Manager, Commercial Finance
About The Position
Liftoff is seeking a Finance Manager to join their Commercial FP&A team within Strategic Finance. This role will be responsible for a variety of recurring deliverables and analyses to keep the business informed. The Commercial FP&A team serves as the company's analytical engine, providing insights to support optimal business decision-making. The ideal candidate will possess strong commercial finance acumen and a keen interest in understanding the underlying reasons for financial performance. This position will support revenue performance narratives for senior leadership and board-level materials, collaborate with Commercial and Sales Operations on go-to-market (GTM) reporting, and assist in maintaining the reporting infrastructure essential for in-quarter decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field with 8+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 6+ years experience.
- Expert-level Excel and Google Sheets skills, with the ability to build, troubleshoot, and maintain complex reporting files independently.
- Strong data analysis capabilities with the ability to work across multiple data sources and reconcile discrepancies.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to format data clearly for executive audiences and draft concise commentary.
- Experience supporting executive-level reporting (KPI reviews, Board materials, SLT presentations).
- Ability to ramp quickly on existing processes and deliver reliably with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
- Experience in commercial finance / sales finance, preferably in a high-growth or ad tech environment.
Responsibilities
- Own recurring revenue reporting workflows, including daily/weekly file maintenance, revenue trackers, attainment dashboards, and variance analysis, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery on a daily basis.
- Prepare and update executive materials for KPI reviews, Board of Directors presentations, and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) meetings, including slide updates and supporting data files.
- Conduct variance analysis on revenue movements and provide clear, concise commentary explaining the 'what' and 'why' behind performance trends.
- Support quarterly sales target-setting by assembling bottom-up data, reconciling against top-down forecasts, and identifying risks and opportunities for leadership discussion.
- Oversee the commercial commission review process, synthesizing attainment data, identifying trends, and providing analysis to inform leadership's compensation and incentive decisions.
- Execute ad-hoc analyses for Revenue, GTM, and Commercial leadership to support in-quarter decision-making.
- Maintain and improve core financial reporting infrastructure, identifying opportunities to enhance accuracy, reduce manual effort, and improve consistency across deliverables.
- Partner cross-functionally with Revenue, Sales Operations, and GTM teams to understand business drivers and translate them into financial context.
- Apply a common-sense quality check to all outputs, flagging anomalies, verifying data integrity, and ensuring deliverables are accurate and error-free.
- Exercise independent judgment in prioritizing analyses and sequencing deliverables to maximize impact for commercial leadership.
Benefits
- Equity
- Health benefits
- Vision benefits
- Dental benefits
- Wellness stipends
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
