FP&A Lead

Change.org

3d • Remote

About The Position

Change.org is the world's largest platform for democracy, and we're hiring an FP&A Lead to give our leaders the financial clarity to invest boldly behind that mission. You'll own our financial planning and analysis end-to-end, building the reporting, models, and forecasts that leadership relies on to make decisions. This is a high-ownership role where you'll operate with real autonomy, not contributing to a cycle but running it. We're looking for someone with sharp analytical judgment and strong business sense who uses AI fluently to work faster and build processes that last. This role reports to the Director of FP&A and Business Intelligence.
At a time when dissatisfaction with democracy globally is at an all-time high, we’re investing heavily in using AI to build the most powerful tools in the world to give people greater voice, while bringing people across the political spectrum together to identify shared solutions.
Our core petitions platform, used by more than 100 million people annually, is growing rapidly - and we are rebuilding it from the ground-up using new tools to turn anyone into a powerful civic leader on the issues they care about. Soon we will launch a new platform to identify the >80% of issues that most people agree on, locally and nationally, and to mobilize hundreds of millions of people to advocate for those common-ground solutions.
To realize this vision, we’re expanding the most talented team in the world at the intersection of technology and social impact - all focused every day on building healthier democracies globally.

Requirements

• End-to-end FP&A ownership You run budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and monthly reporting cycles with real accountability for accuracy and timelines. You've owned a cycle, not just contributed to one.
• Applied AI & technical fluency. You use AI to drive real work, not as a novelty. Whether that's accelerating analysis, building automations, or teaching yourself to code to unlock a workflow. You can point to specific things you've shipped because of AI, and say where AI helped and where it didn't.
• Systems thinking & process design You spot inefficiencies and design repeatable, scalable processes and infrastructure that improve over time rather than getting rebuilt each cycle.
• Strategic financial storytelling You synthesize complex data into clear, leadership-ready narratives — not just outputs. You hold a point of view, push back with data, and tailor the read to the audience.
• Business partnering & executive presence You operate as a pragmatic, service-oriented partner with high trust across functions and leadership. You're sought out, not just responsive — credible through accuracy and judgment.
• Self-direction & ownership You're comfortable being the entire FP&A function: setting priorities, operating with real autonomy, and knowing when to run with something versus loop in the Head of Finance.
• 6–10 years in FP&A, finance, or analytical roles, with demonstrated ownership of full budgeting and forecasting cycles.
• Track record of building or materially improving FP&A processes, designing repeatable, scalable workflows, not just executing them.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI to drive real output: accelerating analysis, building repeatable workflows, or self-teaching technical skills to ship something that worked. Concrete examples required; finance context is a plus, not a prerequisite.
• Advanced spreadsheet modeling with scripting: VBA and/or Google Apps Script
• Strong executive-facing communication: presenting to or supporting CFO, VP Finance, or C-suite.

Nice To Haves

• broader coding (Python)
• ERP/NetSuite
• AI-API tooling
• subscription/membership business

Responsibilities

• Automate departmental and executive reporting, own end-to-end. Management reporting (departmental P&Ls, exec dashboards, monthly/board exhibits) runs on durable, repeatable, low-touch pipelines they built — not manual rebuilds. Accounting keeps statutory/audit; responsible for everything management-facing.
• Operates the full financial model with minimal oversight and high executive trust. Runs the model you architect — including the revenue line from BI — and owns the expense side outright: opex, margins, variance. Stress-tests assumptions and runs scenarios; you own the model and the final number.
• Architects AI-enabled FP&A workflows, not just uses AI. Systematically cuts manual effort and improves data quality, building processes that outlast any individual analyst.
• Strategic thought partner to leadership and budget owners. Partners directly with department leaders on spend — surfacing variances, flagging risks, bringing a point of view and driving accountability through influence (escalating decisions to you, not approving them).
• Translates the numbers into decisions. Turns variance and business-health analysis into clear, stakeholder-ready narratives that help non-finance leaders move faster.

Benefits

• We’re committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout our recruitment process. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed