Finance Manager, GTM

Rubrik Job Board
Palo Alto, CA
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with experience in financial planning and analysis who can manage cross-functional teams and produce detailed reports.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with prior experience in financial planning and analysis for go-to-market teams
    — “manage Headcount, T&E expense, and support key deliverables like annual planning, bookings forecast”
  • Individuals with a track record of mentoring junior analysts and building scalable processes
    — “Mentor junior analysts on the team, and construct independent processes that support your work”
  • Professionals with a strong background in sales and finance reporting for SaaS or enterprise tech companies
    — “Own financial reporting to finance and sales leaders”

Things to consider

  • In-office attendance required 3 days per week despite potential hybrid flexibility
    — “require in-office attendance 3 days a week”
  • Candidates must be prepared to handle high-impact work with senior management visibility
    — “this role and their work will have high visibility and impact to the senior management”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with headcount forecasting and budget vs actual analysis in your resume
    — “BvA explanations to Finance Executive Leaders”
  • Demonstrate your ability to build and maintain financial models in Excel or Google Sheets
    — “Advanced Excel & Google Sheets skills”
  • Showcase your history of collaborating with sales and recruiting teams on financial planning
    — “collaborate with Sales Ops and Recruiting to maintain accurate source of truth”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • accurate financial reporting
  • effective headcount management
  • successful mentoring of junior analysts
Typical background
finance managementfinancial analysissales operations

Skills & requirements

Required

Advanced ExcelGoogle SheetsAnalytical SkillsWritten CommunicationCross-functional Team CollaborationPrioritizationTime Management

Preferred

Adaptive InsightsNetsuiteSalesforceTableauWorkdayCoupaBudget Vs Actual AnalysisSales Bookings PlanExpense PlanSales Headcount Ratios

Stack & domain

ExcelGoogle SheetsAdaptive InsightsNetsuiteSalesforceTableauWorkdayCoupaLeadershipCommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingFinanceSalesManagement

About the role

Original posting from Rubrik Job Board

Finance Manager, GTM

This role sits at the center of a fast-scaling GTM org on an AI-native transformation journey. You'll be expected to keep pace with rapid growth, bring order to ambiguity, and continuously challenge how the finance function operates — not just run the existing playbook. The Finance Manager will report to Director Finance, and they will own financial reporting to finance and sales leaders. They will manage Headcount, T&E expense, and support key deliverables like annual planning, bookings forecast, BvA analysis, monthly/quarterly financial reporting and ad hoc analysis of the business. We are looking for an AI-native leader who treats AI as a default part of their workflow — automating recurring reporting, building self-serve analytics, and using LLM-based tools to move faster and go deeper than a traditional finance function. 

This position will be based in Palo Alto, California and will require in-office attendance 3 days a week.

What you'll do:

Business Partner with the Chief Business Officer 

Own headcount management and collaborate with Ops and Recruiting to maintain accurate source of truth for actuals & forecasts

Construct & present monthly and quarterly review of various pillars in the and CBO’s org to Sales and Finance Executive Leaders

Bookings by Product / team

Expense by type / team

RoI/Cost-benefits ratios 

BvA explanations to Finance Executive Leaders

Provide ad hoc reporting and analysis for senior management as needed to review and improve business and financial performance

Mentor junior analysts on the team, and construct independent processes that support your work, that analysts can be trained on

Business Partner with the VP of Sales Ops & VP of Sales Enablement 

Own headcount management 

Manage the SKO, President Club Budgets

Reporting

Build monthly and quarterly decks with topline and expense insights

Project Manage the teams’ deliverables around monthly and quarterly close activities 

Experience You'll need

Excellent attention to detail

7+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree

Advanced Excel & Google Sheets skills

Excellent analytical and written communication skills

Ability to work well in cross-functional teams and build strong working relationship with key partners

Demonstrated abilities to prioritize and manage multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment to meet deadlines with efficiency and accuracy

It is helpful, but not required to have

Experience with Adaptive Insights, NetSuite, Salesforce, Tableau, Workday, Coupa

Prior experience managing headcount and conducting BvA calls (Budget vs Actual)

Experience with sales bookings plan, expense plan, sales headcount ratios

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Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential.

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