Corporate Finance Manager

Confluent Finance And Operations Role

We're not just building better tech. We're rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn't sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them. It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together. One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

This role plays a key leadership position on Confluent's corporate finance team. Reporting to the Director of Corporate FP&A, this role is critical in ensuring financial accuracy in forecasting, including P&L, headcount and free cash flow. In addition, this role will provide strategic insights to finance leaders to guide business decisions. The role will be involved in updating and building out a forecasting model based on complex datasets on a monthly basis, and synthesizing cash flow trends for quarterly executive and board meetings. This is a highly visible role that requires cross-functional coordination across Treasury, Accounting, and Operations.

Proactively manage forecasts by analyzing variances, surfacing insights, and communicating key risks, opportunities, and business drivers. Present regularly to key finance leaders at Confluent including CFO, SVP of Finance and VP of Corporate FP&A. Refine and maintain driver-based financial models to understand historical and projected spend and profitability. Build strong relationships cross-functionally to continuously drive forecast accuracy, improve processes and automation, and establish rigor in measuring the business. Deliver quantitative and qualitative analyses with high precision and efficiency.

BA / BS degree in Finance, Accounting or related field. 5+ years of experience of Finance at a SaaS company, Investment Banking, Private Equity or related field. Highly proficient in financial analysis and model building. Highly proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets / Slides. Demonstrated success in fast-paced work environments. Ability to think strategically about key drivers of profitability. Hands-on experience with Business Planning tools (e.g., Anaplan).

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