Senior Director, Corporate FP&A

Mixpanel•San Francisco, CA

7h•$273,000 - $409,000

About The Position

The Senior Director, Corporate FP&A is a strategic partner to the CFO and executive team, responsible for connecting financial forecasting with data insights and operational efficiency to support scalable growth. Reporting directly to the CFO, this leader oversees FP&A, decision support, and reporting, and owns the financial narrative that guides investment, scaling, and market decisions. The role partners with executive leadership, department heads, and stakeholders to build and implement short- and long-term financial models and strategies aligned with Mixpanel’s strategic and financial objectives. This is a senior leadership and change-agent role focused on building processes and frameworks that do not yet exist or are not scalable. The position will champion AI, automation, and advanced analytics in Corporate FP&A to improve forecast accuracy, accelerate reporting, and create capacity for higher-value strategic work.

Requirements

12+ years of progressive finance experience, including 5+ years in an executive leadership role within a high-growth SaaS or technology company.
Ability to translate business strategy into financial plans, drive forecasting rigor, and deliver actionable insights that influence executive decisions.
Demonstrated track record building and improving corporate planning processes, financial models, and reporting frameworks in a complex environment.
Deep understanding of financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, including driver-based and scenario modeling.
Ability to gather, manipulate, and manage large datasets from multiple sources, understand complex data relationships, and draw conclusions that recommend an appropriate course of action.
Direct people-management experience and a track record of hiring and developing a strong finance function.
Clear, direct communication skills, including the ability to turn complex financial analysis into actionable insights for a CFO.
Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Advanced skills in Excel or Sheets and financial modeling.
Experience with planning tools such as Pigment, Anaplan, or Adaptive.
Experience with BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or Looker.

Responsibilities

Lead company-wide budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, aligning top-down targets with functional plans, strategic priorities, and operating accountability.
Own and continuously improve the corporate financial model, including revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, headcount, cash flow, scenario planning, and long-range projections.
Establish a rolling forecast and business review cadence that gives leadership timely visibility into performance, risks, opportunities, forecast accuracy, and required actions.
Develop executive, Board, investor, and lender reporting packages covering financial results, business drivers, outlook, risks, and strategic tradeoffs.
Define, standardize, and govern financial and operating metrics, including KPI definitions, reporting integrity, and source-of-truth ownership.
Partner with GTM, Product, Engineering, G&A, and People leaders on resource allocation, investment decisions, hiring plans, headcount governance, and operating discipline.
Deliver in-depth analysis of revenue drivers, expense optimization, and risks and opportunities.
Provide financial analysis and decision support for strategic initiatives, including product launches, pricing and packaging, international expansion, business model evolution, M&A, and major investments.
Build and scale FP&A processes, systems, dashboards, automation, and self-service reporting, using BI, AI, and workflow tools to improve speed, accuracy, and decision quality.
Champion an AI-first mindset within Corporate FP&A and share learnings across Finance.
Hire, manage, and develop a high-performing FP&A team, fostering rigorous analysis, business partnership, healthy challenge, and independent insight.
Contribute to global procurement strategy to optimize vendor management and drive cost efficiencies.