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Strategic Finance

Figma
San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States 3 days ago
AI overview

This role involves driving financial planning, forecasting, and resource allocation for Figma

The Strategic Finance team is focused on solving some of Figma’s most pressing business issues. The team is responsible for owning the company's budget, driving annual and quarterly planning processes, allocating and deploying the company's resources efficiently, performing financial analyses, and partnering with teams across the company. The role requires someone who is highly analytical and strategic, a great communicator, approaches problems in a structured manner, and is comfortable with ambiguity. You’ll get substantial visibility, focus on the highest-priority business issues, and be plugged into every facet of the business. 

We are currently hiring for a few roles across our Strategic Finance team.

  • Go-To-Market: This role will focus on our Sales business. In your first 12 months, you will:
    • Own and materially improve Figma’s annual planning and forecasting process
    • Influence resourcing and investment decisions across the Sales business
  • Corporate: This role will help deliver high accuracy in our revenue and ARR close. In your first 12 months, you will: 
    • Own, scale, and materially improve Figma’s Top-line financial ARR close and Figma’s revenue model
    • Leverage automation to surface data-driven insights, enabling management to take proactive, margin-impacting actions
  • Growth: This role will focus on Figma's AI Products. In your first 12 months you will:
    • Own the experimentation framework for AI products & assess business impact
    • Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering to identify, implement, and action on growth opportunities and measure new feature launches
    • Iterate on pricing & packaging constructs, aiming to maximize customer & business value

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs (SF / NY) or remotely in the United States.

What you’ll do at Figma:

  • Drive alignment on KPIs and key metrics to monitor business performance, drive growth initiatives, and provide visibility into operating performance 
  • Build annual operating plans, quarterly, and monthly financial forecasts 
  • Develop cross-functional partnerships across Figma to formulate business insight and inform executive decision making
  • Own, run, and improve financial processes that support Figma’s business
  • Partner with Strategic Finance, Data Science, and RevOps to improve our ARR data quality and forecasting
  • Prepare and deliver presentations for the Executive Team, including the CFO, CMO, and CRO
  • Experiment with AI-driven solutions to automate workflows, enhance accuracy, and elevate the speed and impact of Strategic Finance operations
  • Help scale financial operating rhythms as Figma continues to grow
  • Become a trusted thought partner to functional leaders and the executive team

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

  • 5+ years of relevant experience in investment banking, private equity, strategic finance, Big 4 audit, business operations, or related fields
  • Experience in financial planning and creating data-driven analysis
  • Demonstrated ability to build processes from scratch and distill complex issues into structured frameworks and develop concrete action plans
  • Experience problem-solving independently, organizing workload and priorities, and completing tasks on time
  • Experience building relationships and communicating with stakeholders across all levels and functions
  • Genuine curiosity and passion in the work that you do

While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

  • Experience at a high growth B2B SaaS company, with bonus points for GTM experience
  • SQL/AI tooling experience and deep experience working with large data-sets

Pay Transparency Disclosure

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. 

Figma offers equity to employees, as well as a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits with company contributions; parental leave and reproductive or family planning support; mental health and wellness benefits; and paid time off. Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and related regulations. Exempt employees are eligible for employer‑provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave. PTO is subject to manager approval. Additional benefits may include company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, and a number of lifestyle spending accounts. Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. All compensation and benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and may be modified by Figma at any time, consistent with applicable law.

Annual Base Salary Range: $115,000—$245,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities. 

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to: 

  • Holding interviews in an accessible location
  • Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
  • Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
  • Changing the mode or format of interviews 

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figma's Candidate Privacy Notice.

Application limits: To help candidates focus on the opportunities most relevant to their skills and experience, Figma limits the number and frequency of applications. These limits apply to all roles:

  • Candidates may submit up to 5 applications during any rolling 30-day period.
  • Candidates may not reapply to the same role while an application is active or within 90 days of receiving a rejection.

Once the applicable days has passed, candidates are welcome to apply again.

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