Aurorasolar FP&A Manager at Aurora Solar responsible for driving business forward through actionable financial insights. Owns end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning platform management.
Responsibilities
We are looking for a motivated FP&A Manager who is passionate about driving the business forward through actionable insights. In this highly visible role, you’ll act as a strategic partner to our Leaders and cross-function stakeholders across the company.This role will drive operating efficiency for both the finance function and the company as a whole, play a critical role in executing the annual budgeting and recurring forecasting processes, perform ad-hoc analysis to uncover opportunities, and have ownership over our financial planning platform (Pigment).
Partner with and support strategic discussions with cross-functional stakeholders – help influence effective decision-making by providing valuable insights and building trust
Own end-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annual FP&A processes (e.g., budgeting/forecasting, Board reporting, BvA’s) for your areas of focus
Own the administration and continued evolution of Pigment, our financial planning platform – from data model design and system integrations to building new forecast models and streamlining the ones already in place
Collaborate with Finance peers to track performance metrics and KPIs to monitor business results and to drive stakeholder engagement and accountability
Simplify, streamline, and automate FP&A processes, as well as make full use of forecasting and financial system capabilities that will allow us to continue to scale rapidly and globally
Highlight strategic opportunities to improve the way we operate, increase revenue, or decrease costs
Strong financial modeling – experience building and maintaining driver-based models
Experience owning a financial planning tool
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across functions and levels throughout the company
Ability to translate model output into compelling narrative summaries for leadership and the Board of Directors
Ability to prioritize objectives in a fast-paced, high performing environment
Qualification
Direct experience as a Pigment admin
Required
Strong financial modeling experience building and maintaining driver-based models
Experience owning a financial planning tool
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across functions
Preferred
Direct experience as a Pigment admin
Experience with usage-based or consumption metrics and modeling
Experience with data systems and / or Python, SQL, JavaScript
Executive presence (ie comfort presenting directly to VP/C-suite stakeholders)