FP&A Manager

Nexthink • Boston, MA

3h • Hybrid

About The Position

Nexthink is seeking a highly analytical, commercially minded FP&A Manager to partner with global business functions and support corporate FP&A activities, including financial performance analysis, Board reporting, and investor communications. Reporting to the Director FP&A, this role combines business partnering, financial modeling, SaaS performance analytics, and executive-level storytelling. The FP&A Manager translates complex financial and operational data into actionable insights, challenges business assumptions, and helps leadership make informed capital allocation decisions.

The role serves as the primary FP&A partner to assigned business functions and owns their financial plans, including headcount, personnel expenses, program and non-personnel spending, and strategic investments. It also supports consolidated forecasting, annual budgeting, long-range planning, executive and investor reporting, and company-wide financial analysis. The position works across Finance and other functions to provide accurate and consistent reporting, improve planning and reporting processes, and use financial systems, BI tools, and automation—including AI-enabled tools—to enhance FP&A efficiency and analytical capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or a related field.
• 10 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, or a related analytical function.
• Strong financial modeling skills, including integrated forecasting, scenario analysis, and financial performance analysis.
• Solid understanding of SaaS business models, recurring revenue metrics, and growth economics.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with business leaders to influence financial and operational decisions.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, including the ability to prepare polished, executive-level presentations.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality results under tight deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to see the broader strategic picture.

Nice To Haves

• Prior finance business-partnering experience in a B2B SaaS environment.
• Experience in a high-growth SaaS, enterprise software, or technology company.
• Experience preparing executive, Board, or private equity investor reporting packages.
• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning, NetSuite, Salesforce, Power BI, or similar financial and analytical platforms.
• Experience driving AI and system automation in finance, including AI-enabled analysis, workflow automation, or system integrations that improve planning and reporting.
• Experience working in a global, multi-entity organization.
• Experience in a private equity-backed environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary FP&A business partner to leaders of assigned business functions, supporting strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.
• Own the financial plan for supported functions, including headcount, personnel expenses, program and non-personnel spending, and strategic investments.
• Partner with business leaders to evaluate resource allocation, investment priorities, and spending efficiency across geographies, teams, and programs.
• Develop and monitor functional KPIs and efficiency metrics.
• Analyze investments against business outcomes such as bookings, ARR growth, and profitability.
• Provide monthly and quarterly variance analysis, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions.
• Support business cases for incremental investments, hiring plans, and strategic growth initiatives.
• Support monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages for executive leadership, the Board of Directors, and investors.
• Prepare presentations covering financial performance, operating trends, business KPIs, and strategic initiatives, and translate results into executive-level narratives.
• Support annual operating plans, long-range financial plans, and financial outlooks for Board and investor discussions.
• Partner with Accounting, Treasury, Revenue Operations, Sales Operations, and other Finance teams to ensure reporting accuracy, consistency, and integrity.
• Support investor information requests, ad hoc financial analyses, and reporting requirements associated with the company's ownership and financing structure.
• Support consolidated financial forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-range strategic planning.
• Develop financial models to evaluate business performance, growth scenarios, operating leverage, and investment returns.
• Analyze revenue growth, profitability, expense trends, headcount, and cash flow.
• Identify opportunities to improve forecast accuracy, financial visibility, and resource allocation.
• Improve financial reporting, KPI standardization, and planning processes.
• Use financial systems, BI tools, and automation to improve reporting efficiency and analytical capabilities.
• Drive AI and system automation across FP&A, including identifying and implementing AI-enabled tools, workflow automation, and system integrations for forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis.
• Support strategic initiatives such as M&As and track strategic investments and returns on investment.
• Provide backup for other FP&A work streams as needed.

Benefits

• Base salary; total rewards may also include a commission or performance bonus plan.
• US employees receive company-covered health, dental, and vision benefits, plus access to life insurance, long-term disability, and accidental death/personal loss coverage.
• Flexible hours and unlimited paid time off, in addition to 15 days of holidays.
• 11 company-paid holidays.
• Three extra days for volunteering.
• Hybrid work model balancing office and remote work, with structured onboarding.
• Free access to professional training platforms.
• Up to 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents or primary caregivers and six weeks for secondary caregivers.
• 401(k) plan with up to 4% company matching, vesting immediately.
• Bonuses for referring successful hires after three months of continuous employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager