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Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis - Senior Director

Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis - Senior Director

Kong Inc.Sacramento, CA, United States
5 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis - Senior Director

Base pay range

$235,000.00 / yr - $275,000.00 / yr

About The Role

We are looking for a Senior Director, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis who is a critical thinker and is ready to make an impact. This person must bring a high level of energy, a can‑do attitude and a sense of curiosity.

You will be responsible for maintaining and progressing the full corporate model, building the Company’s operating plan and yearly budget, engaging cross‑functional teams, and establishing and communicating with budget owners and finance business partners to oversee headcount and opex envelopes. You will interact with all executive levels and play a key role in shaping the finance structure as Kong expands into a public‑market leader.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Collaborate with cross‑functional leaders to obtain assumptions, identify key metrics, assess impacts, and run sensitivity / scenario analysis to provide decision support.
  • Report on, analyze, and provide proactive business insights into revenues and expenses.
  • Develop and maintain corporate forecast models to produce the annual operating plan and scenario planning, assessing overall company performance against targets.
  • Drive the quarterly / annual budgeting and planning process, as well as long‑range strategic planning.
  • Work closely with the accounting team to ensure a timely and accurate financial close, incorporating necessary inputs into the forward‑looking corporate model.
  • Aid in company‑wide target setting and active management of operating expense and headcount.
  • Build partnerships with functional managers to understand drivers, trends and opportunities, and share insights and recommendations.
  • Undertake ad hoc projects, financial reporting and analysis.
  • Partner with department owners to provide operational analysis and reporting and drive improvements to operating expense efficiency and forecasting.
  • Effectively track budgets, communicate budgets to owners and FP&A business partners, and recommend tradeoffs or savings to meet budget envelopes or KPI targets.
  • Provide monthly / quarterly budget vs. actual variance analysis at the corporate level and help drive an operating cadence for budget owners and internal stakeholders.
  • Apply advanced Google Slides skills to create visually impactful slides for executive and board‑level presentations.
  • Identify, suggest and pursue cost reduction opportunities.
  • Perform any additional tasks required by management.

Cross‑Functional Financial Management

  • Serve on Kong’s Operating Leadership Team, setting strategic objectives, tracking progression and driving execution.
  • Build consensus among cross‑functional teams and influence decision making at senior leadership level.
  • Build productive, positive relationships across the organization at all levels.

    • Strategic Planning

  • Build framework for analysis behind company‑wide strategic decisions.
  • Ensure resource planning and roadmaps align with operating plan and budget adherence.
  • Lead quarterly budget vs. actual and variance analysis, liaising with budget owners.
  • Derive usable models to inform positive business outcomes.
  • Create top‑down and bottom‑up short‑term and medium‑term budgets supporting lines of business.
  • Explore new markets and business models, evaluating trends and competitive assessment to recommend strategic growth and monetization.

    • What You’ll Bring

  • Strong analytical skills and intellectual curiosity.
  • High attention to detail while keeping the big picture in mind.
  • Affinity for leadership and decisive action.
  • Ability to multi‑task in a fast‑paced, high‑growth environment.
  • Results‑focused, team‑oriented with a strong work ethic.
  • 15+ years of finance or business operations experience, with 2+ years in a SAAS business.
  • Proficiency with corporate financial planning platforms (Pigment, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning) and workforce planning platforms (Workday).
  • Power user of Excel.
  • Background in corporate finance or investment banking.
  • Bachelor’s in finance, accounting, or quantitative field.
  • Good working knowledge of US GAAP.

    • About Kong

    Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API technologies, empowers companies worldwide to become “API‑first” and accelerate AI adoption. From startups to Fortune 500 enterprises, Kong helps organizations build secure, developer‑productive, and time‑to‑market‑accelerated solutions.

    Seniority level

  • Director

    • Employment type

  • Full‑time

    • Job function

  • Finance and Sales
  • Software Development

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