Strategic Finance Manager, WordPress.com
The Company
Automattic-a global leader in publishing, messaging, and commerce software-is building the operating system for the open web. With a strong commitment to open source, we have deep roots in WordPress, the platform that powers our business and 43% of all sites on the worldwide web. Our goal is to democratize publishing, commerce, and messaging so that anyone with a story can tell it, anyone with a product can sell it, and everyone can manage their communications from a single source.
In a fast-paced, complex market, we own a diverse set of assets, deploy numerous business models, and offer scalability from B2C to SMB and Enterprise customers. Our brands include website building and cloud hosting (WordPress.com), ecommerce and fintech (WooCommerce), Enterprise SaaS (WordPress VIP), and infrastructure hosting, spanning customer segments that include SMB, online merchants, enterprise, government, and even consumer. In our incubator, we also support a broad set of new business start-ups that currently incorporate messaging, ads, podcasting, journaling, and social media.
The co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, Matt Mullenweg, is driving a growth and expansion strategy that is still in its "early days," with a massive addressable market and exceptional upside. Today, we manage the internet properties for renowned organizations such as Salesforce, Porsche, Meta, Disney, and NASA. Over 4 million online stores run on WooCommerce, which accounts for 33% of all online stores globally, and more than 1 billion people use our products each month. Automattic has established itself as a pivotal player in the digital landscape.
We're a remote-based company with 1400 Automatticians in nearly every corner of the globe, speaking over a hundred different languages. Unlike many companies, we are and always will be 100% remote (we call it distributed). This means that you can work from anywhere in the world, in any time zone, leveraging collaboration tools and asynchronous communication.
Automattic's story would not be complete without mentioning our focus on mergers and acquisitions. Over the past 17 years, we've acquired 35 companies, including WooCommerce, Parse.ly, and most recently, Texts.com and Beeper.com, our multi-channel messaging plays. These acquisitions now represent some of Automattic's largest business units and growth drivers.
Our company is backed by some of the world's most respected investors, spanning mutual funds, venture capital, sovereign wealth, and strategics. These include Salesforce Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, ICONIQ Capital, True Ventures, Wellington Management, BlackRock, Addition, Alta Park Capital, Schonfeld, New York Times Company, and Tiger Global Management.
Our Board includes Sue Decker, who also serves on the boards of Berkshire Hathaway, Costco, and Vox Media, and Ann Dunwoody, the first female four-star general in the US Army, who also serves as a Trustee for Fidelity Investments. Automattic is profitable, generates positive cash flow, and aggressively invests in future growth. It's a great place to build a career, learn, and contribute!
The Opportunity
We're hiring a Strategic Finance Manager. You'll partner with GMs and stakeholders across WordPress.com, Automattic for Agencies, and other properties in the Automattic portfolio, to turn numbers into decisions. You'll build the models, run the reviews, and help leaders make the bets that shape the business and facilitate growth.
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Salary range: $150,000 - $250,000 USD. Please note that salary ranges are global, regardless of location, and we pay in local currency.
Location: Remote (North America)
We are searching for high-caliber candidates with the skills and qualities to have a net positive for Automattic. Pay will reflect the potential contribution and the impact you can bring, which may, in some cases, go beyond the range stated.
This isn't your typical work-from-home job-we are a fully remote company with an open vacation policy. Read more about our compensation philosophy. To see a full list of benefits by country, consult our Benefits Page. And check out these links to learn more about How We Hire and What We Expect from Ourselves. #LI-DNI
About Automattic
Now in our 20th year, we're the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Beeper, Tumblr, Simplenote, Jetpack, Longreads, Day One, PocketCasts, and more. We believe in making the web a better place.
We're a distributed company with more than 1500 Automatticians in nearly every corner of the globe, speaking over a hundred different languages. Enriched by this diversity, we're united by a singular mission: to democratize publishing, commerce, and messaging so anyone with a story can tell it, anyone with a product can sell it, and everyone can manage their communications from a single source. In short, we help maintain a balance in society, creating and continually refining powerful tools people can use to compete fairly-regardless of income, gender, politics, language, or where they live in the world.
We believe in Open Source, and the vast majority of our work is available under the GPL. Automattic is a Most Loved Company, an Equal Opportunity employer, and Disability Confident Committed. (Here's what that might mean for you.) If you need disability-related accommodations during the application or interview process, please fill out this form. We are committed to ensuring an accessible hiring process for all candidates. Learn more about our Employee Resource Groups.
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