Associate Director of Finance - Applause

Associate Director of Finance

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Associate Director of Finance to play a critical role in our company's financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function. This individual will be a key business partner to senior leadership, providing insightful financial forecasting, reporting, and analysis that drives strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Forecasting and Budgeting: Lead the development of the company-wide monthly forecast and annual budget in collaboration with senior leadership and business divisions. Analyze variances and provide insightful commentary to guide performance improvement.
• Financial Analysis: Conduct in-depth analysis of key financial metrics, including revenue, operational margin, labor costs, expenses, and capital expenditures. Deliver clear and concise presentations to senior management, highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Sales Compensation Planning: Manage the annual sales compensation planning process, collaborating with sales leadership to determine competitive and motivating compensation structures.
• Business Partnering: Work closely with department managers to ensure accuracy and relevance of financial data used for operational decision-making.
• Process Improvement: Support ongoing reviews of business operations and contribute to initiatives aimed at enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.
• Accounting Support: Assist in the monthly accounting close process, including detailed expense review, validation, and analysis.
• Reporting: Prepare comprehensive financial reports for the Board of Directors, private equity owners, and lenders.
• Systems Management: Leverage and maintain financial planning systems (e.g., Adaptive Planning) to streamline forecasting and reporting processes. Identify opportunities to automate reporting through existing systems.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, financial management, or business planning.
• Prior knowledge and experience with SaaS based metrics preferred
• Advanced Excel skills and demonstrated proficiency in financial modeling.
• Experience with financial planning software (e.g., NetSuite, Adaptive Planning, Xactly) is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of finance and accounting principles, including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow analysis.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively interact with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A proactive and results-oriented approach, with a strong desire to contribute to the company's success.

This is an excellent opportunity for a driven and ambitious finance professional to join a dynamic and growing organization. If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for finance and a proven track record of success, we encourage you to apply.

What Makes Applause a Great Place to Work:

Applause is a world leader in digital quality testing. Since 2007, Applause has been the driving force in testing and digital quality innovation. Our expertise continues to help leading brands deliver quality digital products to their customers. Utilizing the skills of 1.5+ million testers in more than 200 countries and territories, Applause helps the world’s leading brands to deliver quality digital products and experiences to their customers on a global scale. With insightful, actionable testing results that can directly inform go/no go release decisions, we enable our customers to release digital products and experiences better, faster and with confidence.

At Applause, living our core values - In it Together, Be Accountable, Create Value for Our Customers, Celebrate Authenticity, and Crush Your Goals - informs our choices as individuals, as teammates and in our everyday interactions with customers. Our values help to keep us on track to deliver the best outcomes, and to be the very best team we can. Embracing a culture of respect, authenticity and inclusion, we value and celebrate diversity.  Together as one Applause Nation, we strive to enable professional opportunities for all employees.

Please visit https://www.applause.com/life-at-applause to learn more about the employee experience at Applause Nation!

Applause is a place where everyone belongs and where we believe everyone deserves the exceptional. Since our founding, we have continued to celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment.  If you believe you require a reasonable accommodation under any of the legally protected characteristics, please click here to complete an accommodation request. Please note Applause will only review requests for applications that have been submitted. We will review your qualifications and follow up with you regarding your request if your qualifications meet our current needs.

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