Finance Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

About FreshBooks

FreshBooks is a leading cloud-based SaaS accounting software designed with one goal: to help small business owners grow. We reached unicorn status after raising our valuation to more than $1 billion and continue to scale our business to serve business owners, their clients, and accountants in more than 160 countries worldwide. FreshBookers are found all over the globe, and we know that different folks thrive in different working environments: Remote, onsite, and everything in between, you’ll find it with us.

The Opportunity - Finance Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

As the Finance Manager, you will provide strategic financial planning and insightful performance analysis (ie focus on FP&A). You will identify, define, and benchmark key performance indicators to drive a culture of accountability and drive business insight. You will also build strong relationships with the senior leadership team to ensure alignment and operational excellence against our near and long-term objectives.

What You'll Do as a Finance Manager focused on FP&A

• Managing (for a key segment of the business) the forecast, budget, strategic plan, profitability analysis and financial systems integration.

• Owning and evolving the corporate financial model for the company for purposes of evaluating business sensitivities, funding requirements, and potential fundraising.
• Participating in the evaluation of proposed acquisitions, business opportunities, identify risks and challenges, and prepare recommendations to the senior executive team in line with our value proposition and objectives.
• Experience working with marketing, sales and product teams
• Developing and reporting on KPIs including variance meetings and the creation of management dashboards via SQL
• Developing Board and Investor presentations.
• Drive negotiations and maintain relationships with operational partners.

What You'll Bring to the Role

• 5+ years of financial planning & analysis experience, working in high growth Tech or SaaS organizations
• Experience supporting Sales and product teams
• Experience leading annual budgets, forecasts, and complex multi-year financial models aligned with strategic and operating plans for both revenue and expenses.
• Post-secondary education in business, economics, or other related field along with your CFA or MBA.
• Executive level communication experience including reporting, presentations, etc.
• Previous experience managing at least one direct report
• Advanced abilities in Excel

You'll Stand Out If You Bring Experience In or Knowledge of 

• Netsuite, SQL, Salesforce
• Software integration 

Our Commitments to You

At FreshBooks each person knows their opinion is valued, and can see their impact on the lives of over 10 million small business owners around the world. Accelerate your career, work on projects you're passionate about, and work as a part of a collaborative team without ego! Here are some of the ways FreshBooks recognises and rewards our full-time employees:

• 🩺 Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits. Including retirement savings programs matched to your local office, stock options for every full time employee, generous time off, parental leave and new parent support, annual healthy living credit, comprehensive medical and dental benefits dependent on your region, and more.
• 📚 Perks that Matter. Including a Peer Recognition Program, an Employee Assistance Program, headphone credit, meaningful in-person gatherings to bring onsite and remote employees together, and more perks matched to your locale.
• 🌱Working Environments to Help You Thrive. Beautiful office spaces welcome you in Canada and Mexico, and remote FreshBookers receive a home office credit to set up your home office.
• 🤗 Supportive Peer Group, Mentors, and Leaders. We care about each other across the organisation and have programs to support this so everyone feels a strong sense of belonging, and believes in collective impact.
• 🚀 Accelerated growth. 3 week dedicated company onboarding, career development through continuous coaching, training, and learning on the job, and a bi-annual review process.

Closing

Even if your experience doesn't meet every bullet on the above lists, we'd love to learn more about you and why you think FreshBooks is the next step in your career.

FreshBooks is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, religion, race, mental disability, sexual orientation, age, or any other status. All applicants are considered based on their qualifications and merits. At FreshBooks, we inspire an environment of mutual respect and we believe diversity and inclusion are crucial to our success.

FreshBooks provides employment accommodation during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation, please indicate this on your application and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any questions, suggestions or required documents regarding accessibility in a different format, please contact us at phone 416-780-2700 and/or [email protected].