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Budgeting Marketing Outlook Excel Tableau (nice) Power Bi (nice)

What this posting asks for

Level: Manager — The title says "Director".

Main responsibilities

• Lead company-wide budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, aligning top-down financial targets with bottoms-up functional plans, strategic priorities…
• Own and continuously improve the corporate financial model, including revenue, gross margin, operating expense, headcount, cash flow, scenario planning, and …
• Establish a disciplined rolling forecast and business review cadence, providing leadership with timely visibility into performance, risks, opportunities, for…
• Develop executive, Board, investor, and lender reporting packages that clearly communicate financial results, business drivers, outlook, key risks, and strat…
• Define, standardize, and govern key financial and operating metrics, ensuring consistent KPI definitions, reporting integrity, and clear source-of-truth owne…
• Partner with leaders across GTM, Product, Engineering, G&A, and People to support resource allocation, investment decisions, hiring plans, headcount governan…
• Deliver deep-dive analysis on revenue drivers, expense optimization, and overall risk/opportunity management.
• Provide financial analysis and decision support for strategic initiatives, including new product launches, pricing and packaging, international expansion, bu…
• Build and scale FP&A processes, systems, dashboards, automation, and self-service reporting capabilities, leveraging BI, AI, and workflow tools to improve sp…
• Champion an AI‑first mindset within Corporate FP&A and share learnings across Finance.

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Ownership and accountability Core
  In the posting: “Lead company-wide budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, aligning top-down financial targets with bottoms-up functional plans, strategic priorities…” · “Define, standardize, and govern key financial and operating metrics, ensuring consistent KPI definitions, reporting integrity, and clear source-of-truth owne…” · “Hire, manage, and develop a high-performing FP&A team, fostering a culture of rigorous analysis, business partnership, healthy challenge, and independent ins…”
  Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
• Leadership and mentoring Core
  In the posting: “You will partner across the Finance organization and cross-functionally with executive leadership to deliver insight that shapes strategy, resource allocatio…” · “Establish a disciplined rolling forecast and business review cadence, providing leadership with timely visibility into performance, risks, opportunities, for…” · “12+ years of progressive finance experience, including 5+ years in an executive leadership role within a high-growth SaaS or technology company.”
  Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
• Customer focus Core
  In the posting: “Champion the Customer: We seek to deeply understand our customers’ needs, ensuring their success is our north star.” · “We’re a leader in analytics with over 29,000 customers and $277M invested from prominent investors: like Andreessen-Horowitz, Sequoia, YC, and, most recently…” · “At Mixpanel, we are focused on things that really matter—our people, our customers, our partners—out of a recognition that those relationships are the most v…”
  Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
• Planning and organisation Core
  In the posting: “You will partner across the Finance organization and cross-functionally with executive leadership to deliver insight that shapes strategy, resource allocatio…” · “Lead company-wide budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, aligning top-down financial targets with bottoms-up functional plans, strategic priorities…” · “Own and continuously improve the corporate financial model, including revenue, gross margin, operating expense, headcount, cash flow, scenario planning, and …”
  Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
• Data and analysis Core
  In the posting: “This role sits at the center of Mixpanel’s financial decision making: owning the corporate models, budgets and KPIs that inform the CEO, CFO, and Board of Di…” · “You will partner across the Finance organization and cross-functionally with executive leadership to deliver insight that shapes strategy, resource allocatio…” · “The Senior Director Corporate FP&A will be a strategic partner to the CFO and executive team driving scalable growth by connecting financial forecasting with…”
  Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
• Attention to detail and quality Core
  In the posting: “This role will also champion the use of AI, automation, and advanced analytics within Corporate FP&A to improve forecast accuracy, accelerate reporting cycle…” · “Establish a disciplined rolling forecast and business review cadence, providing leadership with timely visibility into performance, risks, opportunities, for…” · “Build and scale FP&A processes, systems, dashboards, automation, and self-service reporting capabilities, leveraging BI, AI, and workflow tools to improve sp…”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Stakeholder management Core
  In the posting: “You will partner across the Finance organization and cross-functionally with executive leadership to deliver insight that shapes strategy, resource allocatio…” · “The Senior Director Corporate FP&A will be a strategic partner to the CFO and executive team driving scalable growth by connecting financial forecasting with…” · “You will partner closely with the executive team, department heads, and key stakeholders to develop and implement short- and long-term financial models and s…”
  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: “Partner with leaders across GTM, Product, Engineering, G&A, and People to support resource allocation, investment decisions, hiring plans, headcount governan…” · “Advanced skills in Excel/Sheets and financial modelling;”
  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: “By combining powerful analytics with AI that knows your business, Mixpanel helps teams see what’s working, diagnose what’s not, and decide what to build next.” · “Powerful Simplicity: We find elegant solutions to complex problems, making sophisticated things accessible.”
  Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
• Communication Core
  In the posting: “Develop executive, Board, investor, and lender reporting packages that clearly communicate financial results, business drivers, outlook, key risks, and strat…” · “Clear, direct communication skills - comfortable turning complex financial analysis into a story a CFO can act on immediately.”
  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: “Partner with leaders across GTM, Product, Engineering, G&A, and People to support resource allocation, investment decisions, hiring plans, headcount governan…” · “One Team: We collaborate across boundaries to achieve far greater impact than any of us could accomplish alone.”
  Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
• Adaptability and learning Supporting
  In the posting: “experience with planning tools (e.g., Pigment, Anaplan, Adaptive) and BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker) is a plus.”
  Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.

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