Head of FP&A

At Render, we are on a mission to accelerate software innovation by empowering every developer to ship software quickly, confidently, and at scale. We are achieving our mission by building an all-in-one platform for teams of all sizes to deploy, manage, and scale full-stack applications. We're a talented, ambitious, and diverse group dedicated to solving one of the most challenging problems faced by every development team today. Render offers the flexibility of traditional cloud providers without their complexity and maintenance headaches, so developers and businesses can focus on building products and delighting customers. We iterate quickly while placing the utmost importance on user experience, quality, and reliability.

Our product-led approach has led to exponential organic growth, with over a million developers relying on Render to bring their ideas to life. We're deeply humbled by the love and demand from our customers, and we continue to push the boundaries of technology, delivering exceptional experiences and taking a long-term view of our impact on software development.

Applying to Render:

We're looking for candidates with high integrity, low ego, and an insatiable drive to learn. We use reasoned discussion and constant feedback to improve as individuals and as a company. We cultivate mutual trust and respect, empowering us to debate ideas effectively and create the best outcomes for our customers and our team.

We especially encourage members of underrepresented groups in the tech community to apply and understand that not all successful candidates will meet each requirement listed.

Our interview process is unique to each role, and we value the candidate experience just as much as our customer experience. We hope your conversations with us reflect a thoughtful process that is illuminative, enjoyable, and respectful of your time.

About the role:

As the strategic Head of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) at Render, you will report to the VP of Finance and be responsible for building out the FP&A function from the ground up. This high-visibility role offers extensive collaboration across the company and the opportunity to shape Render's financial strategy as we scale. You will be a key partner to leadership in strategic decision-making and to all teams in establishing metrics, building investor narratives, managing financials, and modeling the impact of key initiatives to optimize decision-making.

What You'll Do:

• Lead Planning & Forecasting: Develop and manage the company's annual planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with company goals.
• Corporate Operating Model: Establish a comprehensive operating model with three financial statements (P&L, cash flow, balance sheet), supporting both short-term and long-term planning.
• Financial Modeling & Analysis: Partner with the Product and GTM team to prioritize initiatives, conduct impact analysis, and build robust financial models, including but not limited to product-led growth, sales capacity, benchmarking, gross margin analysis, pricing, sensitivity analysis, etc
• Revenue & Cash Flow Forecasting: Create driver-based rolling forecasts for ARR, bookings, and cash flow to ensure financial predictability and support strategic decision-making to improve business health.
• Reporting & Dashboards: Oversee the development of financial reports, dashboards, and key metrics, partnering with the data and accounting team to ensure accurate and timely insights. Prepare internal management reports, board materials, and investor updates.
• Cross-Functional Business Partnering: Work closely with all departments to support budget management, headcount planning, and financial decision-making. Provide financial insights to leadership on key initiatives.
• Lead FP&A System implementation: Set the vision for our systems roadmap, drive cross-functional systems implementations at scale, and deliver process improvements.
• Team Building: Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing FP&A team, ensuring team have the guidance, resources, and tooling needed to succeed.

We're Looking For:

• Experience: 8+ years of experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance, GTM Finance, Business Operations, investment banking, or related fields, preferably within a high-growth B2B SaaS environment, through both rapid growth and operating at scale.
• Technical Skills: Strong financial modeling skills, including revenue modeling, cash flow forecasting, and 3-statement modeling. Proficiency in SQL and financial planning tools is highly desirable.
• Strategic Mindset: Ability to think critically and strategically, with a strong understanding of corporate finance principles and IPO readiness.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Proven track record of collaborating across teams and influencing senior leadership on financial strategy.
• Analytical Rigor: Highly analytical with a strong attention to detail. Ability to break down complex problems and communicate findings effectively.
• Growth-Oriented: Energized by the opportunity to build something new and make a significant impact in a fast-paced startup environment.
• IPO Experience: Experience preparing a company for IPO is a significant plus.
• Usage-based Business: Experience with Usage-based business models is a significant plus.
• Management and Leadership: Experience recruiting, mentoring and developing emerging leaders.

Ideal Qualities:

• Deep understanding of B2B SaaS businesses, metrics, and customer lifecycle for both product-led growth and sales-led motions.
• Knowledge of best practices and trends in FP&A within a SaaS or subscription business.
• Energized by the startup environment and excited about building and scaling.
• Structured, logical thinker with the ability to break down complex problems effectively and develop concrete action plans.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify messaging while understanding the nuances.
• Proactive, self-driven, and comfortable operating in ambiguity.
• Ability to scale with the company and grow as a strong functional leader.

Why You'll Love Working at Render:

• Opportunity to shape the strategy of a mission-driven high growth company.
• High-impact role with direct influence on company success.
• Collaborative, diverse, and innovative work environment.
• Continuous learning and growth opportunities.

Benefits

• Our openings span more than one career level. The starting salary for this role is between $180,000 and $250,000 USD. The provided salary depends on many factors, such as work experience and transferable skills, business needs and impact, and market demands.
• The opportunity is eligible for equity with early exercise options and extended exercise windows.
• 4 weeks of paid vacation, available from day one.
• 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents to bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child. We will also work with you to create a supportive plan of return.
• Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401K plans.
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and a dependent. FSAs are available as well.
• Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health, therapy, hobbies, etc.
• Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy.
• Commuter benefits for Renders in the Bay Area and home office stipends for remote Renders.
• Continuous learning benefits & related support.

Render is an equal-opportunity employer. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product, and our community to flourish. We make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional, and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

We encourage all who are interested to apply. We can't wait to hear from you