Finance Manager, WhatsApp

Meta Careers; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

WhatsApp is seeking a Finance Manager to support the full financial picture and partner with product, engineering, data science, and monetization leaders. You will drive planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range strategy, while applying AI tools to improve workflows and drive measurable impact.

You will engage with senior leadership daily, translating complex data into actionable decisions and maintaining rigorous documentation across initiatives in a fast-growing tech environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in finance / strategic finance or related roles.
• Experience leading financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning.
• Ability to synthesize strategic insights and work with leadership.
• Strong communication and relationship-building with business leaders.
• Experience managing projects end-to-end with organized documentation.
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development and ability to integrate AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Support the full financial picture for WhatsApp across products and teams.
• Partner with product, engineering, data science, and monetization leadership.
• Drive planning, investments, and resource allocation with strategic decisions.
• Forecasting, budget management, and headcount planning with governance.

Skills

Strategic finance

Headcount planning

Budgeting

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

AI/ML fluency

Project management

Data analytics

Synthesis of insights

Experience in tech/scale

Communication with business leaders

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/related field

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

WhatsApp's mission is to Connect the world privately. More than 3 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.

Finance and Business Planning is a highly mission driven organization. Our mission is to enable Meta to plan, prioritize, and execute as effectively as possible. We are financial advisers to our business partners, helping them solve their toughest challenges and operate with an independent and objective perspective. We take a uniquely long-term view towards our businesses, and our teams own shared business goals and results with our partners.

We're looking for a Finance Manager to support the full financial picture for WhatsApp. This is a visible and integral role across the organization - directly supporting business leaders across Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Monetization. You will support decisions around nascent product bets and resource allocation, expense management, and prioritization across a full range of planning, strategic decision making, and forecasting. You'll engage daily with business leaders, and act as both a financial business partner and strategic advisor to the leadership team.

An ideal candidate will be interested in the WhatsApp product, have experience working with business leaders on monetization and investment decisions, have a demonstrated interest in data and technology, and be able to self direct highly ambiguous and strategic projects. This role will offer you the opportunity to understand and contribute to many facets of business and product strategy.

• 10+ years of experience in finance / strategic finance, business strategy, product analytics, or related professional experience managing strategic investments and strategy
• Financial leadership across headcount planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
• Experience synthesizing strategic insights and problem solving individually or in a group setting
• Experience communicating, influencing, and relationship building with business leaders
• Experience independently managing projects from scoping through delivery, including tracking details and maintaining organized documentation, and experience prioritizing competing workstreams based on impact, deadlines, and stakeholder needs
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience in data analytics, developing code, and/or forecasting (SQL, Python, R)
• Experience working at a leading technology, internet or high growth company
• Experience supporting financial planning during periods of rapid organizational or product growth
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)