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LifeLabs Learning is the source for instantly useful, delightfully unusual, science-backed training for managers and teams. We teach skills to build passionate and high-performing teams faster.
We’re a diverse team of experts who focus on tipping point skills like coaching, feedback, prioritization, and inclusion — teaching only the behaviors that lead to the biggest impact in the shortest time. We make these skills stick by helping organizations build them into their culture and systems – and we have fun doing it! Learn more about us here!
We’re looking for a FP&A Manager and data-loving efficiency builder. Could that be you? Come help us turn the workplace into a practice lab for mastering life’s most useful skills!
As our FP&A Manager, you will play a key role in getting our financial planning, analysis and reporting caught up to our rapid growth and ambitious vision. We will look to you for insights, strategic model building, data tracking, and guidance through our next phase of growth. Your Role Sponsor will be our CFO.
FP&A Manager Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain financial budget/forecasts, working collaboratively with internal business partners and leadership to create goals.
- Track, analyze and explain variances to budgets / forecasts / prior year.
- Analyze business opportunities, risks, initiatives, product launches, service offerings, new pricing models and make recommendations on the best path forward.
- Monitor spending and cash flow.
- Run ad-hoc data analysis, as needed.
- Partner with Accounting to ensure month end results are accurate and reflect all accruals, reversals, and reclasses.
- Ability to help CFO get first-time audit ready.
- Provide data and financial visibility to departments and team leads.
- Automate and optimize reporting and data structure, including Private Equity sponsor reporting.
- Work cross-functionally:
- Accounting team on variance analysis and monthly reporting.
- Sales ops on revenue modeling and tracking.
- People Ops teams on headcount metrics and recruiting.
- Department leaders on budgeting and forecast updates from prior months’ results.
- Spot inefficiencies and look for opportunities to streamline, improve, and scale our Finance function.
- Assist the Finance team with a variety of special projects with timely initiatives and roll-outs.
- Collect feedback from project sponsors and collaborators.
Requirements:
- 8 years of accounting, finance, analysis, and reporting experience at a small to medium company ($50 million + in annual revenues).
- Strong skills within financial modeling, budgeting, planning, ad-hoc analysis, and reporting to inform decision making for business leaders.
- Ability to work with large data sets and translate complex concepts and metrics into clear insights and action plans.
- Experience with building out financial and operational tools and data structuring.
- Ability to understand accounting entries, make accruals, and reclasses.
- Ability to keep small details from slipping through the cracks.
- Advanced time management and organization skills
- Strong written communication skills (particularly the ability to write clear, playful emails).
- Ability to manage and optimize processes and systems.
- Comfort juggling many tasks, projects, and relationships at once.
- An eagerness and skill in giving and receiving feedback.
- Proficient in Mac iOS, Microsoft Office, Google Suite, advanced or intermediate user of excel.
- Knowledge of QuickBooks, Ramp, Cube software and/or Purchase Accounting a plus.
- Genuine care for humans.
The deets:
- Start date(s): September 18, 2023
- Location: Remote (can be based anywhere in the U.S., except Alaska)
- Starting Salary: $110K-$120K
- Starting salary matches your skills and readiness for the role assessed during the interview process.
- Compensation: salary + bonus (Success Share)
- Year 1: 10% of 110K Year 2: 10% of 120K Year 3: 10% of 130K Year 4: 10% of 140K Year 5: 10% of 150K Year 6: 10% of 150K + 2% COLA
- Our compensation system is transparent and consistently applied throughout the company. As you take on new responsibilities, you can expect a yearly compensation increase, so long as you are meeting the role expectations #AlwaysBeLearning! This translates into a predictable raise up to $150K base salary, after which your base salary will increase based on an annual cost of living adjustment.
- Additionally, you will be eligible to participate in our quarterly Success Share program which is a 10% bonus on your eligible earnings when we hit our quarterly revenue target.
- Long-Term Incentive Plan: As part of your compensation package, you will be eligible to participate in the company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP). Your equity grant will be commensurate with the Expert band of this role.
Want to know what to expect ahead?
Step 1: Complete the application below.
Step 2: Do a self-led working session to get a sense of the role and give us an opportunity to see your skills in action.
Step 3: Join an interview related to your expertise.
Step 4: Join an interview related to the role, your skills and our company values.
Let’s do this! Come be part of a team where you will learn something new every day, challenge yourself and others, laugh a lot, and make a real impact by teaching people life’s most useful skills.
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LifeLabs Learning is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. We will not have access to your personal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission information during the interview process. LifeLabs Learning is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, please let us know in your application or email us at [email protected]
