Manager, Corporate Finance & Strategy

Collectors • Santa Ana, CA

1d • $115,000 - $175,000

About The Position

Collectors is hiring a Manager to join its Corporate Finance & Strategy team. The team provides financial insights to support operational management and strategic decisions, including growth investments, operational improvements, new business opportunities, and strategic transactions. The Manager owns core planning and reporting processes for the Corporate Finance & Strategy function, including annual operating plans, long-range plans, consolidated expense budgeting and forecasting, headcount planning, corporate allocations, and planning systems. The role also contributes analysis for quarterly forecasts, annual operating plans, and executive and board reporting.

This is a hands-on role focused on materially improving planning processes and systems. The Manager works closely with the Director of Corporate Finance & Strategy and partners with a Senior Financial Analyst on shared close and forecast deliverables. The position reports to the Senior Director, Corporate Finance & Strategy and is based at the Santa Ana, California headquarters or remotely from San Francisco, California. The company notes the value of in-person collaboration, with arrangements to be discussed during recruiting.

Requirements

• 5–8 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, consulting, investing, or finance operations; high-growth or multi-entity experience is ideal.
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of recurring planning processes, including budgeting, forecasting, close support, and variance analysis, along with stakeholder management.
• Experience partnering directly with function or business leaders on budgets and holding them accountable to plan.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills and financial modeling experience, including driver-based models.
• Strong experience with Adaptive Insights (Workday Adaptive Planning) or similar systems, and comfort with or interest in administrator-level ownership.
• Comfort building with an AI-first mindset while working with financial systems and tools such as NetSuite and Workday; ability to learn platforms quickly and strong data-quality instincts.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize complex results for senior audiences.
• Process-oriented approach, high ownership, and operating discipline, with a record of measurably improving processes.
• Ability to influence and align partners across a matrixed organization without direct authority.
• Hands-on approach, attention to detail, and structured problem-solving skills.
• Solid working knowledge of GAAP and financial management processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, CPA, or CFA.
• Adaptive Insights administration experience, including model building, integrations, or dimensional redesign.
• Experience establishing or materially rebuilding a planning process.
• Experience directing an analyst’s work on shared deliverables.
• Familiarity with headcount planning, HRIS data such as Workday, and allocation frameworks.
• Experience in consumer, e-commerce, or marketplace businesses with meaningful operational components.
• Interest in collectibles and/or sports.

Responsibilities

• Manage annual operating plan and quarterly planning cycles for corporate functions, including templates, submissions, iteration with function leaders, and plan consolidation.
• Support long-range planning and scenario analysis for growth investments and strategic decisions.
• Contribute to the quarterly consolidated forecast by owning corporate operating expense and allocation inputs, reviewing consolidated output for accuracy, and drafting analysis.
• Maintain and improve the quarterly pacing model and support consolidated cash flow forecasting.
• Own assigned monthly and quarterly close activities in partnership with Accounting, including variance analysis, close metrics, and leadership reporting.
• Prepare analysis and draft narrative for quarterly board materials, board books, and executive reporting packages.
• Build clear and credible materials for executive audiences, communicating when results diverge from plan.
• Own company-wide headcount planning and the headcount approval process, reconciling plan, approved requisitions, and actuals.
• Partner with People/HRIS and Talent Acquisition on Workday data integrity and own Finance’s headcount view for forecasting and reporting.
• Improve core FP&A processes by replacing manual work with durable process and system design.
• Partner with and provide direction and review to a Senior Financial Analyst on shared close and forecast deliverables.
• Help maintain the Finance calendar and keep Finance and cross-functional partners on deadline.
• Serve as primary administrator of Adaptive Insights (Workday Adaptive Planning), including model structure, dimensionality, security, integrations, and data integrity across close and forecast cycles.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for full-time employees.
• Fertility, commuter, and educational assistance benefits for full-time employees.
• 401(k) matching plan.
• Flexible time off for salaried employees.
• Ten company-paid holidays for regular, full-time employees.
• Discounts on select grading services for approved submissions.
• Flexible schedules offered by many teams, with varying shifts and accommodation of employee needs.
• Celebrations, holiday events, and team-building activities.

What This Job Offers

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