FP&A Manager - Datadog : Job Details

Datadog is the essential monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. We bring together end-to-end traces, metrics, and logs to make your applications, infrastructure, and third-party services entirely observable. These capabilities help businesses secure their systems, avoid downtime, and ensure customers are getting the best user experience.

Datadog's Finance team collaborates with teams across the organization, providing commercial, operational and analytical support to ensure that Datadog's business continues to scale rapidly and efficiently.

As part of the 'total company' (corporate) FP&A team, you will be tasked with analyzing and forecasting global expense, cash flow, and headcount data, while informing the company's operations through annual budgeting and quarterly execution against that budget. You will be a close partner to the accounting, procurement, and people teams, to ensure consistent data, interpretation of results, and operating framework. Reporting to the Director of FP&A, you will make and coordinate quarterly board of director materials, build and maintain complex models, as well as deliver improved automation/systematization over time

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You'll Do:

* Lead global headcount reporting and analytics; partner with the People team for headcount data

* Assist with the company's global expense and cash flow forecasting and analytics

* Be responsible for financial (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) consolidation and analysis

* Assist in coordination of the annual planning and budget-vs-actual processes, including standard templates and processes across the company

* Partner with the Real Estate team on office planning, global location strategy, and forward-looking expansion forecasting

* Work with finance management on quarterly Board materials, including coordination and consolidation across stakeholders

* Partner with the Accounting team for monthly / quarterly flux analysis and financial close items

* Partner with Procurement for PO approval process, data cleanliness, and understanding the impact to expense/cash forecasts

* Partner with IR for earnings preparation, which may include but not limited to: financial statement consolidation and understanding financial trends related to expense/cash/profit

* Partner with Corp Dev for financial modeling of M&A transactions

* Scenario analysis of headcount / T&E / discretionary spend for profitability outcomes

* Assist with the maintenance of planning tool(s), Workday Adaptive Planning

* Work on other ad hoc projects and analytics

Who You Are:

* 5+ years of professional experience in Corporate FP&A, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, or other related field

* Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or economics

* Mastery of Excel and PowerPoint with proven experience in building financial models and managing complex data

* You are a clear, concise communicator that works well with others

Bonus Points:

* MBA or CFA is a plus but not required;

* Solid understanding of Workday Adaptive Planning is a plus, but not required

* Experience in or understanding of a consumption-based software business model

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you're passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

* Generous and competitive benefits package

* New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan

* Continuous career development and pathing opportunities

* Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space

* Best in breed onboarding

* Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally

* Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.