Remote Senior FP&A Manager—SaaS & Infrastructure Cost

Cornerstone OnDemand; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone OnDemand seeks a Senior FP&A Manager to partner with Engineering and Product, owning the financial view of SaaS product development from R&D investments to hosting costs and product margins.

You will lead budgeting/forecasting, build ROI cases, manage hosting and data center costs, develop unit economics, and deliver board-ready reports with advanced Excel, Oracle PBCS, and BI dashboards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• 7+ years of corporate FP&A experience, ideally supporting Engineering, Technical Operations, or Product in a SaaS/tech company.
• Strong understanding of SaaS economics: gross margin, cost of sales, unit economics.
• Experience modeling cloud, hosting, or infrastructure costs and familiarity with cloud pricing.
• Experience building cost allocation models and product-level P&Ls with GAAP cost classification.
• Advanced Excel proficiency with complex models; experience with Oracle and SmartView.
• Strong data analysis ability using SQL, Python/R, and BI tools; excellent communication with technical and executive audiences.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and mentor junior team members.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusive environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Engineering, Product, and Technical Operations to translate roadmaps into financial plans and trade-offs.
• Own R&D and Engineering budgeting/forecasting including headcount, contractors, tooling, and vendor spend.
• Build business cases and ROI for build-vs-buy, vendor rationalization, and migration decisions.
• Support software capitalization analysis and track engineering efficiency metrics.
• Forecast hosting, cloud costs, and operating expenses in line with GAAP and policy.
• Model infrastructure contracts and data center capacity; evaluate cloud vs owned/data centers.
• Develop unit-cost metrics and dashboards linking cloud billing, usage, and GL data.
• Prepare board and CFO reports with budget-vs-actual variance commentary and insights.
• Drive automation and data pipelines for planning processes; collaborate with Accounting, Tax, Treasury, and Legal.
• Manage Oracle PBCS processes, data integration, and reporting templates.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Oracle PBCS

SQL

Python/R

Power BI/Tableau

Strategic communication

Mentoring/leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

Tools

Oracle PBCS

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Cornerstone OnDemand seeks a Senior FP&A Manager to partner with Engineering and Product, owning the financial view of SaaS product development from R&D investments to hosting costs and product margins.

You will lead budgeting/forecasting, build ROI cases, manage hosting and data center costs, develop unit economics, and deliver board-ready reports with advanced Excel, Oracle PBCS, and BI dashboards.