Remote FP&A Manager: SaaS Product & Engineering

Cornerstone OnDemand; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone OnDemand is seeking a Senior FP&A Manager to partner with Engineering and Product, shaping financial plans for R&D, hosting, AI costs, and product margins. You will own budgeting, forecasting, and capitalisation analysis, ensuring GAAP compliance and robust unit economics.

You will build vendor, headcount, and tooling spend models, drive cloud cost optimization, and deliver clear board-ready reporting. Strong Excel, Oracle PBCS, and SQL skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• 7+ years of corporate FP&A experience supporting Engineering/Technical Operations/Product in SaaS/tech.
• Strong SaaS economics knowledge: gross margin, cost of sales, unit economics, cost to serve.
• Experience modeling cloud/hosting costs; familiarity with cloud pricing constructs.
• Experience building cost allocation models and product-level P&Ls with GAAP cost classification.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Engineering and Product, translating roadmaps into financial plans and trade-offs.
• Own budgeting/forecasting including headcount, contractors, tooling, and vendor spend.
• Build ROI models for build-vs-buy, vendor rationalization, and migration decisions.
• Support software capitalization analysis with Accounting and track engineering efficiency metrics.
• Model hosting/cloud costs; forecast by service/product/customer segment; drive optimization.

Skills

FP&A leadership

Excel modelling

Oracle PBCS

SQL/Python

Power BI/Tableau

Communication skills

Headcount planning

Cloud/ SaaS cost modeling

GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

CPA/CMA/MBA (advantageous)

Tools

Oracle PBCS

Excel (Advanced)

Power BI/Tableau

SQL

Python/R

SmartView

Job description

Cornerstone OnDemand is seeking a Senior FP&A Manager to partner with Engineering and Product, shaping financial plans for R&D, hosting, AI costs, and product margins. You will own budgeting, forecasting, and capitalisation analysis, ensuring GAAP compliance and robust unit economics.

You will build vendor, headcount, and tooling spend models, drive cloud cost optimization, and deliver clear board-ready reporting. Strong Excel, Oracle PBCS, and SQL skills are essential.