What is the role?

The Associate Director, Financial Planning and Analysis is a key role in the Finance team, reporting to our Director, FP&A.  The overall goal of the role is to work closely with the product teams and corporate leadership to create the analysis and reporting that drives decision-making at all levels.  You will work with the Director, FP&A and other stakeholders across Sidewalk Labs to develop our financial strategy and to bring a finance mindset to all of our company initiatives. In addition to owning monthly/quarterly Business Reviews and the P&L forecasting for the business units, the Associate Director will work closely with all the Sidewalk teams to track key business drivers, glean insights from that data and continuously seek to optimize the analysis and reporting back to the teams.

This is a highly visible role with the ability to impact key business decisions and financial outlook, and a great opportunity for someone who has strong quantitative skills, is well organized, and is able to manage multiple projects simultaneously. 

What You Will Achieve

After 3 months you will

• Have developed relationships throughout the FP&A, accounting, procurement and business operations teams to understand how each of the teams within the Finance Org relate to one another
• Have reached out to each of the key stakeholder groups outside of the Finance org and met with individuals within those groups to get an understanding of each team’s business model, an overview of its product development efforts and the main challenges/questions that they are thinking through.
• Have articulated a view on the how we currently manage the business partnering with the business units and how we might evolve it over the next 12 months 
• Have taken the lead on moving the consolidated and business unit models into Anaplan with each of the BUs able to access and iterate on their forecasts.  

After 6 months you will

• Support our product and incubation teams by setting up models or frameworks that help teams prioritize spend decisions and optimize for their goals
• Develop a financial reporting package for each business with monthly reporting accessible by the business, including financial metrics (leading, lagging indicators). 
• Work with the Director to hire an additional team member 

After 12 months you will

• Have worked with the Director to review the current data management processes and data visualization across the company, and proposed the next iteration of those processes and systems and its implementation
• Drive financial and operational accountability at the team levels through finance business partnering, iterating on the allocation of corporate overhead costs to the respective businesses, and incorporating corporate services resource requirements in 2022 plans
• Drive Finance team productivity by partnering with the Business Operations team to optimize its processes and systems

What We Expect

You are organized, analytical, self-directed and adaptable in a fast-paced environment and you have experience analyzing different types of businesses, financial and marketing data, and can successfully present conclusions and recommendations to all levels of management.

Responsibilities will include:

• Scenario analysis to support business unit decision-making 
• Leading monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting of financial results to the leadership teams.
• Directing the annual budgeting and Annual Strategic Review processes.
• Working closely with product operations and Procurement to understand costing trends, capital requirements, supply issues, cost reduction initiatives, budget/projection matters, etc.
• Developing complex financial models supporting initiatives such as acquisitions, divestitures, new product development, special projects, etc.
• Delivering insightful analysis to uncover risks and opportunities resulting in budget beating performance
• Developing and coaching direct reports

Requirements and Skills:

• 8+ years relevant work experience in financial analysis and reporting.
• Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance required, MBA/CPA preferred
• Ability to develop simple models that represent complex business issues 
• Lead the Finance organization processes for planning, developing, organizing, directing, managing, and evaluating personnel
• A track record of successfully taking on increasing responsibility and proactive business partnering
• Superior analytical skills, including a strong understanding of valuation metrics, cap table and investment waterfall mechanics
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills 
• Experience with early stage company mechanics and matrixed organizations
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, team environment