connect with inspiring, high-caliber people, and be encouraged to take risks, get creative, and think bigger. We're solving big problems for our customers, through our innovative AI solutions, giving employees the opportunity to thrive along the journey. The sky's the limit when it comes to what's possible.
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