Senior Manager, Strategic Finance

About us: 

Fieldguide is establishing a new state of trust for global commerce and capital markets through automating and streamlining the work of assurance and audit practitioners specifically within cybersecurity, privacy, and ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance). Put simply, we build software for the people who enable trust between businesses. 

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We’re based in San Francisco, CA, but built as a remote-first company that enables you to do your best work from anywhere. We're backed by top investors including 8VC, Floodgate, Y Combinator, DNX Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Justin Kan, Eric Ries, and more.

We value diversity — in backgrounds and in experiences. We need people from all backgrounds and walks of life to help build the future of audit and advisory. Fieldguide’s team is inclusive, driven, humble and supportive. We are deliberate and self-reflective about the kind of team and culture that we are building, seeking teammates that are not only strong in their own aptitudes but care deeply about supporting each other's growth.

As an early stage start-up employee, you’ll have the opportunity to build out the future of business trust. We make audit practitioners’ lives easier by eliminating up to 50% of their work and giving them better work-life balance. If you share our values and enthusiasm for building a great culture and product, you will find a home at Fieldguide.

About the Role:

As Senior Manager, Strategic Finance you will be the first finance hire at Fieldguide.  You will impact how we build out our financial rigor at the fastest growing SaaS company in our vertical. In this role, you will provide executives with timely reporting and unbiased analyses to inform critical business decisions for the company. You will develop budgets, provide overall financial reporting and metrics, own our financial forecast and work closely with the CEO on investor reporting, fundraising, and ad hoc analyses. You will be core to creating our culture around financial rituals and rigor, and be a catalyst for change where needed across different functions. 

About You:

You are excited by the thought of joining a high growth, early stage software startup focused on building, monitoring and enhancing processes and systems that ensure financial health of our company. In this role, you are not only an expert in all things Finance, but also someone who can help us think through and build the processes around a stage-appropriate finance and accounting system. You are able to identify and analyze existing/potential problems and find suitable solutions for each situation. You thrive in ambiguous situations and execute with conviction. 

You will:

• Manage financial planning & analysis function, including developing the annual operating plan, budgeting and forecasting cadences

• Lead forecasting process (annually, quarterly, and monthly) and scenario analyses, having a meaningful impact on company decisions and success

• Report out on budgets vs actuals and identify strategic insights that inform executive decisions

• Own company operating model, informing key strategic decisions and goal setting, tracking KPIs and performing ad-hoc analysis

• Partner with management to manage headcount forecasting and planning

• Analyze our financial data and share strategic insights to optimize performance or identify red flags 

• Manage bookkeeper and month-end close process; provide feedback on financials. Understand monthly budget to actuals and advise leadership on cash management strategies

• Partner with CEO to prepare high-impact investor/board and fundraising materials, and perform ad hoc analyses that inform major strategic decisions

Requirements

• Mission-first. You’re joining a hard-working team that trusts each other deeply. We won’t compromise on this.

• 7-10 years experience in strategic finance / financial planning and analysis organizations - ideally a combination of investment banking and FP&A at a fast-growth SaaS start-up

• Stage-appropriate experience taking a series A start-up to stage B/C; ideally with experience enabling a series B financing

• Excellent knowledge of data analysis and forecasting methods

• Track record of building strong rapport with executive management and leading / influencing others with structured analyses

• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and influence; experience engaging with sales, product/engineering, operations

• Highly analytical mindset with advanced financial modeling skills and strong attention to detail

• Clear and concise communicator both written and spoken

• Extremely organized - handling multiple projects at once

• Process-oriented self starter who can identify and fill gaps before others instructed

More about Fieldguide:

Fieldguide is a values-based company. Our values are:

• Fearless - Inspire & break down seemingly impossible walls.

• Fast - Launch fast with excellence, iterate to perfection.

• Lovable - ​​Deliver happiness & 11 star experiences. 

• Owners - Execute & run the business with ownership.

• Win-win - Create mutual value & earn trust for life. 

• Inclusive - Scale the best ideas with inclusive teams. 

Some of our benefits include: 

• Competitive compensation packages with meaningful ownership

• Unlimited PTO

• Wellness benefits, including a bundle of free therapy sessions

• Technology stipend

• Flexible work schedules