Financial Planning and Analysis, Senior Manager State and Federal Division

Tyler Technologies•Herndon, VA

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About The Position

The FP&A Sr Manager will serve as a strategic finance partner to the Federal and Regulatory line of businesses within the State & Federal division of Tyler. This role will drive financial planning: leading the annual, multi-year, and quarterly forecasting processes, aligning financial performance to Tyler's overall financial objectives. As a key player to achieve the desired growth in the Federal and Regulatory lines of business, this role will deliver data-driven insights, establish models to support initiatives, monitor the status of actuals-to-plan on a quarterly/monthly basis, and support leaders in key business decisions. The FP&A Sr Manager will partner directly with operational leaders across State & Federal who are responsible for overseeing the growth strategy, including managing all FP&A-related responsibilities to drive the business forward.

Requirements

BS/BA degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance; CPA or MBA preferred
10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A roles with public company experience
Experience building, leading, and managing high-performing teams
Proven experience in the SaaS industry, with a focus on government SaaS products
Strong analytical skills, detail-oriented, while maintaining the ability to think strategically
Excellent interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication, teamwork, and customer service skills
Extensive systems knowledge, including large Enterprise accounting and budgeting systems
Hands-on and well adept at data blending and mining from multiple sources into cohesive views and summaries
Ability to travel up to 10-15%

Nice To Haves

Understanding of federal contracting is a plus

Responsibilities

Lead the annual budgeting and quarterly/monthly forecasting processes, establishing internal deadlines and ensuring that Company deadlines are met.
Create and monitor multi-year forecasts, including inputs from and recommendations from business leaders and other divisions related to those forecasts.
Work with business leaders to understand projections and forecast revenue in accordance with ASC 606. Manage the underlying assumptions of sales bookings, expansion, contraction, churn, and project-level detail and their effect on revenue and margins to ensure growth targets are met.
Analyze detailed project revenue and cost streams by customer and product line - understanding recurring vs non-recurring revenues, anticipating revenue opportunities and risks, and monitoring project cost projections.
Assist in what-if scenario modeling related to sales opportunities, revenue risk modeling, and general ad hoc analyses to support the business
Work with business leaders in Operations, Development, and Sales to establish and monitor their financial budgets and KPIs.
Collaborate with HR to align resource planning assumptions in financial plans and projections.
Lead and develop a team of three analysts responsible for supporting multiple business units
Lead the preparation of a financial reporting package for relevant lines of business, including in-depth analysis of financial performance, key trends, and strategic initiatives.
Analyze trends within the key performance indicators, revenue breakdowns and formulas, cost of sales, software capitalization, and headcount implications.
Create a consolidated view of sales targets, revenue, and expenses that aggregates all divisional sales targets and P&L transactional revenue findings.
Presentation of financial results at an Executive level
Support the commission payment process.
Collaborate with Corporate Accounting and Revenue Operations to ensure that billing, revenue recognition, and coordination of revenue projections are handled in accordance with ASC 606.
Partner across the company to support 2030 financial goals.
Develop familiarity with products, service offerings, and the platform and the leaders that support them.
Collaborate across various business units and across various levels of the organization to influence, guide, and steer the company towards desired and expected outcomes.