Strategic Finance

Figma · San Francisco

Finance & Legalposted 7mo ago

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

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

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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.

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