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Director, Financial Strategy & Planning
Rapid7
Accounting & Finance
Boston, MA, USA
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2023
Director, Financial Strategy & Planning
About the Team
Rapid7’s strategic Finance team is responsible for partnering with leaders across the business to steer the most impactful business and investment decisions in support of our focus to deliver sustained profitable growth. As a publicly traded company, we have a responsibility to our customers, employees, and shareholders to exercise good judgment by leveraging business data and market trends to drive strategic insights that inform our mid-and long-term business goals.
About the Role
Partner with functional business leaders to actively set and manage achievement to key business targets, by informing strategic and operational business planning and decision making through insight-driven financial analysis
In this role, you will:
Develop an in-depth understanding of key business drivers across business functions
Establish and maintain a SaaS KPI target operating model and reporting framework that provides strategic insight into business investments and ROI to optimize operational decisions
Build and maintain growth and investment planning models and drive ad-hoc scenario analysis to support executive and functional decision-making
Partner with key executive and functional stakeholders to incorporate our strategic priorities into our future financial profile
Provide financial analysis and decision support to identify initiatives and investments that can positively impact the company's financial outlook
Support annual and mid-term strategic planning including owning our rolling long-range operating plan
Partner with data and reporting teams to support creation and maintenance of sustainable dashboard reporting for target performance tracking and business decision making
Effectively communicate to cross-functional teams the company’s financial performance and business opportunities, along with rationale supporting decisions to grow profitably
Forge meaningful relationships with the executive and cross-functional business leaders
Provide strong leadership, mentoring, and development to our team; hire, train and develop team members as appropriate
The skills you’ll bring include:
9+ years of progressive experience across financial planning and analytical roles including experience in FP&A, investment banking, equity research or other strategic finance roles, preferably with exposure to enterprise SaaS companies
Analytical mindset to draw insights from data, deep dive into operational drivers, and influence business decisions
Ability to operate independently and manage ambiguity in a fast-moving environment.
Ability to translate complex business operating models and operational indicators into key business insights to drive financial performance
In-depth knowledge of SaaS drivers and metrics and strong understanding of financial modeling and trend/ratio analysis
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with non-financial audiences
Strong leadership presence and being comfortable and credible interfacing with executive and business function leadership
Expertise with various financial planning applications
About Rapid7
Rapid7 is creating a more secure digital future for all by helping organizations strengthen their security programs in the face of accelerating digital transformation. Our portfolio of best-in-class solutions empowers security professionals to manage risk and eliminate threats across the entire threat landscape from apps to the cloud to traditional infrastructure to the dark web. We foster open source communities and cutting-edge research–using these insights to optimize our products and arm the global security community with the latest in attacker methods. Trusted by more than 10,000 customers worldwide, our industry-leading solutions and services help businesses stay ahead of attackers, ahead of the competition, and future-ready for what’s next.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law.