Director Corporate FP&A

Director of Corporate FP&A
Location: San Francisco

With Anaplan’s own product at the core, the Director of Corporate FP&A will guide the FP&A team and business leaders in the execution of all financial planning and reporting activities within Anaplan. As our successful FP&A director, you will be very hands on, results-driven, an exceptional communicator and have an inane and obsessive passion for data accuracy. Anaplan leads the SaaS world as the only true connected planning leader, and you will bring years of solid experience in the areas of cloud software and recurring revenue.

This is a great opportunity that is highly visible within the organization, requiring frequent interaction with the CFO and other members of the senior leadership team. You will generate the FP&A calendar, and drive the annual and long-range planning, monthly forecast, and weekly flash processes. Collaborating with your FP&A colleagues, you will compile and publish highly analytical and insightful analyses of company performance.   You will produce KPI and metrics packages, MBR/QBR decks, and other financial presentations such as BOD and investor decks.  And perhaps most fun of all, you will help lead the charge in how Anaplan uses its own product for FP&A.

This position reports to the VP of FP&A.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Publish and be accountable for the FP&A planning calendar
• Drive the end-to-end annual operating planning process
• Maintain and update the long-range planning model and engage the company in the process
• Direct and consolidate Anaplan’s monthly forecasting of all 3 financial statements and its weekly flash
• Coordinate monthly financial reviews and analyses and produce consolidated reporting packages that distill conclusions into actionable commentary suitable for executive management
• Produce a cadence of reporting packages for MBR/QBRs, KPI/metrics, investors and board of directors, and others. Coordinate financial metrics and packages produced by other teams
• Be the person that reviews all data to ensure pinpoint accuracy and consistency of reporting
• Key link between the FP&A team and the accounting team on areas such as GL, COA, FX, taxes, coordination of close activities, etc.
• Constantly drive process improvements and efficiencies in areas of financial planning, financial analysis, and production of reporting packages. Drive time out of these processes while increasing quality of output
• Be a champion of Anaplan’s internal connected planning initiatives. Be a key player in the design and implementation of FP&A’s next generation financial planning models

Required Skills and Experience:

• 12-15 years of finance experience with broad breadth of direct exposure to many areas of finance, accounting, and business operations
• 5+ years of senior management role in FP&A
• 8+ years working in finance/FP&A in a SaaS company, preferably one with over $300M in annual revenues; an expert on topics such as ARR, ACV, churn, renewal rates, and other SaaS metrics
• MBA preferred
• Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills. Very independent
• Very strong financial modeling skills
• Extraordinarily high attention to detail and strong aptitude to effectively review data for inconsistencies and errors
• Very high work ethic and ability and willingness to pivot on activities as new requests and priorities surface. Attitude of whatever it takes to get something done
• Extremely collaborative and natural leader with strong influencing skills; a person who leverages her/his network to get things done well and done quickly
• Process driven. Understands the value of process. Experience with Kaizen concepts to take waste out of process
• Have implemented a financial planning system
• Certified Anaplanner a plus