Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

MongoDB MongoDB · Enterprise · Dublin, Ireland · FP&A - G&A & Corporate

This role is a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager who will partner with the International Product & Technology leadership team at MongoDB. Responsibilities include financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analyzing key business decisions and resource planning. The role also involves special projects like software capitalization and supporting international expansion. The ideal candidate is an adaptable self-starter with strong analytical, communication, and project management skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Business Partnering: Quickly establish positive relationships and become a key advisor for your product & engineering business partners allowing you to build a solid understanding of business drivers and ensuring alignment with overall company objectives. You will own putting together a monthly BVA for the CTO and his executive leadership team, and improve upon existing reporting
  2. Forecast Coordination & Modelling: Build and maintain detailed financial and operating models to support your stakeholders in all aspects of their budget with a strong focus on headcount planning and optimization
  3. Analyzing: Conduct ad-hoc analyses and build financial models to guide leaders towards efficient operating strategies, resource allocation, and investments in product initiatives
  4. Perform financial month-end close activities, including headcount reconciliations, accrual reviews, and budget vs. actuals analysis and reporting which include leading the Ireland Grant, Credit monthly close process
  5. Operational Effectiveness: Improve and scale business, operational and financial processes understood by all important partners, including standardizing and automating reports and improving how we leverage internal systems

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree in finance, business or economics
  • 5+ years experience in FP&A
  • analytical skills
  • critical thinking skills
  • quantitative skills
  • financial modeling
  • Excel
  • Google Suite
  • financial planning tools (Adaptive)
  • Ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, and develop actionable recommendations
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Project management skills
  • detail oriented
  • multi-tasking
  • follow through skills

Nice to have

  • MBA
  • Prior experience supporting a Product or Engineering organization
  • SQL know-how

What the JD emphasized

  • dedicated Finance business partner
  • financial planning
  • forecasting
  • reporting
  • analyzing
  • business decisions
  • resource planning
  • strategic business initiatives
  • software capitalization
  • international expansion
  • adaptable self-starter
  • work comfortably and communicate clearly
  • progress tasks from start to finish
  • fast-paced, challenging environment
  • based in Dublin
  • hybrid working model
  • product & engineering business partners
  • build a solid understanding of business drivers
  • alignment with overall company objectives
  • monthly BVA for the CTO and his executive leadership team
  • improve upon existing reporting
  • Build and maintain detailed financial and operating models
  • headcount planning and optimization
  • Conduct ad-hoc analyses
  • build financial models
  • efficient operating strategies
  • resource allocation
  • investments in product initiatives
  • financial month-end close activities
  • headcount reconciliations
  • accrual reviews
  • budget vs. actuals analysis and reporting
  • Ireland Grant, Credit monthly close process
  • Improve and scale business, operational and financial processes
  • standardizing and automating reports
  • improving how we leverage internal systems
  • Partner with recruiting and HR partners
  • drive efficiencies in workforce planning and reporting
  • Operates independently
  • prepare schedules and relevant analysis
  • each planning cycle
  • develops clear support for management review
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • finance, business or economics preferred
  • MBA a plus
  • 5+ years experience in FP&A
  • superior analytical, critical thinking, and quantitative skills
  • Prior experience supporting a Product or Engineering organization would be a plus
  • Proficiency in financial modeling
  • Excel
  • Google Suite
  • financial planning tools (Adaptive)
  • SQL know-how a plus
  • Ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, and develop actionable recommendations
  • Highly articulate
  • excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Think creatively
  • highly driven
  • skilled at creating structure in situations that are uncertain or ambiguous
  • rapidly growing business
  • Highly organized
  • incredibly strong project management skills
  • detail oriented
  • love multi-tasking
  • excellent follow through skills
  • Demonstrated the ability to roll-up your sleeves
  • work with team members
  • driving projects through to completion