FP&A Manager

As an FP&A Manager at Conga, your primary responsibilities include maintaining the corporate financial model, overseeing monthly financial close processes, and fulfilling reporting and analytics needs. You’ll collaborate across various teams to improve budget and forecast accuracy, enabling informed decision-making and supporting our operational management and executive leadership.

To apply for the FP&A Manager role at Conga, candidates should have a bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration. Additionally, having over five years of experience in FP&A, corporate strategy, or similar fields, particularly within a SaaS company, will greatly enhance your candidacy.

The FP&A team at Conga is crucial to the company’s success by providing timely financial insights that guide operational management decisions and strategies. They create robust financial analyses that not only assist in budget and forecast accuracy but also influence key business decisions at all levels, including executive and board meetings.

Critical skills for the FP&A Manager role at Conga include expertise in Excel for financial modeling, a deep understanding of accounting and finance principles, and the ability to create insightful reports and dashboards. Strong analytical skills, initiative to drive change, and the ability to communicate effectively across departments are also vital.

An FP&A Manager at Conga should be familiar with FP&A relational databases, BI tools like Power BI and Tableau, as well as Salesforce reporting capabilities. Experience with FP&A tools such as Adaptive Insights or Anaplan, and familiarity with corporate development processes like M&A will give candidates a competitive edge.

When answering this question, provide specific examples of financial models you've developed or maintained. Highlight the impact these models had on decision-making and how they helped the organization achieve its financial objectives.

Explain your processes for checking data accuracy, including any specific software you use. Discuss how you identify and correct errors, and share examples of how you’ve improved reporting accuracy in previous roles.

Provide a compelling example where your analysis led to a significant business decision. Detail the analysis process and how your recommendations were received, emphasizing your communication skills.

Discuss how you build relationships with various teams to gather insights about their needs. Mention the importance of proactive communication and your approach to developing scalable solutions based on those insights.

Talk about your experience with dashboard creation, your focus on key performance indicators, and how you determine what data is most relevant to each audience. Mention any tools you've used for visualization.

Share specific experiences, emphasizing your understanding of software industry metrics and how they impact financial reporting. Connect these experiences to the strategies you would implement at Conga.

Reflect on a challenge you've faced, detailing the steps you took to address it and what you learned from the experience. This is a great opportunity to showcase your problem-solving skills.

Discuss your commitment to continuous learning, mentioning resources you rely on such as workshops, online courses, or industry publications. This shows your dedication to growth in your field.

Emphasize the importance of technology in streamlining processes, improving accuracy, and enabling quicker decision-making. Share specific technologies you have utilized and how they have impacted your work.

Talk about the ways you build rapport with teams outside finance, your communication strategies, and how you tailor your financial information to be digestible for a non-financial audience.