Remote Senior FP&A Manager, SaaS Product Economics

Cornerstone OnDemand; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone OnDemand in Seattle seeks a Senior FP&A Manager to partner with Engineering, Product, and Tech Operations, owning the financial view of SaaS build, hosting, and AI costs. You will drive budgeting, forecasting, and ROI analyses, while shaping product-level P&Ls and cost allocation methodologies for GAAP reporting.

You will leverage Excel, SQL, Python/R, and Oracle PBCS to deliver actionable insights, dashboards, and board-ready reports, with a strong focus on unit economics and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field or experience.
• 7+ years corporate FP&A experience supporting Engineering/Prod/Tech in SaaS/tech.
• Understanding of SaaS economics: gross margin, COGS, unit economics.
• Model cloud/hosting costs and cloud pricing constructs.
• Experience building cost allocation models and product-level P&Ls.
• Advanced Excel with Oracle/SmartView experience.
• Hands-on Oracle PBCS administration.
• Data analysis with SQL, Python/R, Power BI/Tableau.
• Strong communication skills with technical audiences.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment; mentoring is a plus.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusive environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Engineering, Product, and Technical Ops to translate roadmaps into financial plans.
• Own R&D and Engineering budgeting/forecasting including headcount, contractors, tooling.
• Build ROI analyses for build-vs-buy, vendor rationalization, migrations.
• Support capitalization analyses and track R&D efficiency metrics.
• Forecast cost of sales vs operating expenses including hosting and software.
• Own hosting/cloud cost model and analyze usage drivers.
• Model infra contracts and data-center capacity planning.
• Develop AI/consumption-based cost models and unit-cost metrics.
• Create product-level P&Ls and allocation methodologies.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly/board reports with variance commentary.
• Drive automation of data pipelines and dashboards across cloud data.

Skills

Excel modeling

SQL

Python/R

Power BI

Tableau

Financial modeling

Communication skills

GAAP knowledge

Cloud/Hosting cost modeling

Education

Bachelor's in Finance/Accounting

MBA or CPA (plus)

Tools

Oracle PBCS

Oracle EPM/SmartView

Job description

Cornerstone OnDemand in Seattle seeks a Senior FP&A Manager to partner with Engineering, Product, and Tech Operations, owning the financial view of SaaS build, hosting, and AI costs. You will drive budgeting, forecasting, and ROI analyses, while shaping product-level P&Ls and cost allocation methodologies for GAAP reporting.

You will leverage Excel, SQL, Python/R, and Oracle PBCS to deliver actionable insights, dashboards, and board-ready reports, with a strong focus on unit economics and