Director, FP&A

The role

The Director of FP&A will reimagine the FP&A function into an AI-native intelligence hub. You will lead a small team, build strategic financial models, and serve as a strategic partner to the CFO and executive team.

What you will do

• Reimagine the FP&A operating model into an AI-native intelligence hub
• Own long-range strategic planning and financial modeling
• Own company-wide planning and forecasting processes
• Serve as strategic finance partner to the CFO and executive team
• Lead the design and delivery of board materials and investor-facing packages
• Drive interactive, real-time scenario modeling
• Deploy self-serve financial intelligence across the business
• Partner cross-functionally with R&D, GTM, and G&A leadership
• Lead a lean, high-impact FP&A team

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in finance, spanning investment banking, private equity, and/or FP&A at a high-growth company
• Strong foundation in financial modeling and analysis
• Fluency with recurring and consumption-based revenue models and metrics (ARR, net and gross retention, cohort economics, payback)
• Track record of driving AI or technology-led transformation of a finance function
• Strong financial modeling, scenario analysis, and integrated three-statement forecasting skills
• Experience building and presenting board-level and investor-facing financial materials
• Strong familiarity with the modern AI-enabled FP&A tooling landscape
• Exceptional executive presence
• Preference for staying close to the work, including building models and analysis yourself

Nice to have

• Candidates earlier in their career with particularly strong investment banking or transaction experience

Benefits

• Stock Options
• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Professional Development Funds
• Flexible Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Sick Days
• Paid Parental Leave
• Retirement Benefits
• Mental Wellbeing Benefits

Before you apply

• Must be based in the Bay Area or New York City

About the company

Cockroach Labs has built database technology trusted to power mission-critical applications. The company is building Cockroach Continuum to meet the needs of AI-driven software infrastructure.