Senior Finance Manager

Job Description

Who we are: Want to make an impact? Join our pack and come work (and play!) with us. We believe everyone deserves the unconditional love of a pet—and at Rover, our mission is to make it easier to experience that love. Founded in 2011, the Rover app and website connect dog and cat parents with loving pet sitters and dog walkers in neighborhoods across the US, Canada, and Europe. We empower our community of trusted pet sitters and dog walkers to run their own pet care businesses on Rover with the tools and security of a global company to back them. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, we work closely with our teams in Barcelona, San Antonio, Spokane, and remote locations. We’ve got a reputation for being a great place to work, having been named among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Seattle Business Magazine and Washington’s Best Workplaces in the Puget Sound Business Journal. We're an agile, fast-growing company, and our leadership comes from some of the world's most respected tech companies. At Rover, our furry coworkers are just as important as our human ones—and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Along with making the joys of pet parenthood more accessible, we’re committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community of pet people—and that starts with our employees. The Sr. Finance Manager role is an individual contributor responsible for forecasting our global revenue. As a key member of the FP&A team at Rover, you will have ownership of evolving the models that drive the most critical input metrics for the growth of our business. We seek someone with proven experience in owning robust models in collaboration with multiple senior stakeholders across Marketing, Analytics, and Product. This is a highly visible role within the company and you will develop deep partnerships with senior leaders, channel managers and input owners. If you are a seasoned FP&A professional with a track record of using data to increase the accuracy of forecast models at scale across multiple geographies, this could be your dream job! This is a hybrid position that has the minimum expectation to work out of our Downtown Seattle Office two days per week on Mondays and Thursdays. For this reason, candidates must be based in the Greater Seattle Area or willing to relocate.

Your Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain comprehensive forecasting models for global revenue, ensuring accuracy and alignment with business goals.
• Drive the worldwide revenue forecast models, coordinating closely with input owners and analytics partners.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including Marketing, Analytics, and Product, to gather relevant data inputs and ensure alignment on assumptions and forecasts.
• Dig into cohort models to understand consumer behavior and implications for near term and long range planning
• Clearly and concisely present forecasts to senior leadership, effectively communicating narration of business realities and how they flow through complex financial models.
• Monitor performance against forecasts and identify areas for improvement, making data-driven recommendations.
• Support marketing budget owners in their forecasting roles and keep on top of monthly accruals / re-classes
• Ensure the development of appropriate reporting, so that members of the team and stakeholders have clear visibility to the performance of their channels and spot problems early.
• Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency within the role.
• Use your experience to challenge the status quo with respectful debate to drive growth.

Your Qualifications:

• BS/MS or demonstrated ability in a business or quantitative field: Economics, Business, Math, Statistics - the main thing is you have learned how to think analytically and you are fluent in financial constructs.
• 7+ years of experience in FP&A, financial modeling, or related roles, with a strong focus on forecasting and analysis.
• SQL and/or Python experience highly preferred
• Proven track record of developing and managing complex financial models.
• Experience with user retention modeling and cohort analysis.
• Familiarity with major marketing channels such as Paid Search Engine Marketing, Social Media, and Video channels such as streaming, OTT, and Linear TV as it relates to new customer acquisition.
• Effectively manages both high-level strategy and specific details.
• Demonstrated experience driving critical decisions with senior leaders. Gets clarity on decision ownership and puts the right information in front of decision-makers to move the business forward.
• Consistently evaluates opportunities based on business impact and cost; can effectively prioritize based on opportunity size and drive focus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, effectively influencing senior stakeholders and narrating models and results to senior leaders in a useful, concise, and outcome-oriented way.
• Able to synthesize large amounts of data and provide actionable insights.
• Experience working in a tech or marketplace company is a plus.

Benefits of Working at Rover.com

• Competitive compensation
• 401k match
• Flexible PTO
• Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Bring your dog to work (and unlimited puppy time)
• Doggy benefits, including $1000 toward adopting your first dog
• Stocked fridges, coffee, soda, and lots of treats (for humans and dogs) and free catered lunches semi-monthly
• Regular team activities performed in-person and virtually

Compensation:

• In the greater Seattle area the first-year salary range is $153,430-$190,766. Additionally, Rover offers a long-term incentive plan with a company performance-based cash payout and benefits to full-time employees.
• The cash compensation offered for this role will be dependent on the candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, and abilities as demonstrated in the interview and hiring process.

At Rover, we’re driven by seeing our people succeed and grow, while doing our jobs better than ever before. We believe the best business outcomes come from a diverse set of perspectives and we’re committed to promoting an inclusive, inventive, and fun environment with amazing employees. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. Rover is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, military or veteran status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, genetic predisposition, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We are committed to work with you to look for reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Apply for this job