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About Our Team
The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning News and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.
Why This Role Matters
The Manager, FP&A – Revenue & Growth is a key finance business partner supporting The Washington Post’s B2C digital subscription, B2B revenue, and emerging growth initiatives. This role translates business performance, market dynamics, and operating decisions into clear financial insight that helps leaders invest wisely, manage risk, and build sustainable revenue.
Reporting within the FP&A organization, the Manager leads planning, forecasting, and performance analysis for assigned revenue businesses while developing financial talent and strengthening the tools, processes, and partnerships that support informed decision-making across the company.
What Motivates You
- You are energized by helping mission-driven media organizations build durable, diversified revenue models.
- You enjoy translating complex financial and operating data into clear insights that guide decisions.
- You value collaborative partnership with leaders across Product, Marketing, Sales, Newsroom, Data Analytics & Insights, and Finance.
- You are motivated by improving planning processes, models, and reporting so teams can act with greater clarity and confidence.
- You take pride in developing financial talent and creating an inclusive, accountable team environment.
How You’ll Support the Mission
- Lead annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range plans for assigned revenue streams, producing aligned financial plans that support enterprise priorities and growth goals.
- Develop driver-based revenue models that connect pricing, volume, pipeline, customer behavior, and other operating metrics to reliable financial outcomes.
- Analyze actual revenue performance against budget and forecast, identifying variance drivers, risks, opportunities, and outlook changes that enable timely leadership action.
- Advise business leaders on operating performance, investment choices, and resource-allocation decisions, resulting in actionable recommendations grounded in financial and strategic analysis.
- Evaluate new products, partnerships, pricing strategies, and growth initiatives through business cases, scenario analyses, and financial models, enabling informed decisions on investments and tradeoffs.
- Partner with Marketing, Sales, Product, Newsroom, Data Analytics & Insights, and other teams to improve revenue performance and align business plans with financial objectives.
- Incorporate relevant market, competitive, and industry trends into forecasts and planning, strengthening the organization’s ability to anticipate changes in the revenue environment.
- Strengthen revenue reporting, forecasting, and planning processes through improved data quality, automation, and planning tools, increasing consistency, efficiency, and confidence in financial information.
- Integrate monthly close results and performance-review insights into forecasts, ensuring leaders understand results and their implications for the forward outlook.
- Manage and develop financial analyst(s) through clear priorities, coaching, and quality review, building stronger financial modeling, business acumen, and partnership capabilities.
- Lead strategic analyses and ambiguous growth-related projects, structuring complex questions and communicating conclusions that advance executive decision-making.
The Skills and Experience You Bring
- Six or more years of progressively responsible experience in financial planning and analysis, strategic finance, corporate finance, or a related discipline.
- Experience supporting revenue-oriented, subscription, digital, consumer, B2B, or growth businesses; media-industry experience is valuable but not required.
- Experience managing, coaching, or formally leading financial analysts and reviewing complex analytical work.
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and scenario-analysis skills, including the ability to connect operating drivers to financial results.
- Ability to synthesize complex financial and business information into concise, practical recommendations for senior leaders.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with demonstrated success partnering across functions and levels of an organization.
- Sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, and comfort navigating evolving priorities and incomplete information.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with financial planning and analysis platforms, such as Oracle, SAP, Planful, Adaptive Insights, or Anaplan.
- Experience with data analytics and visualization tools, such as Tableau or Power BI.
- Knowledge of digital media, consumer subscription, advertising, SaaS, or other recurring-revenue business models.
- Familiarity with investment analysis, corporate development, partnerships, or mergers and acquisitions.
- MBA, CFA, CPA, or comparable advanced finance credential.
Wherever you are in your life or career, The Washington Post offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits for every step of your journey:
Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage
Company-paid pension and 401(k) match
Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave
Nine paid holidays and two personal days
20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent
Robust mental health resources
Backup care and caregiver concierge services
Gender affirming services
Pet insurance
Free Post digital subscription
Leadership and career development programs
Benefits may vary based on the job, full-time or part-time schedule, location, and collectively bargained status.
The salary range for this position is:
$105,600 - $176,000 AnnualThe actual salary within this range will depend on individual skills, experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements. This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will discuss bonus payment terms and conditions during the interview process.
Learn more about The Post at careers.washingtonpost.com.
Skills Required
- Six or more years of progressively responsible experience in financial planning and analysis, strategic finance, corporate finance, or a related discipline.
- Experience supporting revenue-oriented, subscription, digital, consumer, B2B, or growth businesses.
- Experience managing, coaching, or formally leading financial analysts and reviewing complex analytical work.
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and scenario-analysis skills.
- Ability to connect operating drivers to financial results.
- Ability to synthesize complex financial and business information into concise, practical recommendations for senior leaders.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with success partnering across functions and organizational levels.
- Sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, and comfort navigating evolving priorities and incomplete information.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
- Experience with financial planning and analysis platforms such as Oracle, SAP, Planful, Adaptive Insights, or Anaplan.
- Experience with data analytics and visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
- Knowledge of digital media, consumer subscription, advertising, SaaS, or other recurring-revenue business models.
- Familiarity with investment analysis, corporate development, partnerships, or mergers and acquisitions.
- MBA, CFA, CPA, or comparable advanced finance credential.
The Washington Post Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Washington Post and has not been reviewed or approved by The Washington Post.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision plans, robust mental‑health resources, and for Guild‑covered roles, employer‑paid single coverage plus an HRA for certain travel needs. Feedback suggests these features make core health benefits a reliable anchor even as specifics can vary by role.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted at a generous level for all new parents, alongside backup care, caregiver concierge, and gender‑affirming services in some postings. These family‑forward supports stand out within the broader package.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Recent union agreements secured across‑the‑board raises and significantly higher salary floors for lower‑paid cohorts, with automatic increases beginning in 2024. Feedback suggests these gains improved satisfaction at the lower end even as overall pay views remain varied.
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What We Do
The Washington Post is an award-winning news leader whose mission is to connect, inform, and enlighten local, national and global readers with trustworthy reporting, in-depth analysis and engaging opinions. The Post is as much a tech company as it is a media company, combining world-class journalism with the latest technology and tools so readers can interact with The Post anytime, anywhere. Our approach is always the same– shape ideas, redefine speed, take ownership and lead. Every employee, every project, every day.
Why Work With Us
Rapidly growing, this team is committed to creating excellent experiences and products worthy of our tradition and our future. Our dedication to innovation, excellence and integrity are at the core of what we do, and why our employees are proud to call The Post their home.
