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Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. It’s where they get inspiration, dream about new possibilities and plan for what matters most. Our mission is to help those people find their inspiration and create a life they love. In your role, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward. You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping Pinners make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet.
Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. It’s where they get inspiration, dream about new possibilities and plan for what matters most. Our mission is to help those people find their inspiration and create a life they love. In your role, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward. You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping Pinners make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet.
Our new progressive work model is called PinFlex, a term that’s uniquely Pinterest to describe our flexible approach to living and working. Visit our PinFlex landing page to learn more.
As the Platform Finance Manager focused on FP&A and Cross-Functional (XFN) Initiatives, you will have financial and strategic oversight for managing and optimizing a significant portion of the engineering, product and design (EPD) investments Pinterest makes. These are the teams that operate and maintain our App and website, serving over 400 million active users and tens of thousands of advertisers every month, as well as develop the new innovations that fuel future growth. This is a critical role that sits at the center of how Pinterest executes its strategy. You will work closely with a subset of EPD leadership to develop budgets, forecast and performance manage our investments to ensure we are delivering on key strategic and financial objectives.
What you’ll do:
Headcount and financial forecasting and performance management: Working closely with HR and leadership to manage headcount across a large portion of the engineering, product and design organizations to stay within budget/forecast while maximizing performance and impact. This will include focusing on one or more cross-functional strategic initiatives (for example, Shopping), to ensure resource allocations across multiple functions are aligned against strategic priorities.
Deep dives and ad hoc projects: Strategic and analytical projects to identify new investment or cost saving opportunities, optimize internal processes, etc. An example could be developing business cases for incremental investments.
Partner with Engineering, Product, and Design teams to allocate resources against strategic objectives and develop annual, quarterly and monthly financial forecasts
Compile monthly, quarterly, and annual variance analysis
Proactively identify risks and opportunities
Perform strategic, time-sensitive analysis and communicate key takeaways
Identify and drive initiatives to continuously improve and automate OPEX and Headcount forecasting and reporting tools and processes
Assist with ad-hoc strategic and operational projects as required
What we’re looking for:
7+ years of finance or business operational experience in a fast-paced industry
Experience with forecasting expenses, with a strong preference for prior experience with engineering and product teams
Experience in managing multiple work-streams end-to-end along with working across multiple functions and teams
Excellent business partnership skills and verbal and written communication skills
Ability to multi-task and deliver against timelines
Entrepreneurial, flexible, and collaborative mindset
Colorado based applicants only:
The minimum and maximum salary for this position is $109,500 to $164,200 in Colorado;
This position is eligible for equity; and
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
- This compensation and benefits information is based on Pinterest’s good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, travel, shift requirements, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise.
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Our Commitment to Diversity:
At Pinterest, our mission is to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love—and that includes our employees. We’re taking on the most exciting challenges of our working lives, and we succeed with a team that represents an inclusive and diverse set of identities and backgrounds.
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