FP&A Senior Manager

Marathon Ventures; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 1,545,860 - 2,061,147; Full time

Job summary

A leading finance company in Mexico City is seeking an experienced Senior FP&A Manager to oversee financial planning processes. The role entails managing budgets, providing financial analyses, and developing cash flow projections. Key qualifications include over 8 years of experience in FP&A or similar functions, strong Excel skills, and the ability to communicate effectively in both English and Spanish. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive professional looking to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in FP&A or relevant roles.
• Proficient in Excel and financial modeling.
• Experience in financial services or fintech environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial planning processes and reporting.
• Prepare operational budgets for departments.
• Conduct industry benchmarking and financial analyses.

Skills

Financial Planning & Analysis

Excel Proficiency

SQL

Python

Financial Reporting

Communication in English and Spanish

Job description

The FP&A Senior Manager reports directly to the Director of Finance, works closely with Controllership, Treasury, and FinOps, and will eventually oversee a growing team.

What youll work on:

• Corporate FP&A:
  • The FP&A Sr. Manager is responsible for helping to manage the companys financial planning process, including assessing the company´s future capital requirements in alignment with our growth requirements and strategic goals
  • This includes managing the companys financial modeling, budgeting and reporting processes as well as collaborating with team members in Product, Business Development/Strategic Planning, Data, and Risk to drive informed decision-making based on agreed key metrics
  • Measuring and keeping track of key levers and metrics to ensure profitable growth, including supporting the development of FP&A dashboards
  • Consolidated Financial model rolling forecasts and funding requirements: manage our financial model
  • Analysing our growth, profitability, monthly burn and determine funding needs and key levers to strengthen our runway estimations
  • Industry Benchmarking: constantly conduct detailed industry and competitive analyses (e.g. 10-K, equity research reports) to understand and provide guidance on key financial and operating metrics
• Budgeting:
  • Preparing operational budgets to ensure optimal cash management operation and inform decision making by the Director of Finance and the Companys Executive team
  • Prepare monthly budgets for each department, providing them with clarity on their KPIs and financial resources
  • Develop reliable cash flow projection processes, including minimum cash thresholds to meet operational needs
  • Regularly review revenue cycle metrics to proactively address performance issues
• Prepare timely and accurate analyses, summaries, and reports on the companys financial performance
• Track on a rolling basis evaluate companys actual revenue generation, cash burn and overall profitability against our budgets estimations to suggest adjustments in real time, if needed, to the Companys talent and technology spending, revenue growth and fundraising strategy
• Weekly cash monitoring including computing weekly operating burn and tracking cash balances by subsidiary, identifying operations affecting our liquidity position and re-forecasting funding requirements by entity/by jurisdiction
• Support the Controllership team with the monthly financial close, including via a review of monthly financial statements to evaluate statements for accuracy, verifying data and identifying trends to ensure a clear understanding of the organization's financial position and P&L
• Participate in the preparation of monthly investor updates and materials guiding our communication with our Executive team, Board of Directors, and our equity investors
• Monitor macro and market developments (equity markets, valuation multiples, interest rate environment, etc.) to provide insights for key strategic decisions
• Capital raising, & liquidity management:
  • Support the Finance team to optimize R2s capital structure and to evaluate different funding alternatives and structures, to enable financial resilience and long‑term growth
  • Work with the Capital Markets and Treasury Operations team to execute funding strategies to enhance liquidity, to automate debt management and compliance processes, to manage financial risk
  • Address critical gaps in the hedging policy to optimize total cost of capital and risk management

You may be a good fit if you have

• 8+ years of applied experience in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or equivalent roles
• Highly proficient in Excel with a strong understanding of model architecture, formula efficiency, undertaking database analyses (e.g. Snowflake)
• Capability in SQL or Python, and enthusiastic about automating manual tasks and FP&A workflows
• Strong understanding of financial statements, and accounting practices including IFRS or US GAAP, exposure to LatAm jurisdictions local accounting practices
• Experience working in a financial services company, multi‑national corporate, and/or fintech, or enterprise software company
• Desire to work in a fast‑paced start‑up environment, and growth mindset
• Builder/owners attitude, and strong bias to action
• Ability to communicate effectively in both English and Spanish in spoken and written form R2 works principally in English