Strategic Finance Manager, Marketing

Vanta

99d

About The Position

At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. The Strategic Finance team drives leverage and investing in opportunities for growth. Our team is tasked with building targets, setting budgets, and helping leaders execute against plans. This encompasses a wide breadth of business partnership and reporting for the Executive Team and Board of Directors. This dynamic team is responsible for in-depth data analysis and strategic awareness that drive decisions and the overall direction of the company. As a Strategic Finance Manager, Marketing at Vanta, you will be a financial liaison between the Strategic Finance team and marketing functions at the company. You will be instrumental in providing strategic guidance, completing various projects related to investments Vanta makes across marketing activities, and budgeting/forecasting for the organization. This role will report into the Senior Manager of Strategic Finance, GTM and provides the opportunity to blend financial know-how, thought leadership, and business partnership. By doing so, you’ll not only strengthen our day-to-day execution but also unlock new strategic capacity for the Finance team and Vanta as a whole. This role is ideal for someone who combines financial expertise with a builder’s mindset and thrives in creating scalable systems that enable growth. You will use sound business judgement and critical thinking to unlock growth within the business. Top performers challenge accepted norms and back up their beliefs with data driven decision making.

Requirements

• 5+ years of related experience, ideally in corporate finance, financial planning, and analysis (FP&A), investment banking, or investment management.
• FP&A or strategic finance experience supporting SaaS businesses and/or the tech industry is critical.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs/Sheets/Slides.
• Bonus for experience in SQL and NetSuite.
• Strong capability to tackle projects, extract key insights, and translate them into actionable strategies that drive business impact.
• Proven ability to work effectively and establish relationships with business partners.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of conveying financial insights in a comprehensible and engaging manner.
• Time and project management skills, the curiosity and drive to dig a level deeper.
• Passion for systematizing processes, reducing bottlenecks, and creating scalable solutions.

Nice To Haves

• A Master’s degree or higher is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Demand & Growth, Corporate Marketing teams, Accounting, and other GTM business leaders to enable key stakeholders on insights produced and provide recommendations to improve business outcomes.
• Lead financial efforts and provide insights on various projects such as return on investment for marketing spend, KPI reporting and optimization, and external benchmarking.
• Thrive in the end-to-end process of nimbly providing real-time insights that can translate into frameworks for long-term success.
• Identify topics that merit further investigation and utilize data and frameworks to provide new perspectives.
• Oversee marketing headcount management and movement tracking to forecast and manage departmental costs.
• Serve as the Finance approver on marketing spend deployment. Identify major swings in spend, track against budget, and adjust forecasts in real time.
• Prepare recommendations on incremental investment opportunities by weighing financial and strategic trade-offs.
• Share responsibilities with existing finance leadership, expanding the team’s reach into strategic and analytical support across the business.

Benefits

• Industry-competitive compensation
• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage
• 16 weeks fully-paid parental Leave for all new parents
• Health & wellness and remote workplace stipends
• Family planning benefits through Carrot Fertility
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work hours and location
• Open PTO policy
• 11 paid holidays in the US
• Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, and Sydney

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees