Finance Manager

Protingent; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance plan options (HDHP/POS)

Education/certification reimbursement

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Administered 401k plan

Job summary

Protingent Staffing seeks a Corporate FP&A Finance Manager (Opex) to drive global planning, forecasting, and automation of operating processes. You will deliver analyses and insights for executive reports, KPI tracking, and Board material with cross-functional collaboration across HR, IT, accounting, and operations.

The role emphasizes high visibility at company level, including modeling and headcount/expense analysis, with a focus on scalable reporting and decision support for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• BA or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics or equivalent; MBA a plus.
• 5–7 years in progressively complex FP&A or Corporate FP&A roles.
• Experience presenting to executive management with clear storytelling.
• Ability to implement FP&A best practices in ambiguous environments.
• Strong data synthesis and financial modeling capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage planning, reporting, forecasting, and analysis for headcount and operating expenses across the company.
• Drive insights and KPIs for operating metrics, geographies, and business units.
• Compile weekly/monthly/quarterly metrics for executive leadership, including hiring, investments, and run rate.
• Partner with HR, accounting, IT, and other functions to standardize reporting and scalable processes.
• Oversee development of planning, budgeting, forecasting, and modeling tools to improve automation.
• Deliver a standardized financial package for consolidations and partner FP&A leads.
• Perform ad hoc analyses (headcount, cost per head, end-to-end T&E, facilities, depreciation).

Skills

Strong communication

Analytical thinking

Advanced Excel modeling

PowerPoint proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA (plus)

Tools

NetSuite

Anaplan

Job description

Job Title: Finance Manager Position Description

Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Finance Manager with our client located in Santa Clara, CA.

Job Description

The Corporate FP&A Finance Manager (Opex) will be a key member of the Corporate FP&A team, driving global planning & forecasting, automating operational processes, and improving systems/tools that scale for our client’s growth as well as producing analysis & insights for executive reports, finance metrics, and Board of Director presentations. This role will have high visibility and focus on company-level analytics and modeling, reporting operating expense metrics on a weekly, monthly and quarterly cadence to executive staff. The role will also drive alignment and consistency with other functions such as HR, accounting, operations, and within FP&A, business partner leads who support Sales, Marketing, R&D, G&A and Ops/Support, understanding what they need to support their business partners and providing tools and processes they can leverage.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage planning, reporting, forecasting, and analysis for headcount and operating expenses across the entire company.
• Drive business insight and business excellence across all operating and capital expense line items and KPIs, geographies, and business units.
• Pull together weekly/monthly/quarterly finance metrics published to executive staff, including metrics for hiring, retention, investment allocation, expense run rate, and operating leverage.
• Partner closely with HR, accounting, IT and other functions to drive consistency and alignment in business requirements and definitions, reporting hierarchies, integrated systems, and scalable processes (e.g. procure to pay) to enhance and transform reporting and business intelligence.
• Oversee and manage the continued development of planning, budgeting, forecasting, and modeling tools and processes to improve automation and efficiency.
• Deliver a business partner financial package that can be leveraged by Corporate FP&A for consolidations as well as the business partner FP&A leads to communicate financial results in a standard format to their business partners on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Perform ad hoc analysis including, but not limited to, headcount bridge, personnel investments including cost per head trending, end-to-end T&E analysis, facilities, depreciation, and other operational metrics.

Job Qualifications

• BA degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or equivalent; MBA a plus.
• 5-7 Years of progressively complex roles in a financial function with financial planning and analysis experience/understanding, particularly in a Corporate FP&A role.
• Strong communication and “story-telling” skills, particularly to executive management.
• Demonstrated track record and success in working with large amounts of data, synthesizing patterns and trends into compelling analysis for executive decision-making.
• Can define, articulate, and implement FP&A best practices in ambiguous environments.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, work well under pressure and adapt quickly to change.
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, project management, and financial modeling abilities.
• Self-motivated curiosity, sense of urgency, ability to pivot seamlessly between big picture and fine level granularity, and relentless focus on outcomes not activity.
• Ability to partner cross-functionally, through strong relationship building, influencing, negotiating and communication skills, with all levels of management.
• Advanced Excel modeling and PowerPoint skills.
• Experience with NetSuite and Anaplan software a plus.

Job Details

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: Market Rate

Location: Santa Clara, CA (100% Onsite).

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.

About Protingent

Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.