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 / team: 

We’re looking for a talented Senior Manager to join our growing team within the Revenue Finance & Strategy team. This team member will own a dynamic and diverse set of responsibilities. The Revenue Finance & strategy team acts as the analytical engine of the company to provide insights and support ‘optimal’ business decision making. It is critical that this individual is driven, self-motivated, a self-starter, can work independently with minimal supervision, and demonstrates both 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. From forecasting the quarterly and annual revenue expectation for the entire business to crafting the story behind the numbers to the Management team and Board of Directors as well as leading high visibility and impact initiatives to drive net revenue accretion, your responsibilities help the company set, achieve, and analyze performance against its goals. 

Responsibilities: 

• Build & update financial model to forecast revenue by product line that takes into account both historical and/or anticipated seasonality patterns as well as known risks and opportunities present in the business through partnership with product line finance managers and R&D leadership
• Be able to tell a concise, insightful, and compelling story to internal and external executive stakeholders. This individual will be responsible for not only projecting out financials based on deep familiarity with the underlying data and business drivers, but is able to take a step back and explain key drivers through verbal & visual story-telling
• Strategic thought leadership: This individual will be required to perform and/or review financial analysis, build a business case to evaluate different options for executives, and make a recommendation based on data that they are then able to present to and defend with an executive audience 
• Support in setting sales targets and management targets on a quarterly basis; identifying areas of opportunity or risk for discussion with leadership 
• Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis for the Executive, GTM, and Product organizations 
• Leading continuous improvement of systems, processes, and controls
• Development and ownership of reporting systems and data visualization for senior leadership to accurately track and monitor performance, KPIs, and business health
• Own Board of Directors-level reporting on qualitative and quantitative progress against key product initiatives, working directly with R&D leadership to understand and communicate product performance
• Work with the VP of Strategy to build the financial model for our long range planning cycle (3+ years)
• Be extremely proactive to identify and recommend actions that will improve Liftoff’s financial insights

Requirements: 

• 8+ years of experience in Financial Planning and Analysis, GTM Finance experience required
• Experience in ad-tech or adjacent field required
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility as a peer for a broad cross-functional group of leaders
• Highly proficient in Excel / Sheets with strong modeling skills and attention to detail 
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities 
• Understand complex data with the ability to present in a way that is easy to understand, including data visualization 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as attention to detail 
• Demonstrated high level of maturity and discretion 
• Bachelor's degree (preferably in Finance or related field) 
• Experience with Tableau, Salesforce, Looker, or other comparable data visualization tools
• Ability to effectively handle multiple projects across multiple stakeholders, plus balance short term / ad-hoc projects and long term projects 

Liftoff offers all employees a full compensation package that includes equity and health/vision/dental benefits associated with your country of residence. Base compensation will vary based on candidate location and experience. The following are our base salary ranges for multiple levels:

SF Bay Area, NYC, Los Angeles/Orange County: $155,000 - $190,000Seattle/Olympia, Austin, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Boston: $140,000 - $175,000All other cities and towns in our approved states: $130,000 - $165,000

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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.

Liftoff's Compensation Strategy

Liftoff's compensation strategy includes competitive market rate along with equity and benefits and perks that will give our employees what they need to do their best work. In order to ensure teams are compensated fairly for the work performed, we map out specific levels and take into consideration the cost of labor within each location. Liftoff provides employees a total compensation package of competitive market salaries, equity, health and wellness stipends, medical benefits associated with your country of residence. The base compensation will vary based on location, experience as well as level.

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.