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Placer.ai is a location analytics platform that provides visibility into locations, markets, and consumer behavior for Fortune 500 companies, governments, and nonprofits. The company reached $100M in annual recurring revenue within 6 years, achieved unicorn status ($1B+ valuation) in 2022, and is one of North America's fastest-growing tech companies.
The Senior Finance Manager drives financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across Placer's business. You will partner closely with the SVP of Finance, R&D, and product teams to build financial models and narratives that shape company planning and influence strategic decisions. This is a high-ownership role requiring significant autonomy, sound judgment with incomplete data, and direct engagement with executive leadership.
Key responsibilities include:
- Support all financial planning and forecasting across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flows (annual, quarterly, monthly, and ad-hoc cycles)
- Partner with R&D and product teams to drive actions informed by financial insights
- Create and maintain forecasting models for ongoing and ad-hoc analyses
- Provide in-depth analysis of company performance, KPIs, budget-to-actuals, and key financial metrics
- Work with Finance and Accounting teams to track, adjust, monitor, and improve financial and business processes
- Develop and improve the company's financial models
- Deliver cross-departmental insights to operations, marketing, and sales teams to improve reporting and departmental budgets
- Identify control gaps, design and test improvements, and embed them across teams
- Lead cross-functional projects end-to-end, influencing stakeholders outside your direct reporting chain
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in finance, financial modeling, and interpreting financial statements
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field
- Strong partnership skills; ability to build trust with stakeholders and turn differing views into shared decisions
- Ability to work quickly, data-mine, organize, and extract insights from raw financial information and partner expertise
- Knowledge of financial reporting, accounting standards, and budgeting processes in high-growth organizations
- Excellent communication skills in remote environments; comfortable working toward tight deadlines
- Expert-level proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets, particularly financial modeling
- Ability to work independently and fully remote while collaborating in small team and cross-functional environments
- Strong project management skills; ability to juggle multiple priorities and move seamlessly between strategy and execution
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with drive to learn and grow
- Highly preferred: experience with B2B SaaS or data subscription business models
Nice to haves:
- Demonstrated use of AI tools to work more efficiently
- Comfort integrating generative AI into day-to-day workflows
