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Sr. Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
ScienceLogic
United States
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Employer job description
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About ScienceLogic…
ScienceLogic is redefining IT operations for the modern enterprise. Our AIOps platform empowers organizations to achieve Autonomic IT — where systems are self-healing, self-optimizing, and seamlessly aligned with business outcomes. We help enterprises and service providers gain unified visibility across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, automate workflows, and unlock performance at scale.
We’re accelerating digital transformation through the power of automation, AI, and analytics — giving IT and business leaders the tools to deliver superior customer experiences, drive efficiency, and innovate with confidence.
What we're looking for...
ScienceLogic is seeking a high-impact Senior Director, Finance & FP&A to serve as a strategic finance leader and trusted advisor to executive leadership. This role combines responsibilities traditionally spanning corporate FP&A, strategic finance, board and investor reporting, budgeting and forecasting, financial operations, and cross-functional business partnership.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on finance executive capable of operating at both the strategic and operational levels. This individual will lead global company-wide planning processes, support executive decision-making, oversee financial reporting and analysis, improve finance systems and processes, and drive initiatives that enhance growth, profitability, scalability, and operational performance.
This role will partner closely with the CFO, CEO, ELT, Sales, Product, Customer Success, Operations, and Accounting teams to deliver actionable insights and ensure financial accountability across the organization.
What you'll be doing...
Strategic Finance & Executive Partnership
Act as a strategic advisor to the CFO and executive leadership team on financial performance, business strategy, investments, and profitability improvement initiatives.
Lead financial modeling and scenario planning to support global growth initiatives, pricing decisions, organizational changes, and investment opportunities.
Develop executive-level insights and recommendations that drive informed decision-making.
Evaluate business performance against strategic objectives and identify opportunities to improve operational and financial outcomes.
FP&A Leadership
Own the annual operating plan, long-range planning process, and rolling forecasts.
Lead monthly and quarterly business reviews, including variance analysis and performance reporting.
Partner with business leaders to establish financial targets and accountability measures.
Maintain and enhance financial models supporting revenue, ARR, bookings, headcount, operating expenses, cash flow, and profitability.
Board & Investor Reporting
Lead preparation of board materials, investor presentations, lender reporting, and executive financial communications.
Develop clear, concise narratives explaining financial performance, key trends, risks, and opportunities.
Support fundraising, refinancing, M&A, and strategic transactions as needed.
Financial Reporting & Governance
Partner with Accounting to ensure consistency between operational reporting and financial results.
Establish KPIs and management reporting frameworks that provide visibility into business performance.
Support financial controls, governance processes, and data integrity initiatives.
Collaborate with Financial Reporting and Accounting teams on month-end and quarter-end analytics.
SaaS Metrics & Revenue Analytics
Own measurement and reporting of key SaaS performance indicators, including:
- ARR
- Bookings
- Revenue growth
- Net revenue retention
- Gross retention
- Customer expansion
- CAC and payback metrics
- EBITDA and operating leverage
- Translate operational and customer metrics into actionable financial insights.
- Systems & Process Transformation
- Drive automation initiatives leveraging AI, analytics, and modern finance technologies.
- Improve forecasting accuracy, planning efficiency, and management reporting capabilities.
- Champion finance transformation initiatives that create scalability as the company grows.
- Team Leadership
- Lead and develop a small team of finance professionals.
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and business partnership.
- Provide coaching, mentorship, and career development support.
- Qualities you possess...
- Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including FP&A and strategic finance leadership.
- Experience supporting executive leadership, boards of directors, and senior stakeholders.
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex financial topics to non-financial audiences.
- Experience in software, SaaS, technology, or recurring revenue business models.
- Advanced Excel and financial systems expertise.
- Preferred
- MBA and/or CPA.
- Experience in private equity-backed organizations.
- Experience supporting M&A, fundraising, debt financing, or strategic transactions.
- Expertise with planning platforms such as Workday Adaptive, Netsuite, Salesforce, etc.
- Experience implementing finance automation, AI-enabled workflows, and data visualization platforms.
Benefits & Perks
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans.
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Flexible Paid Time Off (FTO) so that you can take the time that you need to re-energize.
- Volunteer Time Off (VTO) - take two days off per calendar year to volunteer with your preferred charitable organization.
- 5-year Service Milestone Sabbatical.
- Paid parental leave.
- Generous employee referral bonus program.
- Pet insurance.
- HQ Office centrally located in Reston Town Center featuring a well-stocked kitchen with rotating snacks and beverages, and catered lunch on Thursdays.
- Regular virtual company-wide events, including cooking classes, yoga, meditation and more.
- The opportunity to learn and develop from some of the best and brightest minds in the industry!
- Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At ScienceLogic, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which you are applying.
About ScienceLogic
ScienceLogic is a leader in IT Operations Management, providing modern IT operations with actionable insights to resolve and predict problems faster in a digital, ephemeral world. Its solution sees everything across cloud and distributed architectures, contextualizes data through relationship mapping, and acts on this insight through integration and automation. www.sciencelogic.com
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