Demandbase Senior FP&A Manager at Demandbase partners with Engineering leadership to manage forecasting, headcount planning, and spend analysis. The role also supports corporate FP&A processes including budgeting and board reporting.
Responsibilities
Demandbase is seeking an experienced Senior FP&A Manager based in the US to join our dynamic finance team. This role is ideal for a strong financial partner with deep experience supporting engineering or technical organizations, and a background in corporate budgeting and SaaS performance drivers.
Reporting to the VP Finance, you will serve as the dedicated FP&A business partner to our Engineering organization, owning forecasting, headcount planning, and spend analysis for the function. You will also support Demandbase's corporate FP&A processes — including company-wide budgeting, long-range planning, rolling forecasts, and board-level reporting — as needed. You will work cross-functionally with finance and engineering leaders to deliver actionable insights that drive sustainable growth, efficiency, and sound decision-making.
This role is primarily focused on Engineering business partnering, with some support of Corporate FP&A processes as needed.
Business Partnering
Serve as a strategic finance partner to Engineering leadership, owning headcount planning, COGS and opex forecasting, and cost center management.
Partner with Engineering leadership on key spend drivers — such as capitalized software costs, infrastructure/cloud spend, or resourcing trade-offs — depending on the function supported.
Develop and drive product-level P&Ls, giving Engineering and Product leadership clear visibility into profitability, cost allocation, and margin drivers by product line.
Define and monitor key operating metrics, connect them to financial outcomes, and proactively surface trends, risks, and opportunities for leadership.
Own and diagnosing root-cause drivers behind margin performance and flagging risks to leadership.
Support the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, and long-range strategic plan across business units.
Partner with the VP of Finance to prepare materials for the Board of Directors, Investor Relations, and other financial stakeholders.