Strategic Finance, Corporate FP&A Lead
About The Position
Factory is seeking a Corporate FP&A Lead to own how the company plans, measures, and communicates financial performance as it scales. This high-ownership, high-visibility role on a lean finance team will partner with leadership on consequential financial decisions and help build the foundations of the finance function. The role owns the operating model and planning and forecasting cadences, contributes to board and investor materials, and works with leadership, Sales, Engineering, and Accounting to turn ambiguity into decision-ready insight. It will also help build an AI-native finance function by using Factory's tools to automate traditional FP&A work. This is an in-office position, five days per week, in San Francisco.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience in corporate FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, or consulting.
- Strong technical foundation in three-statement modeling, driver-based modeling, and long-range planning.
- Strong command of annual planning, forecasting, budgeting, and monthly and board reporting cadences.
- Experience preparing board and investor materials and translating complex data into clear narratives for executives and external stakeholders.
- Strong analytical rigor and judgment to evaluate financial opportunities, risks, and tradeoffs.
- Fluency in SaaS and usage-based financials, including gross margin and COGS, opex and headcount planning, and board-relevant metrics.
- Comfort with ambiguity and a high-agency, hands-on mindset in a lean, fast-paced environment.
- Ability to form a point of view, make clear recommendations, weigh tradeoffs, and communicate effectively, with strong executive communication and low ego.
- Enthusiasm for AI-assisted workflows and automation, with a tendency to build automation into one's work.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with financial planning and business intelligence tools such as Pigment or Anaplan.
- Background in AI, ML, or cloud infrastructure economics.
- Experience supporting capital raises or IPO readiness.
- Fluency translating between GAAP and non-GAAP metrics.
- Experience scaling a finance function and team through rapid growth.
Responsibilities
- Own core planning processes, including the annual operating plan, long-range plan, quarterly forecasts, and monthly performance reviews.
- Own the corporate operating model that supports planning, scenario analysis, and strategic decisions.
- Lead monthly business reviews with leadership by reporting results, explaining variances, and surfacing risks and opportunities.
- Partner on board and investor materials and help shape the narrative of the business's direction.
- Partner with GTM, Engineering, Operations, and G&A leaders on budgets, headcount, and COGS, providing a financial perspective on organizational investments.
- Model infrastructure and compute economics and evaluate vendor commitments, pricing, and capital-allocation tradeoffs.
- Define, track, and report KPIs for topline performance, unit economics, and operational efficiency.
- Partner with Accounting on accurate, timely close and budget-versus-actuals, explaining performance, resolving discrepancies, and course-correcting early.
- Build scalable FP&A systems, dashboards, and automated reporting that convert raw data into timely, decision-ready insight.
- Build AI-native workflows for recurring finance analysis, using Factory's tools to reduce manual cycles and enable deeper analysis.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
