Head of FP&A - Santa Clara, CA

Nile Global

  • San Jose, California
  • 28 days ago
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    • Financeunmatched
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    • Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)unmatched
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    Description

    Position: Head of FP&A 
    Location: Santa Clara, CA  - 4 days onsite
    Report to CFO
     
    About Nile
    Nile is redefining enterprise networking through a secure, AI-driven Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform that eliminates hardware ownership and IT complexity. We deliver campus WiFi, wired, and security as a single, outcome-based subscription — sold through a channel-led go-to-market model. As we scale toward our next stage of growth, we are building the financial planning and analytical rigor required to run a complex, high-growth business. Finance should be a strategic partner to every function.
     
    Responsibilities
    Enterprise Planning & Forecasting
    • Own the annual operating plan, quarterly rolling forecast, and long-range financial model — including ARR, hardware deployments, cash flow, and profitability scenarios
    • Design and maintain executive scorecards covering ARR, NRR, churn, payback, margin, and headcount efficiency; own the QBR cadence in partnership with CEO's office to track commitments and performance
    • Partner with Data team to build AI-assisted, self-serve reporting that puts real-time performance visibility directly in the hands of functional leaders
    • Lead monthly and quarterly business reviews with clear variance analysis and recommendations
    • Drive continuous improvement to planning tools, processes, and data infrastructure CFO Partnership
    • Serve as the CFO's operating partner — the connective tissue between planning outputs, performance data, and executive decision-making
    • Prepare investor and executive reporting packages including CFO commentary; ensure materials are accurate, well-structured, and decision-ready Proactively identify emerging business issues and bring a point of view, not just a finding
    Strategic Business Partnership
    • Serve as the primary finance partner to Sales, Marketing, Product, and Operations — where GTM is driven by a channel-partner-led model combined with a high-touch, enterprise direct sales motion
    • Support headcount, ROI, and investment decisions with rigorous, well-structured analysis; challenge assumptions constructively
    • Partner with the Controller to build a close cadence that accelerates the path from close to business insight, reducing manual effort and shortening the monthly and quarterly cycle
    Supply Chain & Hardware Finance
    • Coordinate hardware demand forecasting with Logistics, Service Delivery, and Sales — ensuring supply chain assumptions and fulfillment timing are reflected in the operating model 
    Sales Finance (Preferred)
    • Partner with Sales Ops on pipeline reporting, channel partner economics, and sales productivity metrics
    • Support commissions, channel incentives, and incentive compensation review — plan design, attainment, SPIFF structures, and partner program economics
    Qualifications
    • 8–15 years in FP&A, strategic finance, or financial analysis in enterprise tech, SaaS, infrastructure or cloud
    • Proven ownership of a full planning cycle: AOP, quarterly forecast, and executive reporting
    • Strong understanding of recurring revenue business models and financial dynamics that drive ARR, NRR, unit economics, and margins — whether from SaaS, managed services, subscription infrastructure, or similar
    • Demonstrated experience presenting to and partnering directly with C-level and executive leadership
    • Experience building executive KPI frameworks that inform operating decisions, not just summarize history
    • Track record as a genuine business partner, influencing cross-functional leaders without formal authority
    • Experience with channel or partner-driven go-to-market models — channel economics, partner incentives, and sell-through dynamics
    • Proficiency with cloud-based planning tools (Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, Pigment, or equivalent) and ERP/CRM environments (NetSuite, Salesforce preferred)
    • Comfort building process and structure in a fast-moving, high-growth environment — staying open, adaptive, and solution-oriented when priorities shift and the path forward is still being defined
    Preferred
    • Background in investment banking, equity research, or management consulting — ideally followed by FP&A experience in a services, managed services, or infrastructure business; brings structured thinking, strong written communication, and operational grounding
    • Experience operating with the rigor and cadence required at scale — whether from a public company, PE-backed, or late-stage VC environment
    • Exposure to ASC 606 in a combined hardware and subscription revenue model
    • Experience with commercial finance or sales operations: quota modeling, commissions, pipeline governance
    • Background spanning Series B through Series D; comfortable with ambiguity and rapid org evolution
    • MBA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent
    Why Nile - The Opportunity
    • The Head of FP&A owns Nile's planning and forecasting lifecycle, the KPI frameworks executives rely on to run the business, and the analytical partnership that connects financial insight to strategic decisions. 
    • Own the financial operating system of a category-defining NaaS company at Series C
    • Your models and scorecards are in the room at every operating review and investment decision — finance isn't reporting out after the fact, it's in the conversation as it happens
    • Work directly with the CFO and CEO with broad exposure across finance, GTM, product, and operations
    • Equity participation in a high-growth, VC-backed company with marquee investors and a growing enterprise customer base


     

     

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