About the role...

We are looking for a Director of Corporate FP&A to lead the consolidation, analysis and communication of our key financial metrics to drive actionable analytics that move the organization forward. You will be the quarterback of the entire FP&A team ensuring the team is enabled to successfully deliver accurate and timely financial analysis with key insights effectively communicated to our Executive team. This position is a highly visible cross-functional role working closely with our functional FP&A, Accounting, Anaplan, Digitization, People and IT teams to streamline, automate and deliver accurate financial forecasts and analytics in support of HashiCorp’s short term/long term financial objectives. This role would be a great fit for those who excel working cross-functionally, thrive in breaking silos and seek to combine their financial acumen and project management skills in a dynamic and fast-growing environment. This role reports to the Senior Director of FP&A and will have three direct reports.

In this role you can expect to...

• Lead a team of three direct reports distributed across the US and India
• Be the subject matter expert and owner of our company-wide cash flow, payroll taxes, benefits and below the line forecasting/analysis
• Oversee the consolidation and accuracy of topline and spend forecasts from the broader FP&A org and derive actionable analytics based on YoY/QoQ/variance trends
• Influence our strategic investment framework through effective verbal and written communication of key financial trends to HashiCorp executive team including CEO/CFO/CRO and Board of Directors
• Be the FP&A representative in project managing and coordinating enhancements to our key financial systems such as Anaplan, Tableau, Snowflake, NetSuite, SFDC and Workday, partnering closely with our Anaplan, Digitization, IT, Accounting and People teams. Ensure systems improvements undergo successful UAT and deployment
• Proactively partner with Accounting/Tax/Treasury teams to:
• Understand material accruals / accounting guidelines impacting the FP&A forecast and effectively communicate impact to relevant stakeholders such as VP FP&A, FP&A business partners, etc. 
• Proactively influence and negotiate outcomes with Accounting leaders to drive improvements to our financial close timelines, required financial from Accounting to FP&A, additional requests for information, etc.
• Assess the impact of new/upcoming tax regulations on our key financial statements and metrics and proactively communicate impact to relevant stakeholders
• Monitor the impact of FX rate movements to our spend forecasts and partner with Treasury team to implement FX hedging program
• Partner closely with our People and Compensation teams to: 
• Analyze the financial impact of our proposed merit / bonus programs and influence desired outcomes through articulate and effective communication and negotiations
• Ensure seamless data flow of our Headcount analytics from Workday to Snowflake/Anaplan
• Partner with functional FP&A business partners to:
• Communicate financial goals and desired outcomes and hold FP&A business partners accountable to delivering them
• Analyze forecast accuracy and trends, and drive forecast improvements through systems and process automation 
• Centrally coordinate workstreams that enable FP&A business partners to be successful such as cost center changes, budget transfers, Anaplan access, relevant trainings etc. 
• Partner with Anaplan/Digitization team to:
• Continuously drive improvements to the breadth and depth of our financial analysis through systems automation 
• Apply a multi year perspective on our processes and systems to ensure they are resilient to changes to our business (e.g. moving from an entitlement to hybrid consumption/entitlements business model)

You may be a good fit for our team if you have...

• Bachelor degree in Finance, Data Analytics or a quantitative discipline.
• Minimum of 10+ years experience in SaaS/Tech FP&A, with deep understanding of Cloud, SaaS and flexible consumption business models
• Holistic and in depth technical understanding of SaaS financial metrics and our company’s short term/long term financial objective to drive accountability within FP&A and across the broader organization
• Ability to manage multiple analytical/technical workstreams with your direct team while proactively partnering with broader FP&A to ensure they are successful
• Experience and ability to grow and develop team members
• Proven execution leadership in breaking silos and working cross functionally with multiple stakeholders across several organizations to deliver successful outcomes. Prior experience successfully project managing a cross functional/company wide initiative is a plus.
• Success using your excellent communication skills to influence without authority, negotiate and compromise with key leaders across the company to drive results
• Highly proactive, organized, collaborative and methodical approach to ensure FP&A is delivering comprehensive, accurate and timely analysis
• A natural ability to build highly productive and mutually beneficial relationships across the broader organization
• A growth mindset, are open to giving and receiving feedback, curious, organized, and a strong strategic executor.

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The base pay range for this role in the SF Bay Area is:$214,200—$252,000 USDThe base pay range for this role in California, excluding the SF Bay Area, is:$196,400—$231,000 USD