Senior Manager, Strategic Finance

About Mixpanel

Mixpanel turns data clarity into innovation. Trusted by more than 29000 companies including Workday Pinterest LG and Rakuten Viber Mixpanels AI-first digital analytics help teams accelerate adoption improve retention and ship with confidence. Powering this is an industry-leading platform that combines product and web analytics session replay experimentation feature flags and metric trees. Mixpanel delivers insights that customers trust. Visit to learn more.

About the Strategic Finance Team

The Strategic Finance team enables Mixpanels ongoing financial success and operates as a strategic partner to business unitsproviding analysis frameworks and recommendations that shape how we allocate capital and make decisions. This means creating visibility into our financial outcomes by running and improving tight financial reporting processes with all members of executive leadership. It means using these processes coupled with analytical prowess and strong communication skills to deliver keen insights upon which strategic decisions will be made. It means identifying key trends to support these decisions with constantly improving financial models. Through this the Strategic Finance team guides the company through financial hurdles fuels growth opportunities and ultimately drives long-term success.

About the Role

As a Senior Manager of Strategic Finance you will act as a financial partner to cross-functional leadership. This role has significant executive exposure. Youll partner directly with C-level leadership own strategic analyses end-to-end and translate complex financial data into actionable recommendations. We value candidates with strong analytical foundationswhether from advisory roles operating environments or a combination of both.

Responsibilities

• Perform both strategic and tactical responsibilitiesincluding acting as the strategic lead on high-impact projects.
• Play a foundational role in building the Strategic Finance function with a clear trajectory toward managing and mentoring direct reports as the team scales.
• Build financial models and frameworks that inform capital allocation investment decisions and resource prioritization.
• Provide accurate reporting that creates actionable insights and analysis to support decision-making processes.
• Collaborate with all parts of the company to design and execute strategic initiatives.
• Own and facilitate Monthly Business Reviews synthesizing performance data into strategic recommendations.
• Present analysis and recommendations to executive leadership with clear frameworks and supporting rationale.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Product Engineering Sales Marketing) to provide financial perspective on strategic decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement through standard operating cadences.

Were Looking For Someone Who Has

• 810 years of progressive experience across strategic finance FP&A consulting investment banking private equity or related analytical roles.
• Demonstrated ability to build financial models business cases and strategic recommendations for senior decision-makers.
• Experience interfacing with C-level executives and presenting strategic recommendations.
• Advanced proficiency in financial modeling including forecasting scenario analysis and valuation.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to structure ambiguous problems and drive to actionable conclusions.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• 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.
• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics or a related field.

Bonus Points For

• MBA or relevant professional certification (e.g. CFA CPA).
• Familiarity with SaaS business models revenue recognition (ASC 606) and subscription-based finance.
• Experience with operational FP&A (budgeting forecasting reporting) and strategic FP&A (long-range planning M&A support).
• 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 drivepowerful 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

Were a leader in analytics with over 9000 customers and $277M raised from prominent investors: like Andreessen-Horowitz Sequoia YC and most recently Bain Capital. Mixpanels 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 youll be helping the worlds 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 matterour people our customers our partnersout 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. Weve immersed ourselves in our Culture and Values as our guiding principles for the impact we want to have and the future we are building.