Director of FP&A, R&D

Summary

Join MongoDB as the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) to lead the finance team supporting the Product & Technology (P&T) organization. Partner with product and engineering leaders to manage financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis for key business decisions. Enable success by helping P&T executives and team leaders make better decisions and drive the evaluation, planning, execution, and measurement of strategic business initiatives. This role offers flexibility to be hybrid or in-office in NYC or Palo Alto. Responsibilities include serving as the primary finance liaison to P&T leadership, building and maintaining financial models, enhancing financial processes, conducting ad-hoc analyses, and performing month-end close activities. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and communication skills, experience managing a team, and proficiency in financial modeling and tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree; finance, business or economics preferred, MBA is a plus
• 10+ years experience in FP&A, with strong analytical, critical thinking, and quantitative skills; experience supporting product, engineering, and technology teams is a plus
• Minimum of 4 years experience managing and leading a team
• Ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, and develop actionable recommendations
• Highly articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Think creatively, are highly driven, and skilled at creating structure in situations that are uncertain or ambiguous within a rapidly growing business
• Highly organized, with incredibly strong project management skills. You will need to be detail-oriented, love multi-tasking, and have excellent follow-through skills
• Demonstrated the ability to roll up your sleeves and work with team members, driving projects through to completion

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance liaison to P&T leadership, building strong relationships and serving as a proactive advisor to your business partners, allowing you to build a deep understanding of data inputs and outputs
• Build and maintain detailed financial and operating models to help predict future performance, perform scenario analyses, and guide the business on strategic decisions. Key models will include the headcount capacity model and other productivity analysis that drive cost-efficient outcomes
• Leverage your industry knowledge and business acumen to influence leadership and drive results
• Enhance financial processes, tools, and reporting for better visibility into P&T spend and performance, collaborating across teams to achieve results
• Conduct ad-hoc analyses and build financial models to guide leaders towards efficient operating strategies, resource allocation, and investments in growth initiatives
• Perform financial month-end close activities, including headcount reconciliations, accruals, journal entries, and budget vs. actuals analysis and reporting
• Track key performance indicators, analyze trends, investigate variances, and recommend improvements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize processes and systems for operational efficiency
• Support business cases for major technology initiatives, including build-vs-buy decisions, cloud infrastructure spend, and tooling investments

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in financial modeling, Google Suite, financial planning tools (Adaptive), Netsuite, and SQL and/or Python know-how is a plus

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave
• Fertility and adoption assistance
• 401(k) plan
• Mental health counseling
• Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
• Health benefits offerings