What You’ll Do
- Support the company’s Annual Operating Plan (AOP), long-range planning, and rolling forecast processes, ensuring alignment between strategic priorities and resource allocation.
- Own company-wide cash flow Annual Budget, forecasting and liquidity planning, including monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-term projections.
- Develop and maintain integrated financial models covering P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital, and key SaaS operating metrics.
- Drive scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and risk assessments to support executive decision-making and strategic initiatives.
- Consolidate departmental forecasts into company-wide financial outlooks and evaluate risks and opportunities against plan.
- Partner with FinOps, Revenue Operations, GTM, and Business Analysis teams to improve revenue-to-cash visibility, collections forecasting, and cash predictability.
- Monitor and analyze key working capital drivers, including DSO, collections performance, and balance sheet cash impacts.
- Lead monthly and quarterly Budget vs. Actual (BvA) and Forecast vs. Actual (FvA) analyses, providing clear insights into business performance and cash flow trends.
- Partner with functional leaders to support operating expense planning, investment evaluations, and resource allocation decisions.
- Own and report on key SaaS operating metrics, including NRR, Gross Retention, CAC, CAC Payback period, Gross Margin, Operating Margin, Rule of 40, and Free Cash Flow
- Prepare executive, Board, and investor-ready financial reporting materials, translating complex financial information into actionable insights.
- Drive continuous improvement of FP&A processes, forecasting methodologies, governance, and financial systems to support scalability and IPO readiness.
- Collaborate closely with Accounting, ARR Reporting & Analysis, Procurement, RevOps, and other business partners to ensure consistency across planning, reporting, and operational processes.
- Support strategic initiatives, ad hoc analyses, and special projects that influence company growth and long-term value creation.
What We’re Looking For
10+ years of progressive FP&A, Corporate Finance, or Strategic Finance experience.
Experience in a public, pre-IPO, or high-growth private SaaS company, preferably with $100M+ ARR.
Strong understanding of SaaS business models, operating metrics, revenue drivers, and working capital management.
Demonstrated experience leading annual planning, long-range planning, forecasting, and executive reporting processes.
Proven ability to build and maintain complex financial models that support strategic and operational decision-making.
Strong understanding of cash flow forecasting, balance sheet planning, liquidity management, and free cash flow drivers.
Experience preparing executive and Board-level presentations and influencing senior leadership decisions through financial insights.
Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
Fluent English (written and spoken).
Tools & Systems
Advanced Excel and Google Sheets modeling skills.
Experience with NetSuite and Salesforce.
Experience with financial planning and consolidation systems (Planful, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, or similar) - a plus.
Experience leveraging AI-enabled tools, including Claude Code or similar technologies, for FP&A use cases - an advantage.
Why Join Us?
Play a critical role in shaping the financial strategy of a category-leading SaaS company.
Partner directly with senior leadership on high-impact business decisions.
Help build the processes, discipline, and financial infrastructure required for long-term scale and public-company readiness.
Join a collaborative, high-performing Finance organization focused on innovation, continuous improvement, and business partnership.
Skills Required
- 10+ years progressive FP&A, Corporate Finance, or Strategic Finance experience
- Experience in a public, pre-IPO, or high-growth private SaaS company
- Preferably experience at a company with $100M+ ARR
- Strong understanding of SaaS business models, operating metrics, revenue drivers, and working capital management
- Demonstrated experience leading annual planning, long-range planning, forecasting, and executive reporting processes
- Proven ability to build and maintain complex financial models (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, SaaS metrics)
- Strong understanding of cash flow forecasting, balance sheet planning, liquidity management, and free cash flow drivers
- Experience preparing executive and Board-level presentations
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
- Advanced Excel and Google Sheets modeling skills
- Experience with NetSuite and Salesforce
- Experience with Planful, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning or similar FP&A/consolidation systems
- Experience leveraging AI-enabled tools (e.g., Claude Code) for FP&A use cases
- 6-month contract engagement
- Ability to work a minimum of 2 days per week at the San Jose office
What We Do
Cloudinary’s mission is to empower companies to deliver visual experiences that inspire and connect by unleashing the full potential of their media. With more than 50 billion assets under management and 7,500 customers worldwide, Cloudinary is the industry standard for developers, creators and marketers looking to upload, store, transform, manage, and deliver images and videos online. As a result, leading brands like Atlassian, Bleacher Report, Grubhub, Hinge, NBC, Mediavine, Peloton, Petco and Under Armour are seeing significant business value in using Cloudinary, including faster time to market, higher user satisfaction, and increased engagement and conversions. For more information, visit www.cloudinary.com.
