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Finance Manager

Hark· Finance
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San Jose$200k - $300kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Finance Generalist role spanning FP&A and Strategic Finance to own planning processes and influence high-impact strategic decisions. Responsible for annual operating plans, forecasts, financial modeling, and partnering with functional leaders to drive business outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Lead business units’ annual operating plan, budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes.
  • Own monthly financial reporting, variance analysis, and performance reviews.
  • Analyze business performance, identify key drivers of results, and clearly communicate insights and recommendations to leadership.
  • Manage budget tracking, approvals, and spending governance to ensure alignment with company priorities.
  • Identify opportunities to automate workflows and improve the quality, consistency, and speed of financial reporting.
  • Lead financial analyses supporting strategic initiatives, investments, partnerships, and other key business decisions.
  • Build detailed ad hoc analyses including scenario modeling, sensitivity analyses, and contingency planning.
  • Develop financial recommendations by connecting operational performance, business trends, and external market dynamics.
  • Support strategic initiatives that improve financial performance, operational efficiency, and long-term company growth
  • Build and maintain sophisticated financial models used for planning, forecasting, strategic analysis, and fundraising.
  • Develop new financial models and planning frameworks from the ground up while continuously improving existing models and processes.
  • Translate complex datasets into clear, actionable insights that support executive decision-making.
  • Design scalable reporting tools, dashboards, and analytics that enable teams to monitor performance and manage against targets
  • Serve as the primary finance partner for business and functional leaders.
  • Work cross-functionally to improve financial reporting, forecasting, infrastructure and operational decision-making.
  • Prepare and present financial updates, business performance, forecasts, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
  • Clearly communicate complex financial concepts through concise presentations and executive-ready analyses.
  • Lead high-priority cross-functional projects as business needs evolve.
  • Take ownership of ambiguous, high-impact problems that require analytical thinking, sound judgment, and collaboration across the organization.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Private Equity, Management Consulting, or another highly analytical finance role
  • Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial reporting
  • Exceptional financial modeling skills with advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets
  • Demonstrated ability to build financial models, processes, and reporting frameworks from scratch
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work through ambiguous business problems
  • Ability to connect financial performance to operational drivers and business strategy
  • Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership
  • Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is comfortable owning projects from concept through execution

Skills

Required:Financial planning & analysisFinancial modelingData interpretation

Benefits

  • Not specified in the description
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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