Strategic Finance Manager - GTM

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About Us

We live and breathe our company values:

We are customer obsessed - Our true advantage is the strength of our relationships with customers through collaboration, empathy, and responsiveness.  We establish trust as we educate, advocate, and listen to their needs.  Our focus is on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better. 

We have a bias for intentional action - We’re a start-up and we need to move fast. However we need to move fast through intentional action to make sure we’re able to deliver quickly and efficiently on what is most impactful to our collective success.  We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.  We think about how what we do impacts other teams and communicate our progress - owning the whole solution from start to finish. If we move fast enough, we can make two or three mistakes, learn, and correct them before competitors even make their first decision.

We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - Though we are solving an important problem which takes focus and a degree of seriousness, we don’t take ourselves too seriously while we do.  We laugh, have fun, embrace uniqueness, and enjoy the journey. Together.

We trust each other and assume good intentions - We hire great team members and trust them to do their work. We’re transparent with data, news, and decisions - positive or negative - to empower team members to make well informed decisions. Showing up for each other fully means we celebrate each other’s accomplishments as well as give compassionate direct feedback when needed.  We always default to assuming good intentions.

The role in a nutshell:

We are seeking a Strategic Finance Manager to join our Finance team. In this role, you will work closely with the Sr. Manager of Strategic Finance to partner with the GTM organization to build, maintain and optimize their business strategy. This is a highly visible role that will not only partner with leaders within the GTM org, but also with leaders across the broader organization to drive efficiency and execution to hit company-level objectives.

What you’ll do:

• Own the ARR and subscription revenue models, partnering with the GTM Strategy & Ops team to convert the bookings forecast into reliable metrics to use in these models
• Being the Finance liaison for Pricing & Packaging (P&P) by partnering with Engineering to build a unit cost framework and working with Product Marketing and GTM Ops to build these cost assumptions into the overall pricing model
• Be a regular contributor to our systems and automation project roadmap by building solutions directly into the planning system or defining requirements documentation for projects to the Sr. Manager of Strategic Finance
• Optimize our budget-versus-actuals (BVA) reporting process for GTM leadership by delivering key insights on spend trends and how they relate to productivity and sales capacity
• Manage an ongoing list of strategic finance projects to prioritize each quarter; share this project plan with GTM and Exec leadership regularly
• Participate in various ad hoc analyses and projects with members of GTM Strategy & Ops or GTM leadership

What we're looking for:

• 6+ years of experience in a combination of FP&A or Strategic Finance at a high-growth tech company, consulting, or Big 4 
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field
• Exceptional communication skills in all forms (verbal, written, and visual) and the ability to convey complex financial information clearly
• Strong proficiency in financial modeling, and analytics and visualization tools
• Eagerness to learn and willingness to take on new challenges
• This role requires a self-starter, keen attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced ambiguous environment
• History of building positive relationships with people and teams across a broad, diverse organization
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and Accounting is a plus

A few of the benefits we offer (for our full time employees):

• Equity/stock options
• Unlimited PTO
• Remote work with flexible coworking and team meetup opportunities
• Home office and internet stipend
• 100% health/dental/vision insurance coverage for you and your family
• Monthly Wellness budget

If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. Chainguard is on a mission to build the best team. To achieve our goal, we are focused on hiring “Guardians'' with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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