Director of FP&A

OpenArt AI; San Carlos (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenArt is seeking a Director of FP&A to lead financial planning and analysis as we scale. Reporting to the CFO, you will own budgeting, forecasting, models, scenario planning, headcount planning, and long-range plans, partnering with executives to drive growth.

You will build a scalable FP&A function, translate data into actionable insights, improve unit economics, pricing decisions, and cash management while steering cross-functional teams through rapid expansion.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in FP&A, strategic finance, accounting, or related roles
• Experience supporting a multi-channel, high-growth business
• Deep budgeting, forecasting, operating models, scenario analyses, and long-range planning
• Strong grasp of financial statements and accounting principles
• Understanding of subscription metrics, cohort analysis, unit economics, cash management

Responsibilities

• Lead FP&A: Budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis, headcount planning, performance reporting, and long-range planning.
• Build the Operating Model: Integrate acquisition, retention, pricing, usage, revenue, costs, and cash flow in a single model.
• Drive Business Performance: Improve pricing, unit economics, gross margin, and resource allocation.
• Guide Investments: Evaluate growth investments, set budgets, assess returns, and track impact.
• Own Management Financial Reporting: Deliver clear, decision-oriented reporting and board support.
• Build Scalable Systems: Improve models, data, reporting, and automation for rapid growth.
• Develop the FP&A Function: Establish processes and build a high-performing team.

Skills

FP&A

Strategic finance

Budgeting

Forecasting

Scenario analysis

Headcount planning

Performance reporting

Unit economics

Cash management

Channel performance

Pricing

Data analysis

Automation

Communication

Job description

Director of FP&A

About OpenArt

OpenArt helps millions of creators turn ideas into images, videos, stories, and ads with AI. We’re a small, fast-moving team building for people who have a vision but not a studio. OpenArt is #12 on a16z’s Top 50 Consumer AI Apps by Monthly Revenue, one of five companies in the 2026 Disney Accelerator, and part of Notable Capital’s Prosumer AI 40.

Why Join OpenArt

• Lead FP&A at a critical inflection point. You will help shape how OpenArt plans, invests, and manages its next stage of growth.

• Build the financial foundation for a category-defining company. You will develop the models, systems, and insights required to support rapid channel and global expansion.

• Work on high-impact operating decisions. You will partner directly with finance and business leaders on growth investment, pricing, headcount, and resource allocation.

• High ownership, real impact. You will own the FP&A function and see your work translate directly into how OpenArt operates.

About the Role

• The Director of FP&A will lead OpenArt’s financial planning and analysis through our next stage of growth. Reporting to the CFO, you will own budgeting, forecasting, operating models, scenario analysis, headcount planning, performance reporting, and long-range planning.

• You will build a scalable FP&A function and give the company clear visibility into its performance, unit economics, and cash flow. You will be both a strategic business partner and a hands-on operator—equally comfortable building an operating model, reviewing the books with Accounting, evaluating a growth investment, and explaining what is changing in the business and why.

• The ideal candidate brings meaningful operating-finance leadership at a high- growth technology company. You are financially and technically sharp, deeply understand the business behind the numbers, and turn complex data into clear recommendations and better decisions.

What We’re Looking For

Core Requirements

• 8+ years of experience across FP&A, strategic finance, accounting, or related analytical and finance roles

• Experience supporting a business with significant revenue, operating complexity, and substantial multi-channel marketing investment

• Deep experience with budgeting, forecasting, operating models, scenario analysis, and long-range planning

• Strong command of financial statements and accounting principles, with the ability to reconcile operating analysis to the books

• Strong understanding of consumer subscription metrics, cohort analysis, unit economics, cash management, and resource allocation

• Experience partnering with Growth on channel performance, acquisition budgets, customer value, and investment returns

• Ability to understand the business deeply and translate product, growth, pricing, and cost dynamics into financial plans and operating recommendations

• Experience building FP&A processes, reporting, and team capabilities

• Highly hands-on and able to operate effectively in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to challenge assumptions constructively and influence business leaders

• AI-native in how you approach analysis, automation, reporting, and team productivity

Nice to Have

• Operating-finance leadership experience at a high-growth technology or consumer subscription company, with meaningful ownership of FP&A through a period of rapid expansion

• Investment banking, growth equity experience or other rigorous analytical training

What You’ll Do

• Lead FP&A: Own budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis, headcount planning, performance reporting, and long-range planning.

• Build the Operating Model: Connect acquisition, retention, pricing, usage, revenue, costs, and cash flow in an integrated financial model, grounded in a clear understanding of the books and reconciled to actual financial results.

• Drive Business Performance: Improve pricing, unit economics, gross margin, and resource allocation through actionable financial analysis.

• Guide Investments: Evaluate growth and operating investments, set budgets, assess expected returns, and track financial impact to guide resource allocation.

• Own Management Financial Reporting: Deliver clear, decision-oriented reporting, explain variances and business drivers, and support board reporting.

• Build Scalable Systems: Improve the models, data, reporting, and automation required to support rapid growth.

• Develop the FP&A Function: Establish practical processes and build a high-performing team as the business scales.

Work Setup

Based in San Carlos, CA with a hybrid option.