Director, FP&A

About Mixpanel

Mixpanel is an event analytics platform for builders who need answers from their data at their fingertips—no SQL required. When everyone in the organization can see and learn from the impact of their work on product, marketing, and company revenue metrics, they are poised to make better decisions.

Over 9,000 paid customers, including companies like Netflix, Pinterest, Sweetgreen, and Samsara, use Mixpanel to understand their customers and measure progress. Our commitment is to provide the most comprehensive and reliable analytics platform accessible and trusted by all.

About the Team

Strategic Finance enables Mixpanel’s ongoing financial success. Our financial success depends on the visibility this team creates by running and constantly improving tight financial reporting processes. It depends on using these processes coupled with analytical prowess and strong communication skills to deliver keen insights upon which strategic decisions will be made. It depends on identifying key trends to support these decisions with constantly improving financial models. Through this, Strategic Finance guides the company through financial hurdles, fuels growth opportunities, and ultimately drives long-term success.

About the Role

As the Director of FP&A/Strategic Finance you will act as financial partner to cross-functional leadership. Strategic Finance is responsible for our FP&A and Sales Finance & Compensation teams. In this role, you will have the opportunity to build and strengthen a high performing team, ensuring they are capable of supporting the company's strategic objectives around business growth and corporate goals. You and your highly performant team will guide the company through strategic planning and budgeting. Your well crafted plans—developed through a deep understanding of operating metrics, and their impact on forecasted outcomes—will help Mixpanel achieve our long term financial aims. 

Responsibilities

• Central owner for Forecasting and Budgeting: Implement enhanced forecasting and budgeting processes to provide accurate and timely financial projections.
• Provide accurate reporting that creates actionable Insights and analysis to support decision-making processes
• Drive continuous improvement through standard operating cadences
• Create regulatory compliance standards and guidelines, ensuring all FPA practices and reports comply
• Lead and develop strategies to increase financial transparency and efficiency through improved internal controls and clear financial disclosure
• Perform both strategic and tactical responsibilities – including acting as the strategic lead on high-impact projects
• Strong prioritization abilities to advise and support the finance team in time management, and decision-making (i.e., ensure data and information are analyzed, prepared, accurate) 
• Collaborate with all parts of the company to design and execute strategic initiatives
• Drive ongoing change management and execution of global strategic priorities 

We're Looking for Someone Who Has

• 8-10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A or Strategic Finance, with a significant portion in the SaaS industry.
• Demonstrated success in leading FP&A functions within high-growth environments.
• High Competence in managing high-performing teams, setting expectations, and holding stakeholders accountable
• Experience with both operational FP&A (budgeting, forecasting, reporting) and strategic FP&A (long-range planning, M&A support, investor relations).
• Familiarity with SaaS business models, revenue recognition (ASC 606), and subscription-based finance. Deep understanding of key SaaS metrics
• Advanced proficiency in financial modeling, including forecasting, scenario analysis, and valuation.
• Expertise in using financial planning and analysis software (e.g., Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, Planful).
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• Strong project management experience with demonstrated ability to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks and work within deadlines
• Track-record of collaborating with cross-functional partners to lead transformation and growth
• Highly motivated, innate intellectual curiosity, and a strong desire to drive impact

Bonus Points for

• MBA or relevant professional certification (e.g., CFA, CPA) is highly preferred. 
• Experience designing and implementing scalable financial processes and systems to support rapid growth.
• Experience supporting fundraising activities (e.g., due diligence, financial modeling, investor presentations) a plus
• Experience with financial due diligence, fundraising, supporting M&A, post merger
• Demonstrable passion for the data analytics industry
• Comfortable working with ambiguity

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Benefits and Perks

• Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
• Mental Wellness Benefit
• Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Volunteer Time Off
• Additional US Benefits: Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break

*please note that benefits and perks for contract positions will vary*

Culture Values

• Make Bold Bets: We choose courageous action over comfortable progress.
• Innovate with Insight: We tackle decisions with rigor and judgment - combining data, experience and collective wisdom to drive powerful outcomes.
• One Team: We collaborate across boundaries to achieve far greater impact than any of us could accomplish alone.
• Candor with Connection: We build meaningful relationships that enable honest feedback and direct conversations.
• Champion the Customer: We seek to deeply understand our customers’ needs, ensuring their success is our north star.
• Powerful Simplicity: We find elegant solutions to complex problems, making sophisticated things accessible.

Why choose Mixpanel?

We’re a leader in analytics with over 9,000 customers and $277M raised from prominent investors: like Andreessen-Horowitz, Sequoia, YC, and, most recently, Bain Capital. Mixpanel’s pioneering event-based data analytics platform offers a powerful yet simple solution for companies to understand user behaviors and easily track overarching company success metrics. Our accomplished teams continuously facilitate our expansion by tackling the ever-evolving challenges tied to scaling, reliability, design, and service. Choosing to work at Mixpanel means you’ll be helping the world’s most innovative companies learn from their data so they can make better decisions.

Mixpanel is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. 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 valuable assets we have. We actively encourage women, people with disabilities, veterans, underrepresented minorities, and LGBTQ+ people to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance or other similar laws that may be applicable, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We’ve immersed ourselves in our Culture and Values as our guiding principles for the impact we want to have and the future we are building.