FP&A Manager

Location: Marina del Rey or Denver, CO

Telesign connects, protects and proactively defends companies, customers and the digital interactions between them. With powerful AI that delivers identity with speed, accuracy and global reach, we enable Continuous Trust. Empowering companies to transact, communicate and engage with their customers free of fear, Continuous Trust makes the promise of the digital economy possible.

The FP&A Manager is responsible for supporting the overall business planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes. The FP&A Manager will lead the validation, reporting, and analysis of operational data and company financials including revenue, cost, direct margin, and operational expenses. The FP&A Manager will work closely with department executives across Telesign and its international subsidiaries, with considerable exposure to the leadership team based at the company headquarters in Marina del Rey, CA. 

A strong candidate must be able to critically analyze data through modeling, draw insightful conclusions, and provide recommendations for critical operational and strategic decisions. The candidate will be a resourceful, fact-based, strategic thinker with excellent communication skills, and should have the ability to translate complex data and nuanced concepts both verbally and visually to upper management. Self-leadership, and the ability to respond quickly in a dynamic and high-growth environment are also essential to success in this position. Ideally, this person has a demonstrated track record of success in the SaaS and/or technology industries. Experience with a forecasting tool such as Adaptive Planning is a plus. Previous experience in Investment banking, Management Consulting, or Big 4 is preferred. This job is based in Colombia and reports to the Senior Manager of FP&A, based in California.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Prepare consolidated monthly forecasts, annual budgets, multi-year plans and analyze trends in revenue, direct margin, operating expenses and customer performance.
• Responsible for financial reporting, including analysis of deviations to budget, prior month and prior year. Present and discuss results with the Sr Manager of FP&A, Director of FP&A, and other department leaders.
• Build and manage relationships with various department leaders by conducting monthly departmental budget reviews to provide visibility into actual performance while providing guidance to help department leaders execute on key initiatives and strategies.
• Partner with departments or teams to influence long-term cost savings, efficiencies, process improvements, and P&L optimization.
• Assist with special finance projects and partner with cross-functional departments in preparing analyses, including financial modeling of new business ideas.
• Support Accounting during the monthly close cycle.

Essential Requirements: 

• 8-12 years of work experience in Finance, Business analytics, Investment Banking, Consulting.
• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in quantitative discipline; MBA is a plus.
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills and has experience managing global teams, driving results across multiple office locations and time zones.
• An independent, self-motivated individual who works well under pressure with a positive, “client-service” oriented attitude. Must possess the initiative to create presentations and analyses from scratch to answer questions posed, and be able to investigate the details and interpret the impact of key business drivers.
• Extremely detail-oriented and organized with prior experience having gathered, structured, monitored, and validated data to ensure data integrity and detailed documentation; has developed a habit of checking the accuracy of data and analysis several times over before submitting for review.
• Excellent communication skills across verbal, email, Word/memo, and PowerPoint channels. Possess ‘executive presence’ and should be comfortable communicating with upper-level management.
• Strong skills in financial modeling and setting up automated processes to increase the effectiveness of the team and minimize room for error. Must possess excellent critical thinking skills, and the ability to easily contextualize hypothetical business situations.
• Excellent multi-tasker who is always “on it” with stellar time and project management skills; understands the importance of planning in advance to meet deadlines that include multiple review points and iterations.
• Experience managing a team of junior employees, providing development and mentoring is a plus.
• Willingness to work flexible hours spanning PST-EST when required, with reasonable advance notice being provided by Manager.
• High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint. Prior experience working with a forecasting tool (e.g. Adaptive Planning), Netsuite, Salesforce is a plus. Prior experience in start-ups, technology, or telecommunications, and in an international environment also preferred.

About the Role:

We consider many different factors to determine your compensation package at Telesign. We assess your specific job family, level, relevant skills, experience, location and other special trainings, experiences, or accomplishments you bring to the position. Pay decisions are also guided by our financial means as well as analyzed against what others earn internally. We strive to pay competitively and offer market differentiated benefits and perquisites in line with our compensation philosophy. Telesign’s good faith estimate for this position is $101,700 - $198,100 + bonus + benefits. This range is a reflection of many similar like positions and your actual compensation may not be at the high or low end of the range but will be based on your unique skills and other criteria mentioned. Telesign is committed to offering each individual an elevated employee experience through growth and learning opportunities in addition to an inclusive work culture coupled with other perquisites such as flexible working environment, fitness reimbursements, Grubhub gift certificates, and a year-long MasterClass subscription, just to name a few. 

About Telesign

Telesign connects and protects online experiences with sophisticated customer identity and engagement solutions. Through APIs that deliver user verification, data insights, and communications we solve today’s unique customer challenges by bridging businesses to the complex world of global telecommunications.

Telesign is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe our differences help us create a better workplace, a better product, and a better community. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

Telesign also participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Telesign is an Affirmative Action Employer and as part of the commitment to AAP, it will seek to ensure affirmative action to provide equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment, and that all personnel activities, such as the recruitment selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, transfer, layoff and termination processes remain free of illegal discrimination and harassment based on protected characteristics.

NOTICE TO ALL POTENTIAL JOB CANDIDATES

We recently have become aware of individuals, unaffiliated with Telesign Corporation, who have been sending out fake employment offers using a name similar to ours, in an apparent attempt to defraud would-be job candidates. In a recent example, a scam email was sent from the @outlook.com domain. All emails sent on behalf of Telesign will come from email addresses ending in @telesign.com.

Please be advised that Telesign Corporation does not solicit candidates for employment via email - nor do we require or ask for fees or payments during any phase of the recruitment or hiring process. If any person solicits financial information, fees, or payments from you as part of the "recruitment process" or as part of a purported employment offer, you should assume that the communication is not from Telesign Corporation and is not sanctioned or approved by our Company.

If you have received one these offers or believe you have been the victim of fraudulent activity via the internet, we would appreciate you filing a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center at the link below:

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