Main areas of focus: Financial Planning, Data Analysis, Budget Forecasting
Location: Remote - U.S. only.
Eligibility: At this time, we are only considering candidates who are eligible to work in the United States without the need of company sponsorship now or in the future.
JOB HIGHLIGHT
You’ll help manage the annual financial budgeting, re-forecasting, and analysis processes and drive data insights to inform business targets and organizational strategy.
JOB SUMMARY
As the FP&A Manager, you’ll work with the Strategic Finance team on budgeting, forecasting, examining, and presenting the financial performance of the business in order to enable senior management to make data-driven and strategic choices. At an organizational level, you’ll conduct quantitative and qualitative investigation on our overall financial performance to evaluate progress towards our goals. At the department level, you’ll act as a partner to department leads by reviewing performance and P&Ls. Reporting to the Senior Director of Strategic Finance, you’ll be a key advisor in a constantly evolving business to identify opportunities and solve implementation roadblocks. With your exceptional quantitative and communication skills, investigative rigor, and strategic thinking you’ll provide insights to drive our business forward.
YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR…
● Helping to lead the annual budgeting and monthly re-forecasting process for operating expenses and operating revenue
● Acting as the main point of contact for department heads on operating expenses
● Performing regular financial analyses that evaluate charity: water’s financial activities, including managing the sensors reporting and leading the development of more robust ROI reporting
● Preparing monthly financial results against budget and forecasts, assist in preparing quarterly presentations for our Board of Directors and Finance Committee
● Translating financial results into a narrative that enables senior management to establish a major operational and financial strategy
● Assisting the Senior Director of Strategic Finance and the CFO in the production of ad hoc presentations for internal and external stakeholders
● Building and maintaining financial databases by organizing and compiling a wide range of data sources
● Creating and updating financial models that detail the organization’s operations and future performance
● Providing insightful evaluation and commentary on budget, forecast, and outlook variances
● Developing and enhancing reports and critical models that assist in forecasting towards yearly and long-term goals
YOU MUST HAVE…
● A Bachelor’s degree, preferably in business, finance, or related field
● 5+ years of proven investigative, systematic, and quantitative experience
● Exceptional Excel/Google Sheets and Powerpoint/Google Doc/Keynote skills
● Experience utilizing business intelligence, data analytics platform(s) and CRMs in concert with the GL
● A background in finance with an established knowledge of financial concepts
● A rigorously detail-oriented approach: always triple-checks work, and produces exceptional deliverables
● Proven ability to build relationships and work cross-departmentally and with multiple levels of management
● An ability to own and drive multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously
● An aptitude for working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
● Excellent quantitative skills, an ability to shift between granular and high-level analysis, a love for informing data-driven strategy and the skills to distill data into actionable insights
● The ability to clearly communicate the story behind the data to non-data driven audiences through well formulated presentations and strong public speaking skills
IT’S AN ADDED PLUS IF YOU HAVE…
● A Master’s degree, MBA preferred
● Strong financial modeling background
● Looker, Salesforce and NetSuite Experience
● Proficiency in Google Suite
YOU’LL BE SUCCESSFUL IF...
You’re passionate about accuracy
You double and triple-check your work because you know that accurate data is crucial to operate successfully. You pay strong attention to detail, have excellent grammar, spelling, and proofreading skills. You care about the numbers being right and take the time to make sure everything reconciles or is set up to be error-proof.
You’re a problem solver
You’re an inquisitive and critical thinker who will investigate the numbers to comprehend the story behind them. You know how to articulate and roll out solutions, recognizing there are many solutions to the same problem. You find new and effective ways to streamline and create processes to increase efficiency.
You’re so organized, it’s embarrassing
When something doesn’t have a place, you make one for it and teach others to keep it that way. You can handle and prioritize multiple projects of various origins at once. You can turn any meeting or email thread into actionable items for multiple people.
You get things done
You’re a multitasking machine. You follow through on every request, no matter how big or small. You keep your cool under pressure and know how to prioritize. And when you need help, you’re not afraid to ask.
You’re consistent and professional
You’ve proven you’re equipped to handle and maintain confidential information. You’re set on learning all the ins and outs of the org so that you can handle any question that comes your way.
You’re a team player
You thrive in a creative, inventive, fast-paced startup environment, with people who are passionate about their work. You’re excited to work cross-functionally with other departments and enjoy achieving a shared goal. People enjoy working with you because they know you’re reliable.
You’re a great communicator
You can turn data and numbers into effective and compelling messages. You are great at sharing insights; but what you love to do is apply real context to findings so that stakeholders understand what it means for them and also how it impacts our business
TEAM OVERVIEW
The Finance team, which includes Accounting, Strategic Finance, and Legal, works diligently to support our entire organization, keeping our books in pristine order, ensuring that our Operations and Water funds are being allocated responsibility and in line with our strategic goals. They guarantee our donor promise and core pillar that 100% of our public donations will be utilized for water projects.
HIRING TIMELINE
This role was posted on December 9th, 2025 and will remain open for approximately 72 hours.
SALARY RANGE
This is an exempt role with a range of $93,240 - $103,600 a year.