Director of FP&A
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Job Location:
Redwood City, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
8 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Solace is a healthcare advocacy marketplace that connects patients and families to experts who help them understand and take charge of their personal health
About the Role
As a Director FP&A at Solace you will own the planning and performance engine of the business. You will take over the model and own forecasting budgeting and put together a set of decisions the company can actually execute. Youll build and run Solaces financial planning cadence across revenue headcount and spend; develop the narratives that align leadership; and make sure we know where were going what it costs to get there and what needs to change when reality does what reality always does.
Youre a self-starter who likes being in the center of the action. You will partner with leaders across Solace building the muscle of planning and holding the line on rigor without slowing the company down.
This is a role that will start as an individual contributor and eventually manage a team. This is for the ambitious the curious and those who dont shy away from feedback. This is a unique opportunity as an FP&A leader reporting directly to our CFO.
This job is a hybrid role with the in-office portion in Redwood City CA 3 days a week.
About Solace
Healthcare in the U.S. is fundamentally broken. The system is so complex that 88% of U.S. adults do not have the health literacy necessary to navigate it without help. Solace cuts through the red tape of healthcare by pairing patients with expert advocates and giving them the tools to make better decisionsand get better outcomes.
Were a Series B startup founded in 2022 and backed by Inspired Capital Craft Ventures Torch Capital Menlo Ventures and Signalfire. Our U.S. team is lean mission-driven and growing quickly.
Solace isnt a place to coast. Were here to redefine healthcareand that demands urgency precision and heart. If youre looking to stretch yourself sharpen your edge and do the best work of your life alongside a team that cares deeply youre in the right place. Were intense and we like it that way.
Read more in our Wall Street Journal funding announcement here.
What Youll Do
Youll own FP&A end-to-end.
Financial Modeling & Forecasting: Own and evolve Solaces forecasting model across revenue gross margin retention CAC payback burn/runway and unit economics.
Annual & Long-Term Planning: Lead the annual planning cycle across headcount revenue targets budgets and multi-scenario planning. Partner with leadership to set targets that are ambitious and will be hit.
Monthly Performance Management: Run monthly variance reviews identify what moved and why and translate performance into decisions: where to invest where to pause and what needs to change.
Board & Investor Reporting: Lead board materials and presentations distilling the story into clear insights crisp metrics and concrete actions.
Cross-Functional Business Partnership: Serve as the finance partner to functional leads. Youll be the person who can translate we want to do X into heres what it costs heres the tradeoff heres the plan.
Accounting Partnership: Work closely with our internal accountants and our outsourced accounting firm to support an efficient close clean management reporting and investor-ready outputs. Ensure planning and actuals reconcile cleanly.
Automation & Systems: Improve the tooling and automation behind reporting and forecasting. Reduce manual work. Increase signal. Make finance faster.
Be autonomous. Youll take full ownership of your work and you take responsibility for every last detail every step of the way.
Rapidly produce and launch concepts while laughing in the face of potential failure.
Provide up-to-date visibility into current priorities and ensure the right stakeholders are involved at the right time. Youll document decisions and action items and follow up with owners on commitments.
What You Bring to the Table
A bias toward action and execution. You have an exceptional craving for momentum and you thrive on timelines that would be unrealistic for most others.
Comfort with ambiguity and a refined palate for controlled chaos.
A builders mentality: You build the systems and cadence that make FP&A real.
Strong business judgment. You can separate signal from noise and youre comfortable making recommendations when the data is imperfect.
Great communication skills that help you work across departments to make visions come to life and to say no (or not yet) with clarity and credibility.
No job too big or too small.
6 years of relevant experience in FP&A Strategic Finance Investment Banking Private Equity or a high-performance operating environment. Ideally with experience partnering closely with senior leaders and building planning processes in a fast-growing company.
Applicants must be based in the United States.
Up for the Challenge
We look forward to meeting you.
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Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Crisis Management
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Fundraising
- Media Relations
- Constant Contact
- Strategic Planning
- Social Media Management
- Team Management
- Public Speaking
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
