Strategic Finance, AI Innovation

Figma; United States; Remote; USD 169,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health, dental, vision

Retirement plan

Parental leave

Paid time off

Job summary

Figma is seeking a highly analytical leader to own and evolve the finance systems backbone as part of Strategic Finance. You will drive end-to-end system roadmaps, lead the Pigment platform stewardship, and partner across Finance Data Science, Engineering, Accounting and Operations to implement AI-enabled planning and automation.

You’ll influence data architecture and governance while delivering dashboards that surface critical KPIs and enable faster, more informed forecasting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Finance Systems, roadmap execution or a related function.
• Strong technical skills with system design & implementation, AI automation, data architecture, integrations.

Responsibilities

• Drive the execution of transformational projects by applying finance and systems expertise.
• Influence AI adoption strategy and embed AI into systems and workflows.
• Serve as the owner of the financial planning platform (Pigment) including development, training and administration.
• Own the systems roadmap end-to-end: prioritization, UAT and governance.
• Design and evolve a robust systems architecture with integrated data flows and tooling.
• Partner with Strategic Finance Data Science, Data Engineering, Accounting and Operations to optimize data architecture and forecasting.
• Develop dashboards and data visualizations to surface KPIs and business insights.
• Drive governance, data quality and controls across systems.

Skills

Finance systems

AI automation

Data architecture

System design

Integrations

Tools

Pigment

SQL

Python

Job description

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

The Strategic Finance team is focused on solving some of Figma's most pressing business issues. The team is responsible for owning the company's budget, driving annual and quarterly planning processes, allocating and deploying the company's resources efficiently, performing financial analyses, and partnering with teams across the company.

This role requires someone who can own and evolve the finance systems backbone at Figma and drive outsized impact as we scale toward more automated, intelligent, and AI-enabled planning. We're looking for someone who is highly analytical and strategic, a great communicator, approaches problems in a structured manner, and is comfortable with ambiguity. You'll get substantial visibility, focus on the highest-priority business issues, and be plugged into every facet of the business.

This is a full‑time role that can be held from one of our US hubs (SF / NY) or remotely in the United States.

What you’ll do at Figma:

• Drive the execution of transformational projects by applying their finance and systems expertise, collaborating with partners across the organization, and defining business processes that improve automation, standardization, and simplicity
• Influence Figma Finance's AI adoption strategy, defining how AI can be embedded into systems and workflows as infrastructure to drive analysis, reporting, and forecast decisions and execute on adoption alongside the team
• Serve as the functional and technical owner of the financial planning platform (Pigment), leading development, enhancement, training, enablement, maintenance, and administration
• Own the systems roadmap end-to-end, including prioritization, resource deployment, UAT, and governance
• Design and evolve a best-in-class systems architecture, optimizing data flows, integrations, and tooling with influence extending beyond Pigment and Finance data to the broader company data ecosystem
• Establish strong cross‑functional partnerships with Strategic Finance Data Science, Data Engineering, Accounting, and Operations to influence data architecture, design integrations and optimize business processes & sophisticated forecasting in Pigment and Agentic tooling
• Develop dashboards and data visualizations to surface key KPIs and business insights
• Drive best practices across systems controls, data governance, and change management frameworks

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 5+ years of experience in Finance Systems, roadmap execution or a related function
• Strong technical skills with system design & implementation, AI automation, data architecture, integrations
• Working knowledge of financial processes including O2C, P2P, FP&A, Accounting Ops, and close cycles
• Strong project management instincts, with ability to run multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Clear, structured communicator across technical and non-technical audiences

While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• Proficiency with SQL, Python
• Data science background
• Experience managing consultants or external resources

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well as a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits with company contributions; parental leave and reproductive or family planning support; mental health and wellness benefits; and paid time off. Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and related regulations. Exempt employees are eligible for employer‑provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave. PTO is subject to manager approval. Additional benefits may include company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, and a number of lifestyle spending accounts. Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. All compensation and benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and may be modified by Figma at any time, consistent with applicable law.

Annual Base Salary Range: $169,000 — $245,000 USD

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