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Salary: USD 125,000 - 165,000 / annual
Wayfinder, a division of Lemnis (a nonprofit collective), is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager to lead financial planning, forecasting, and analysis functions that support strategic decision-making across the organization. Wayfinder was founded at the Stanford d.school to reimagine K-12 education around purpose, meaning, and belonging. The organization joined the Lemnis Collective as a nonprofit division in 2026 and is focused on becoming the preeminent future-readiness curriculum company globally, with particular emphasis on serving underserved communities.
In this role, you will own the financial function at Wayfinder and report to the SVP Strategy, Finance & Operations. You will lead end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes; provide insightful financial analysis to support commercial and strategic initiatives; manage preparation of management reports and performance dashboards; and partner across departments to identify trends, risks, and opportunities. Additional responsibilities include developing and maintaining complex financial models and scenario analyses, driving process improvements in planning and reporting, presenting financial insights to senior leadership, supporting investment analysis and business cases, ensuring compliance with internal financial governance, monitoring financial performance against KPIs, and collaborating with accounting, tax, and revenue teams to ensure data integrity.
The ideal candidate has 5-8 years of proven FP&A experience in the tech/SaaS space, with strong financial modeling, budgeting, and forecasting capabilities. You should be detail-oriented, an excellent communicator, and skilled at translating complex financial data into actionable insights for both internal and external stakeholders. The role is fully remote with flexible culture and results-focused approach.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or equivalent professional experience
- 5-8 years of proven experience in FP&A, financial modeling, and business analysis
- Significant experience in financial planning and analysis within the tech space, focused on SaaS models (essential)
- Strong command of budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting
- Advanced Google Sheets/Excel skills
- Proficiency in data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) highly regarded
- Experience with ERP systems and FP&A software
- Ability to interpret complex financial data and translate into actionable insights
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Excellent communication skills with ability to present to senior leadership
- High attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
- Proactive mindset with focus on continuous improvement and efficiency
- Independent self-starter who takes ownership
