Island is the ideal environment for enterprise work — security is everywhere without ever getting in the way. Island unifies AI enablement, network access, data protection, identity, and endpoint control into one coherent workspace, giving organizations universal visibility and control while delivering a fast, fluid, beautifully simple experience to users. It's not just a better way to secure work. It's a better way to work.
Backed by Coatue Management, Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, and others, and trusted by some of the largest enterprises on the planet, Island is redefining what the modern workplace can be.
Recent Awards:
2024 - Chosen as one of LinkedIn's Top Startups of 2024 in Dallas
2025 - Named #6 in the 2025 Dallas 100™ Entrepreneur Awards
2026 - CNBC Disruptor 50 List
About the Role
Island is scaling fast, and so is our finance function. We’re looking for a sharp, high-character FP&A Business Partner to join our Strategic Finance team at our Dallas HQ. This is a high-visibility seat partnering closely with R&D and G&A leadership, focused on building the scalable planning processes and metrics infrastructure that will carry Island through its next chapter of growth.
Reporting directly to the VP, Strategic Finance & Investor Relations, you’ll be the embedded finance partner for R&D and G&A, translating spend, headcount, and investment data into the insights that drive real decisions. You’ll own planning end-to-end for your functions, build the reporting infrastructure that scales with us, and raise the bar for how finance operates across the company.
Must be able to work on site at our Dallas HQ five days a week.
What You'll Be Doing:
Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting
• Lead annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting for R&D and G&A end-to-end, partnering with department heads to build bottoms-up plans grounded in operational reality.
• Develop and maintain a rolling 12-month operating model for your functions that reflects real business dynamics, not just extrapolations.
• Drive the monthly close process in partnership with Accounting, including variance analysis and management reporting.
Business Partnering on Spend, Headcount & Investment
• Serve as the trusted finance partner for R&D and G&A leaders, connecting day-to-day operational data to strategic priorities.
• Provide proactive financial analysis to support decisions on headcount, vendor spend, tooling investments, and function-level resource allocation.
• Frame trade-offs clearly so leaders can make better capital allocation decisions, faster.
SaaS Metrics & Modeling
• Develop a strong working understanding of core SaaS KPIs (ARR, NRR, churn, CAC, LTV, Rule of 40, payback) to effectively support planning and decision-making.
•Partner with R&D and G&A to translate operational drivers into financial outcomes, linking spend and activity to unit economics and efficiency metrics. •Apply SaaS metrics to evaluate investments, inform forecasts, and support scenario analysis and strategic planning.
•Leverage team-owned dashboards and analyses to provide insight, challenge assumptions, and improve visibility into business performance.
KPI Tracking & Scalable Reporting
• Own and continuously improve Island’s FP&A processes, tools, and reporting frameworks, with a bias toward automation and scale.
• Evaluate and implement planning and BI tooling to level up the finance function as the company grows.
• Build the models, templates, and playbooks that let the team move at speed without sacrificing accuracy.
What We're Looking For:
Required
• 7+ years of progressive FP&A experience with end-to-end ownership of the planning cycle, at least 2 years in a manager or senior IC role.
• Strong analytical and business partnering skillset. You make your partners smarter about their business.
• Comfortable operating in a high-growth, fast-moving environment where priorities shift and ambiguity is the norm.
• Expert-level financial modeling skills. Your models are clean, auditable, and built to last.
SQL/AI tooling experience and deep experience working with large data-sets
• Proven track record of translating complex financial data into clear, executive-level narratives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field. MBA a plus.
• Proficiency with NetSuite, Salesforce, Snowflake or equivalent ERP/CRM systems.
Preferred
• Deep fluency in SaaS business models and the metrics that drive them (ARR, churn, NRR, CAC, payback periods, unit economics).
• Experience partnering directly with R&D and/or G&A functions.
• Cybersecurity, enterprise software, or infrastructure SaaS background.
• Familiarity with FP&A platforms (e.g., Pigment, Adaptive Insights, Planful) and/or exposure to emerging tools.
• Proficiency with modern AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) to enhance analysis, automation, and decision support.
The Kind of Person We're Looking For
• You see ambiguity as an opportunity, not a blocker. You can build the plane while flying it.
• You hold yourself to an exceptionally high bar on accuracy, on communication, on follow-through.
• You're a trusted partner, not just a report generator. You make people smarter about their business.
• You thrive in a fast-moving environment and know how to prioritize when everything feels urgent.
• You're a quick learner, a team player, and genuinely a good person.
What We Offer
• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees starting day 1, with 85% covered for dependents
• Discretionary Time Off (DTO)
• 401K with 4% company match
• Paid parental leave
• Daily catered lunch at our Coppell HQ
• 24/7 access to Cypress Waters gym facilities
• Competitive salary and equity in one of the fastest-growing enterprise security companies in the world
Why Island?
We’re not building another point solution. We’re reimagining the foundation of enterprise work, and we’re doing it at a scale that few startups ever reach. If you want to be part of a high-caliber team working on something that genuinely matters, with the resources and leadership to win, this is your opportunity.
We believe a diverse team makes us stronger, not just in how we work, but in how we innovate and grow. We’re committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone can bring their full selves to work and thrive.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of progressive FP&A experience with end-to-end planning cycle ownership
- At least 2 years in a manager or senior individual contributor role
- Strong analytical and business partnering skills
- Ability to operate in a high-growth, fast-moving, ambiguous environment
- Expert-level financial modeling skills
- SQL and AI tooling experience, with deep experience working with large datasets
- Proven ability to translate complex financial data into executive-level narratives
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- Proficiency with NetSuite, Salesforce, Snowflake, or equivalent ERP/CRM systems
- MBA
- Deep fluency in SaaS business models and metrics, including ARR, churn, NRR, CAC, payback periods, and unit economics
- Experience partnering directly with R&D and/or G&A functions
- Cybersecurity, enterprise software, or infrastructure SaaS background
- Familiarity with FP&A platforms such as Pigment, Adaptive Insights, or Planful
- Proficiency with modern AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini
Island Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Island and has not been reviewed or approved by Island.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is described as potentially competitive for certain roles, with high on-target earnings figures and market-level total compensation snapshots mentioned for both sales and some non-sales functions.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is positioned as a meaningful component in some offers, and an employee secondary event is described as providing liquidity for staff, which can materially increase total rewards for eligible employees.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Core benefits and on-site perks are described in at least one job-posting style snippet, including medical/dental/vision coverage, disability coverage, paid time off, company holidays, daily lunches, and gym/wellness access for HQ-based employees.
Island Insights
What We Do
What if the enterprise had complete control over the browser? What would it mean for security, for productivity, for work itself? Introducing Island, the Enterprise Browser - the ideal enterprise workplace, where work flows freely while remaining fundamentally secure. With the core needs of the enterprise naturally embedded in the browser itself, Island gives organizations complete control, visibility, and governance over the last mile, while delivering the same smooth Chromium-based browser experience users expect. Led by experienced leaders in enterprise security and browser technology and backed by leading venture funds -- Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts and Stripes Capital -- Island is redefining the future of work for some of the largest, most respected enterprises in the world. Welcome to work as it should be.
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