Braze is looking for a Finance Manager to join our FP&A team. In this role, you will drive financial planning, forecasting, and analytical support company-wide. You'll partner with functional leaders to deliver accurate forecasts, identify trends, and provide the data-driven insights that inform our strategic decisions.
What You'll Do
- Lead the monthly and quarterly forecasting cycles for gross retention, headcount, and operating expenses.
- Partner with department leaders to develop and refine budget assumptions.
- Maintain and improve forecast models that support scenario planning and executive decision-making.
- Prepare variance analyses against budget, prior forecasts, and prior year results.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to functional leaders, translating operational results into financial implications.
- Support business case development for new initiatives, pricing changes, and headcount investments.
- Deliver proactive recommendations to drive growth, efficiency, and ROI across departments.
- Summarize complex data into clear, actionable insights for executive audiences.
- Model the financial impact of price increases, discounting, and renewal terms.
- Partner with the Director of GTM FP&A and Revenue Operations to align bookings forecasts, churn analytics, and financial models.
- Produce monthly financial and operational performance packages for senior leadership.
- Build dashboards and tools to improve visibility into key performance drivers like revenue, churn, and cost per customer.
- Partner with Accounting to ensure accurate close processes and consistent reporting.
- Leverage FP&A tools such as Vena, NetSuite, Power BI, Salesforce, and ChurnZero to automate reporting and forecasting.
- Identify opportunities to streamline data flow between Finance and other business systems.
- Support enhancements to company-wide financial processes as we scale.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- 6–8 years of experience in FP&A, Finance, or Business Analytics within a SaaS or subscription-based business.
- Strong analytical and modeling skills with expertise in Excel and data visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau.
- Proven ability to build financial models for churn, retention, and expense forecasting.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills; able to translate data into insights for executive audiences.
- High attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and strong business acumen.
- Self-starter who thrives in a dynamic environment and can balance strategic initiatives with day-to-day execution.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Vena, NetSuite, Salesforce, Gong, and ChurnZero preferred.
Technical Stack
- Excel, Power BI, Tableau, Vena, NetSuite, Salesforce, Gong, ChurnZero
Team & Environment
You'll be a key member of the FP&A team, reporting to the Sr. Director, FP&A & Revenue Operations.
Benefits & Compensation
- Company provided equipment (laptop, software, etc.)
- Employment with a growing, casual, fun, philanthropic minded company
- Employer paid extended health benefits, including health spending account (CAN based employees)
- Comprehensive, high-quality medical/prescription drug plan options, as well as dental and vision plan offerings
- An employer contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA) if you participate in a High Deductible Healthcare Plan
- Medical Flexible Spending Accounts available
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts available
- Basic life insurance in the amount of $50,000 or 1 X’s your salary (whichever is higher)
- Short and long-term disability and Accidental Death and Dismemberment benefits at no cost to you
- 401K Retirement Savings Plan with automatic enrollment at 5% and a generous company match
- Paid Time Off (PTO)/Holiday
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates in the United States.
Braze is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive working environment. We do not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
