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Manager, Strategic Finance
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

The Strategic Finance team is focused on solving some of Figma’s most pressing business issues. The team is responsible for owning the company’s budget, driving annual and quarterly planning processes, allocating and deploying the company’s resources efficiently, performing financial analyses, and partnering with teams across the company. The role requires someone who is highly analytical and strategic, a great communicator, approaches problems in a structured manner, and is comfortable with ambiguity. You’ll get substantial visibility, focus on the highest-priority business issues, and be plugged into every facet of the business.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs (SF/NY) or remotely in the United States.

What you’ll do at Figma:

• Lead annual operating plans, long-range planning, Headcount & Expense planning, and quarterly/monthly financial forecasts for consolidated G&A organizations

• Serve as the dedicated partner to our G&A leadership, planning and managing our investments in headcount, real estate, IT and benefits to ensure they are aligned with company strategy and durable growth goals

• Perform ongoing analysis of business performance vs. plan to highlight trends, identify risks and opportunities, and influence executive decision making

• Synthesize and summarize our P&L and cash flow narrative for executive audiences

• Stand up public-ready performance management structures across headcount and expense like monthly budget vs. actuals, re-forecasting, and a recruiting commit process

• Manage and mentor a high-performing team (2 P4s, 1 P3)—providing strategic direction, career development support, and hands-on collaboration to drive team impact

• Get a bird’s eye view of Figma’s entire business, shape investments in our next chapter of growth, and build foundational infrastructure for the next decade of strategic finance at Figma

• Bring a builder’s mindset to scaling the Corporate Finance function—identifying tools, metrics, and systems that drive automation and enable better decision-making at scale

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• 6+ years of total experience in investment banking, private equity, strategic finance, business operations, or a related analytical field, including 4+ years of strategic finance experience with systems, automation, or corporate finance

• 2+ years of experience managing and developing ICs, with demonstrated success building and leading high-performing teams

• Deep experience in financial planning, modeling, and creating data-driven analysis to partner with executive leadership

• Proven ability to distill complex issues into structured frameworks, build processes from scratch, and develop concrete action plans, with a process-oriented, automation-first mindset and initiative to learn and apply new technology and tools

• Strong track record of building relationships, communicating with stakeholders across all levels, and delivering compelling presentations/memos to executive audiences

While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• Background in a high-growth B2B SaaS environment

• Previous experience in corporate finance or a G&A business partnering role

• Proficiency with financial planning tools (e.g., Pigment, Anaplan, Hyperion, Adaptive) or HRIS/Procure-to-Pay systems

• Ability to independently retrieve and analyze data using SQL

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well as a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits with company contributions; parental leave and reproductive or family planning support; mental health and wellness benefits; and paid time off. Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and related regulations. Exempt employees are eligible for employer‑provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave. PTO is subject to manager approval. Additional benefits may include company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, and a number of lifestyle spending accounts. Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. All compensation and benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and may be modified by Figma at any time, consistent with applicable law.

Annual Base Salary Range:
$235,000 — $317,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status , or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com . These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:

• Holding interviews in an accessible location

• Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing

• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers

• Changing the mode or format of interviews

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figma's Candidate Privacy Notice .

Application limits: To help candidates focus on the opportunities most relevant to their skills and experience, Figma limits the number and frequency of applications. These limits apply to all roles:

• Candidates may submit up to 5 applications during any rolling 30-day period.

• Candidates may not reapply to the same role while an application is active or within 90 days of receiving a rejection.

Once the applicable days has passed, candidates are welcome to apply again.

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What this posting asks for

Level: Manager — The title says "Manager".

Main responsibilities

Lead annual operating plans, long-range planning, Headcount & Expense planning, and quarterly/monthly financial forecasts for consolidated G&A organizations
Serve as the dedicated partner to our G&A leadership, planning and managing our investments in headcount, real estate, IT and benefits to ensure they are ali…
plan to highlight trends, identify risks and opportunities, and influence executive decision making
Manage and mentor a high-performing team (2 P4s, 1 P3)—providing strategic direction, career development support, and hands-on collaboration to drive team im…

Competencies an interviewer will look for

Communication Core
In the posting: “The role requires someone who is highly analytical and strategic, a great communicator, approaches problems in a structured manner, and is comfortable with a…” · “Strong track record of building relationships, communicating with stakeholders across all levels, and delivering compelling presentations/memos to executive …” · “Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!” · “The team is responsible for owning the company’s budget, driving annual and quarterly planning processes, allocating and deploying the company’s resources ef…” · “Manage and mentor a high-performing team (2 P4s, 1 P3)—providing strategic direction, career development support, and hands-on collaboration to drive team im…”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
Leadership and mentoring Core
In the posting: “Serve as the dedicated partner to our G&A leadership, planning and managing our investments in headcount, real estate, IT and benefits to ensure they are ali…” · “Manage and mentor a high-performing team (2 P4s, 1 P3)—providing strategic direction, career development support, and hands-on collaboration to drive team im…” · “Deep experience in financial planning, modeling, and creating data-driven analysis to partner with executive leadership”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “The team is responsible for owning the company’s budget, driving annual and quarterly planning processes, allocating and deploying the company’s resources ef…” · “Lead annual operating plans, long-range planning, Headcount & Expense planning, and quarterly/monthly financial forecasts for consolidated G&A organizations” · “Serve as the dedicated partner to our G&A leadership, planning and managing our investments in headcount, real estate, IT and benefits to ensure they are ali…”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “The team is responsible for owning the company’s budget, driving annual and quarterly planning processes, allocating and deploying the company’s resources ef…” · “Perform ongoing analysis of business performance vs.” · “Bring a builder’s mindset to scaling the Corporate Finance function—identifying tools, metrics, and systems that drive automation and enable better decision-…”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
Adaptability and learning Core
In the posting: “The role requires someone who is highly analytical and strategic, a great communicator, approaches problems in a structured manner, and is comfortable with a…” · “Proficiency with financial planning tools (e.g., Pigment, Anaplan, Hyperion, Adaptive) or HRIS/Procure-to-Pay systems” · “We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills.”
Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “plan to highlight trends, identify risks and opportunities, and influence executive decision making” · “Synthesize and summarize our P&L and cash flow narrative for executive audiences” · “Deep experience in financial planning, modeling, and creating data-driven analysis to partner with executive leadership”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
Technical skill Core
In the posting: “Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI.” · “Ability to independently retrieve and analyze data using SQL”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
Problem solving Core
In the posting: “The Strategic Finance team is focused on solving some of Figma’s most pressing business issues.” · “Proven ability to distill complex issues into structured frameworks, build processes from scratch, and develop concrete action plans, with a process-oriented…”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
Ownership and accountability Supporting
In the posting: “Ability to independently retrieve and analyze data using SQL”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
Attention to detail and quality Supporting
In the posting: “Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements o…”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.

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