Finance Manager, Cloud and Cell Infrastructure

Summary

Join Samsara as a Finance & Strategy Manager to lead infrastructure cost management and drive strategic decision-making for the company's growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
• Experience partnering with R&D / Software Engineering teams
• Minimum of 4-7+ years of experience in Corporate Finance, financial planning and investigation, and strategic finance experience
• Familiarity with cloud cost management and knowledge of cloud cost and usage concepts
• Proven experience in financial modeling, forecasting, and budgeting
• Strong accounting knowledge with experience working closely with accounting teams
• Excellent evaluation, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Samsara’s approach to infrastructure cost management including partnering with a vendor to build a cloud FinOps reporting, alerting, and forecasting tool
• Partner closely with leaders across our R&D Engineering teams to drive strategic decision-making, investment prioritization, and long-range planning
• Develop COGS and operating expense forecast models driven by infrastructure usage
• Manage multiple >$1M software vendors including forecasting and contract renewal negotiation support
• Build and monitor KPIs to inspect business health and performance
• Analyze financial results, prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting, and support operating review meetings with VPs and EVPs of Engineering and Finance
• Build scalable processes and mechanisms to enhance financial visibility, control and planning effectiveness that supports the next wave of Samsara’s growth
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Cloud Practitioner or FinOps certifications
• Willingness and ability to build new financial processes and mechanisms
• Ability to thrive in a fast-growing environment with high degrees of ambiguity
• Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., Adaptive Planning, NetSuite, Salesforce, Workday, etc.)
• Experience working with large datasets and technical data management and analysis skills (e.g., SQL, Tableau, Databricks, etc.)

Benefits

Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much, much more