Strategic Finance Manager

Summary

Join Automattic's WooCommerce team as a Strategic Finance Manager! This remote role (North American time zone) requires 8+ years of corporate financial experience in a high-growth environment. You will oversee reporting, conduct management reviews, support partnerships and acquisitions, and analyze KPIs. The ideal candidate possesses strong FP&A skills, business acumen, and experience with SaaS/Software. Automattic offers a competitive base salary, open vacation policy, and a fully remote work environment.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience working in corporate or business-unit financial operations with demonstrated success in a high-growth, constantly evolving environment
• Extensive experience with FP&A at both corporate and business unit levels, including annual planning, performance analysis, and use of data to drive decisions
• Ability to recommend, influence, develop, and implement programs that improve competitive positioning and profitability
• Strong business and operational acumen, and proven track record of close partnership with senior leadership
• Experience creating business cases that guide strategic investments
• Experience in SaaS/Software and an understanding of how to forecast and monitor different types of revenue and costs

Responsibilities

• Oversee the creation of reporting packages to provide WooCommerce leadership with timely and informative results, and provide guidance on actionable recommendations
• Organize and conduct management reviews on a regular cadence to drive decisions and actions
• Work closely with key business functions to capture the financial impact of decisions, ensuring seamless integration into the forecast model
• Provide support and analysis on potential partnerships, acquisitions, and growth initiatives, including standard financial models and metrics for financial analysis and assessment
• Track KPI shifts, analyze root causes, and deliver clear insights to stakeholders
• Conduct proactive industry and product research to support strategic decisions and analysis
• Lead the development and monitoring of key operational metrics, driving waste reduction and process improvements to enhance productivity and efficiency across the business unit

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of SMB, commerce, or fintech preferred
• A strong technical understanding of the online payments industry including commercial terms, cost structures, and fees, is a plus
• Online payments experience across multiple countries, specifically those in North America and Europe, is a plus

Benefits

• Straightforward, competitive base salary
• Fully-remote company
• Open vacation policy