Director of Financial Planning & Analysis
Accounting & Finance
Remote
USD 225k-250k / year + Equity
Role Overview
Transcend is seeking a Director of FP&A to build and scale the financial planning, forecasting, and performance management capabilities of the company. Reporting directly to the VP of Finance, you will guide long range planning and act as a partner to leaders across the organization by enabling data-driven decision-making. You will also work closely with the executive team to ensure alignment between financial goals and business objectives.
This is a remote, Full-Time, Exempt position based in the United States. The successful candidate must have valid work authorization, as visa sponsorship is not available. This role reports directly to the Vice President of Finance.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes.
- Lead the preparation of financial and KPI reporting to ensure accountability against goals and business objectives.
- Deliver business insights to the executive team and cross functional partners.
- Implement scalable, repeatable processes that bring accuracy and accountability to financial planning cycles.
- Manage projects to improve systems and tools that enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
Qualifications
Required:
- 10+ years of FP&A experience, including building FP&A functions and technology stacks from the ground up.
- Experience with financial planning systems such as Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, or Pigment.
- Demonstrated success in leading planning cycles.
- Ability to synthesize complex financial information into clear insights for business partners.
- Experience translating between GAAP and non-GAAP financial metrics.
Preferred:
- Deep understanding of SaaS metrics.
- Experience scaling a technology business.
- Experience supporting GTM organizations.
This role is eligible for:
- Variable Compensation (Bonus): Is designed to reward achievement of performance goals.
- On-Target Earnings (“OTE”): Compensation is structured based on an employee’s base salary plus a variable compensation. Incentives are earned based on performance and subject to plan terms.
- OTE Projection: When base salary and variable compensation are combined, the projected OTE for this role is listed as the pay range below, assuming achievement of 100% of performance goals.
Compensation Information
- Our comprehensive compensation packages play a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to bringing data rights to everyone.
- The compensation pay range represents our reasonable expectation for this role. Individual pay is determined by multiple factors, including, but not limited to, experience, education, skillset, and geographic location.
- This specific range applies to Tier 1 labor markets like the SF Bay Area and New York City; it may be adjusted based on the labor market in other geographic areas and the individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process.
About Transcend
Transcend is the autonomous data decision platform powering the world's most trusted brands. We help enterprises navigate one of the defining challenges of the AI era: leveraging the data they hold on their users and customers responsibly while still moving fast. By encoding data use permissions directly into the systems that process customer data, Transcend creates a real-time source of truth for consent, preferences, and business rules, enabling organizations to unlock AI, personalization, and customer growth with confidence.
We're building the infrastructure behind trusted data use with a team that values curiosity, ownership, and technical excellence. If you're excited by complex, future-focused problems at the intersection of AI, data governance, privacy, and trust, you'll find plenty to tackle here.
Founded by Ben Brook and Mike Farrell, Transcend is a fully remote company backed by leading investors, including Accel, Index, 01A, StepStone Group, and HighlandX. We are proud to serve Fortune 500 companies and emerging category leaders and have been recognized as a Leader in IDC's MarketScape for Worldwide Data Privacy Compliance Software and twice named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™.
Learn more on our Customer Stories Page.
Why Join Us?
- Impactful work: We believe helping organizations use data responsibly while continuing to innovate is one of the defining challenges of the AI era. At Transcend, you'll help some of the world's most trusted brands navigate that challenge while shaping the future of trusted data use.
- Autonomy and growth: You will have the trust and autonomy to drive initiatives from the start. As part of a fast-growing company, you'll have significant opportunities to shape the organization's direction and work across a diverse array of projects.
- Dynamic environment: Transcend sits at the intersection of AI, data governance, privacy, and trust. As technology, regulations, and consumer expectations continue to evolve, so do the challenges enterprises face. Our team moves quickly, adapts constantly, and helps define how organizations responsibly use data in an AI-powered world.
- Supportive culture: The people at Transcend are driven, kind, and know how to balance work, life, and memes. Ego has no place here. We learn from each other and maintain a strong support system while solving meaningful problems together.
- Commitment to diversity and equal opportunity: We celebrate a diverse and inclusive workforce and consider all forms of diversity, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and veteran status. Our commitment ensures equitable employment opportunities, non-discrimination in all practices, and a workplace where every employee feels valued and respected. We also consider all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as legally required.
- Benefits & perks: Transcend employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits program that includes flexible PTO, parental leave, a 401(k) match, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, and competitive compensation packages that include employee equity. Learn more about our offerings here.
- Remote-first by design: We believe great work can happen from anywhere. Transcend is a fully remote company built around flexibility, trust, and collaboration, with team members across geographies and time zones. We foster connection through metro hub meetups, team off-sites, and annual company retreats, while supporting day-to-day work with co-working and monthly meal stipends.
- Community & well-being: We believe great companies invest in their people and the communities around them. Throughout the year, Transcend employees participate in volunteer opportunities, educational programming, and initiatives focused on wellbeing, inclusion, and social impact.
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