Finance Business Partner

Andela

1d•Remote

About The Position

The FP&A function at Andela is being built from the ground up, and this Manager role is one of its foundational hires. Reporting to the Senior Director of FP&A, you will be the operational core of the finance team, owning the day-to-day planning, storytelling, and insights generation. This role is for you if you have a strong ownership mentality, growth mindset, and take pride in operational excellence. You enjoy running reliable planning cycles that inform decision making, maintaining models that earn business trust, hold a high bar for accuracy, and producing storytelling that surfaces the right insights at the right time. You will be a key partner to G&A functional leaders. As a member of the Finance team, you’ll serve as a role model for the rest of the company. Think about the feedback your peers typically give you – if it usually sounds like the below, we want to hear from you. Low ego, low drama, servant leader: You share credit, take blame. You like being wrong because it means someone else had an even better idea. One team mentality: You break silos across teams. You put the company and mission first above your team alone. Great listener, hungry for feedback: You’re always seeking to improve – our product, our business, yourself. You solicit diverse opinions and deeply listen. Owner, not renter: You see a problem, you fix it or find someone who will. The buck stops with you. Player-coach: You fly high (create strategy) AND low (know the details that matter). You roll up your sleeves and get scrappy. You do this without micromanaging, empowering your team while actively engaging in important details. Business problem solver. You’re not just a functional expert; you consistently get praise for approaching your function through the lens of solving business problems.

Requirements

5–8 years of progressive FP&A or strategic finance experience; prior background in investment banking, high-growth FP&A, or management consulting is a plus.
SaaS, marketplace, or high-growth tech company strongly preferred; hands-on experience with recurring-revenue or subscription business models a significant advantage.
Significant experience in financial modeling and strategic business planning.
Expert-level Excel and/or Google Sheets; ability to build driver-based 3-statement and headcount models from scratch; strong scenario and sensitivity modeling skills.
Proven ability to distill complex financial data into clean, executive-ready narratives; strong PowerPoint/Google Slides skills.
Track record as a cross-functional finance partner; consultative approach with strong relationship-building instincts.
High attention to detail and a strong ownership mindset; ability to work in a fast paced environment and manage multiple workstreams/deadlines without dropping the ball; process-builder mindset.

Nice To Haves

CPA or MBA highly preferred
Exposure to talent marketplace, staffing, or professional services business models
Using AI to improve financial operations
Strong understanding of SQL/Python, with the ability to write complex queries, perform data extraction and manipulation, and maintain data integrity

Responsibilities

Run Andela's core planning cycles end-to-end. Own the operational execution of the annual budget, rolling forecast, and long-range plan
Maintain and evolve the corporate financial model. Be the owner of Andela's consolidated P&L, headcount, and cash flow model
Build and run scenario and sensitivity analyses. Support the Senior Director in evaluating strategic tradeoffs and capital allocation decisions by building driver-based scenario models
Own the monthly financial reporting cadence. Produce the monthly revenue flash, consolidated P&L reporting, and variance analysis
Support board-ready reporting. Build the underlying analysis and data that feed board presentations, monthly financial updates, and QBRs
Serve as the dedicated finance partner to G&A functions. Own the finance relationship with People/HR, Legal, and Finance (supporting annual budget development, headcount planning, monthly actuals review, and cost management decisions)
Support GTM and Product business cases. Partner with the Senior Director on business case development and unit economics analysis for growth initiatives, pricing decisions, and expansion opportunities
Elevate cross-functional finance support. Transform the finance function to be strategic, helping business partners understand their financials to connect day-to-day decisions to overall company OKR’s
Build scalable FP&A infrastructure. Own the development and improvement of core FP&A processes, reporting frameworks, and planning workflows. As a foundational hire, you will have significant leverage to shape how the function operates
Drive data integrity across finance systems. Partner with Accounting and Finance to ensure actuals, forecasts, and plan data are consistent and reconciled across tools. Identify gaps in data quality and drive resolution.