Finance Manager, Reality Labs

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Finance Manager for the x-RL Finance cross team within the Finance & Business Planning organization. You will provide strategic guidance and lead cross-team ownership for a Reality Labs vertical, driving standardized processes and efficient collaboration across RL teams.

You will own close and forecast cycles, support the annual budget, and collaborate with accounting and FP&A functions. The role requires strong FP&A knowledge, exceptional communication, and a proven track

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience in FP&A, consulting, investment banking, business strategy, business operations, and/or analytics.
• Superior communication skills to tailor messaging for audiences of varying levels of seniority and technical experience.
• Understanding of financial statement analysis and core financial planning processes.
• Proven track record of building cross-functional relationships and partnering with senior leadership across organizations.
• Proven Excel and analytical skills to translate large amounts of data into both insights and recommendations.
• Experience prioritizing competing workstreams based on impact, deadlines, and stakeholder needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance and lead cross‑team ownership for a key Reality Labs vertical within RL Finance, empowering the team to achieve their goals.
• Spearhead the development and implementation of standardized processes across the RL Cross team, ensuring seamless collaboration and efficiency.
• Lead close and forecast cycles across a key Reality Labs vertical within RL Finance, including defining timelines, templates, and processes, and the preparation of flux commentary and forecasts.
• Help execute the annual budget process, including partnering with vertical FP&A teams to provide support on workstreams to allocate resources, inform key business decisions, and execute operational plans.
• Drive key systems efforts across Meta Reality Labs Finance.
• Develop and maintain proactive, collaborative partnerships between the RL vertical FP&A teams, RL Consolidations, Corporate FP&A and other cross‑functional teams, including Accounting, Technical Accounting, and Enterprise Engineering.
• Support risk management, internal controls, and financial compliance.
• Provide thought partnership and foster collaboration across the RL Finance organization.

Skills

FP&A

Excel

Communication

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Oracle Hyperion

Essbase

Job description

Meta is seeking a Finance Manager for the x-RL Finance “cross team” within the Finance & Business Planning (FBP) organization. In this highly impactful role, you will be a key team member of our RL‑wide horizontal cross team responsible for core deliverables and projects that can be most efficiently completed centrally within the RL Pillar. We expect the x‑RL cross team to continuously strive to make RL Finance more efficient, while delivering high quality, critical planning work by leveraging deep expertise in RL Finance processes, x‑RL Finance relationships, and visibility to work spanning our vertical teams within RL Finance. Successful candidates for this role will need well‑rounded knowledge of core FP&A concepts and experience building cross‑functional relationships and communicating financial insights to diverse stakeholders.

Finance Manager, Reality Labs Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic guidance and lead cross‑team ownership for a key Reality Labs vertical within RL Finance, empowering the team to achieve their goals.
• Spearhead the development and implementation of standardized processes across the RL Cross team, ensuring seamless collaboration and efficiency.
• Lead close and forecast cycles across a key Reality Labs vertical within RL Finance, including defining timelines, templates, and processes, and the preparation of flux commentary and forecasts.
• Help execute the annual budget process, including partnering with vertical FP&A teams to provide support on workstreams to allocate resources, inform key business decisions, and execute operational plans.
• Drive key systems efforts across Meta Reality Labs Finance.
• Develop and maintain proactive, collaborative partnerships between the RL vertical FP&A teams, RL Consolidations, Corporate FP&A and other cross‑functional teams, including Accounting, Technical Accounting, and Enterprise Engineering.
• Support risk management, internal controls, and financial compliance.
• Provide thought partnership and foster collaboration across the RL Finance organization.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience in FP&A, consulting, investment banking, business strategy, business operations, and/or analytics.
• Superior communication skills to tailor messaging for audiences of varying levels of seniority and technical experience.
• Understanding of financial statement analysis and core financial planning processes.
• Proven track record of building cross‑functional relationships and partnering with senior leadership across organizations.
• Proven Excel and analytical skills to translate large amounts of data into both insights and recommendations.
• Experience prioritizing competing workstreams based on impact, deadlines, and stakeholder needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews).
• Experience driving operational efficiency and execution.
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies.
• Experience working with financial planning systems, preferably Oracle products (e.g., Hyperion Essbase).
• Experience with improving financial planning systems and tools (e.g., Oracle Hyperion Planning/Essbase/Fusion/Cloud) to drive process efficiencies.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements).

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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Compensation:

$120,000/year to $175,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits. Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.