Head of FP&A

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Job Summary

The Head of FP&A is a critical leader in shaping the company’s growth strategy globally through data-driven insights and strategic financial leadership. This role will build out a high-performing FP&A function that moves beyond traditional reporting to deliver dynamic, forward-looking analysis. Embedding recurring revenue metrics, external benchmarking, and agile planning will enable smarter decisions and position the organization for sustained long-term success.

Responsibilities

• Modernize FP&A Practices: Integrate advanced analytics, modern planning tools, and real-time data to transform FP&A into a proactive, strategic partner. Implement processes that enable continuous forecasting and agile decision-making.
• Enable SaaS Revenue Insights: Shift focus from one-time license sales to subscription-based models by embedding metrics such as ARR, churn, CAC, and LTV into planning and analysis. Develop customer-centric metrics and leverage external benchmarking to improve forecasting accuracy and support business planning.
• Lead Planning & Forecasting: Drive the annual operating plan and long-range planning process, incorporating scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and strategic investment recommendations. Ensure plans are granular, dynamic, and aligned with evolving business models.
• Deliver Actionable Insights & Reporting: Monitor KPIs, identify internal and external industry trends, and translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives for senior leadership. Provide insights that influence resource allocation, operational efficiency, and create business activities to improve revenue growth.
• Collaborate Across Functions: Partner closely with Sales Operations, Marketing, Product, Development, and Operations teams to validate assumptions, align financial strategies with business goals, and challenge inputs constructively to improve accuracy and impact.
• Build High-Performing Team: Recruit, mentor, and develop FP&A talent, fostering a culture of analytical rigor, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Champion best practices and innovation within the team.

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree and 15 years of professional work experience (or equivalent experience) is required. 5 years management experience is required.

Additional Qualifications

• Demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing finance teams in dynamic, growth-oriented environments.
• Expertise in SaaS and subscription-based metrics to support scenario planning and advanced financial modeling
• Proficiency with technology to support planning across platforms such as Anaplan and Snowflake,

• Strong leadership and communication skills to influence across the organization.
• Ability to drive transformation and thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Why MathWorks?

It's the chance to collaborate with bright, passionate people. It's the opportunity to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and learning in engineering and science. And it’s a commitment to doing the right thing—for each individual, our customers, and the local community. We cultivate an enjoyable, participatory, and rational environment that champions individual growth, encourages initiative, values collaboration, shares success, and rewards excellence.

MathWorks develops MATLAB and Simulink, the leading technical computing software used by engineers and scientists. The company employs more than 6,500 people in 16 countries, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. MathWorks is privately held and has been profitable every year since its founding in 1984.

YOU + MathWorks = Unlimited Possibilities

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