Liftoff is the leading growth acceleration platform for the mobile industry, helping advertisers, publishers, game developers and DSPs scale revenue growth with solutions to market and monetize mobile apps.

Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Influence, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.

ABOUT THIS ROLE: We’re looking for a talented leader to join our FP&A team as our Manager, FP&A Business Partner. This team member will own a dynamic and diverse set of responsibilities. The Business Partner team interacts with all the senior leaders at the company through a variety of responsibilities including managing budgeting cycles, designing operational analytics, analyzing AWS/Cloud spend, enhancing our Financial system and other ad hoc analysis. It is critical that this individual is self-motivated, a self-starter, can work independently with minimal supervision, and demonstrates good judgment and discretion. This role requires strong business acumen, so this individual will need to have an interest in understanding the “why” behind financials and the core underlying business.

RESPONSIBILITIES:● Budgeting & Forecasting: Maintain a rolling forecast of all our operating expenses across Liftoff● Business Partnering: Partnering with business leadership to establish budgets & operate within them● Financial Reporting: Deliver consolidated reporting on costs, including detailed bridges explaining our results vs budgets & prior periods● Cloud (AWS) Spend: Analyze Liftoff’s Cloud spend, understand key trends, and develop savings opportunities with R&D leadership● Financial System: Help maintain and enhance our financial systems, ensuring they drive quick insights into business performance and reduce overhead● Ad Hoc: Help build reporting around a variety of other business activities, including recruiting, HR analytics & many more!

REQUIREMENTS: 

● 5+ years of experience in FP&A roles, cost and headcount planning experience is a bonus● Deep knowledge of financial systems, how they work, and how to get the most out of them; Anaplan or Pigment experience is a bonus!● Highly proficient in Excel / Sheets with strong modeling skills and attention to detail● Strong executive presence and ability to speak with senior leaders one-on-one● Understand complex data with the ability to present in a way that is easy to understand, including data visualization● Exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities● Comfortable in cross-team project management● Excellent written and verbal communication skills● Ability to effectively handle multiple projects across multiple stakeholders, plus balance short term / ad-hoc projects and long term projects● Experience in growth tech industries, ideally with a background in Capitalized Software policies, is preferred● Bachelor's degree (preferably in Finance or related field)LOCATION:The preferred location for this position is in either the Bay area or Los Angeles, but will consider remote candidates as long as the individual can work Pacific time zone hours.

Liftoff is committed to providing and maintaining a work environment where all employees and candidates are treated with dignity and respect and that is free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. Liftoff is further committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all employees and candidates for employment free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, gender (including sexual harassment, gender harassment, and harassment due to pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender nonconformity, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, ancestry (including association, affiliation, or participation with persons or activities related to national origin, English-proficiency or accent, or immigration status), physical or mental disability, medical condition(s), genetic information of an individual or family member of the individual, marital or domestic partner status, age, veteran or military status, family care status, requesting or taking pregnancy, parental or disability leave, requesting an accommodation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance. All such discrimination and harassment is unlawful and will not be tolerated. Liftoff maintains a continued commitment to equal employment opportunity and expects the full cooperation of all personnel.

Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:

Liftoff does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or Recruiting Team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Liftoff vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Recruiting Team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Liftoff Recruiting Team and such a candidate was submitted to the Liftoff Recruiting Team via our Applicant Tracking System.