Director, Technology FP&A

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Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 126 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.

Reddit is seeking a solid, analytical, strategic, creative, knowledgeable, and visionary finance leader to join our Finance team as a Director, Technology FP&A. In this role, you will provide strategic and value-added financial leadership in partnership with our Engineering organization. You will partner with the Engineering teams to drive alignment and resourcing planning decisions, helping to align the needs of the business to the financial plan for the company. This person will be a thought partner, owning and driving the agenda in their area of responsibility, by driving financially responsible opportunities, and improving accuracy of reporting/insights. Additionally, you will be involved in continuing to stand up a financial process for evaluating and tracking Global Technology decisions, including working cross-functionally with other organizations within Reddit to ensure decisions are well-thought through (tax, legal, accounting, audit, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Support Reddit’s Engineering Organization: partner with Engineering leadership to provide financial modeling assistance for key business decisions including prioritizing resources and investments to get the best ROI. Develop understanding of engineering-related issues and priorities; reconcile those matters with long term forecasts.
• Strong Thought Leadership: bring insights from industry knowledge and business acumen to influence business leadership and drive results; improve existing processes and work across teams to achieve results.
• Deliver engineering P&Ls: own financial forecasts, annual operating plan, budget tracking, and long range plan by partnering with stakeholders. Establish and communicate financial targets on a quarterly and annual basis; identify and report risk and opportunity levels; provide actionable insights (e.g., productivity analysis, ROI, contractor spend optimization, capex management).
• Cloud Reporting: track and report KPIs against strategic Cloud Hosting agreements; optimize costs by working with engineers to balance workloads across a dual cloud environment (AWS/GCP). Run strategic projects with program management and engineering leaders to drive efficiencies and accountability for promised returns.
• Communications and Presentations: oversee production of complex financial models that incorporate assumptions, expectations, and known risks; prepare presentations and supporting materials for recommendations.
• Talent and Leadership: develop and implement strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recruit, select, and develop talent.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Engineering, Finance, Economics or similar quantitative discipline (MBA, CPA highly preferred but not required).
• 13+ years in FP&A experience with 2+ years supporting cloud infrastructure and cloud cost analysis, and 5+ years of people management (will actively manage a small but highly productive team).
• Must have experience working with AWS or GCP cloud products.
• Experience working in investment banking or consulting required.
• Experience working with Engineering a plus.
• Strong understanding of financial statements including balance sheet, P&L and drivers for margin.
• Experience owning and leading planning and forecasting, large data sets and sophisticated models; proven proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strategic thinker with leadership, vision, and insight; hands-on manager with a strong finance background.
• Strong work ethic; high sense of urgency; ability to learn and deliver results on tight timelines.
• Experience partnering with stakeholders across the organization and driving projects forward; ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Annual personal & professional development funds
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Workspace benefits for your home office
• 401(k) matching
• Family planning support
• Flexible vacation & monthly global wellness days
• 4+ months paid parental leave
• Paid volunteer time off

Pay Transparency

• Base salary range for this position: $245,800 - $344,100 USD
• Eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units; depending on position, may also be eligible for commission.
• U.S.-based employees are offered medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with employer match, generous time off, and parental leave.

Other Details

• In select roles and locations, interviews may be recorded, transcribed and summarized by AI; candidates may opt out prior to scheduled interviews.

• During interviews, Reddit will collect identifiers, professional and employment-related information, sensory information (audio/video), and any other information candidates choose to share; recordings will be deleted promptly after hiring decisions. For more details, see Reddit's Candidate Privacy Policy.

• Reddit is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans during the interview process.