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Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications. Our growing community of over 6500 organizations in regulated industries counts on Smarsh every day to help them spot compliance, legal or reputational risks in 80+ communication channels before those risks become regulatory fines or headlines. Relentless innovation has fueled our journey to consistent leadership recognition from analysts like Gartner and Forrester, and our sustained, aggressive growth has landed Smarsh in the annual Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing American companies since 2008.
Summary/Objective
As the Director, Finance Business Partner, you will serve as the primary contact for financial performance for assigned business functions. You will develop, organizationally align, distribute, and lead discussions on critical metrics to drive visibility and accountability throughout the organization. You will be an inspirational leader who conveys energy and credibility. This position directly reports to the VP of FP&A.
How will you contribute?
Work closely with the functional management team to ensure proper financial and business controls are in place
Streamline systems and data to identify, measure effectively, and track key performance indicators (KPIs)
Ensures alignment between revenue projections and associated spend for business function
Manage headcount and staffing plans to ensure both functional objectives are met and within budget
Support vendor negotiations and cost management for software, hosting, and hardware
Manage monthly forecasts and annual budget through an inclusive process with the functional management team
Oversees variance commentary and analysis of the business function against complete P&L and leading indicators
Works with other Finance Business Partners, Corporate FP&A, and Accounting to disseminate and receive relevant information throughout the organization
Support cost optimization projects through profitability analysis and efficiency recommendations
Able to present complex information and findings to large teams
Moderate understanding of GAAP and impact on financial forecasts
Other duties as assigned
What will you bring?
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business. MBA, CPA, or Masters preferred
10+ years of financial analysis experience; preferably in SAAS or Professional Services
Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning, Salesforce, or NetSuite preferred
Can apply advanced knowledge and experience to developing new methods, programs, and procedures, and includes a comprehensive understanding of the practical issues of at least one central functional area where the knowledge is applied.
Skilled in end-to-end people management.
Can drive the application of principles, theories, and concepts and determines the best course of action.
Able to resolve complex problems of line of business-wide operations.
Skilled in establishing functional procedures and policy.
Can identify efficiency improvement activities and work to implement streamlining/efficiency changes.
Can make tactical decisions that will impact the line of business.
What do we offer?
Healthcare insurance - We provide medical, dental, and vision insurance, and a flexible spending account that allows you to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible out-of-pocket expenses.
Personal time off - A healthy work-life balance is critical to your success at the office. Smarsh offers a “take-what-you-need” time off policy as well as flexible work arrangements
401K Match - Smarsh provides a 4% 401K match for which employees are fully vested on day one.
Sabbatical - The Smarsh sabbatical program provides a time to recharge, to study or simply a time to do something you are passionate about away from the workplace. Employees are eligible after six years of service.
Recognition - We’re big on kudos for a job well done. Our employee-recognition program enables co-workers to nominate their peers who best embody our core values for recognition.
$185,000 - $230,000 a year
The above salary range represents Smarsh's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting. Any applicable bonus programs will be discussed during the recruiting process.
The salary for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, location, specialty, and training.
Local cost of living assessments are done for each new hire at the time of offer.
Smarsh is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Smarsh invites all qualified and interested applicants to apply for career opportunities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. including the frequency of functions.
About Our Culture
Smarsh hires lifelong learners with a passion for innovating with purpose, humility and humor. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. We work closely with the most popular communications platforms and the world’s leading cloud infrastructure platforms. We use the latest in AI/ML technology to help our customers break new ground at scale. We are a global organization that values diversity, and we believe that providing opportunities for everyone to be their authentic self is key to our success. Smarsh leadership, culture, and commitment to developing our people have all garnered Comparably.com Best Places to Work Awards. Come join us and find out what the best work of your career looks like.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Finance and Sales
Industries
Software Development
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