Head of FP&A

San Francisco, CA or Austin, TX or Remote

At Qualia, we've built the leading B2B real estate technology that transforms the home buying and selling experience into a simple, secure, and enjoyable process. Our SMB and Enterprise products bring together users from across the real estate ecosystem---homebuyers and sellers, lenders, title and escrow agents, and real estate agents---onto a single shared digital closing platform, providing greater clarity and transparency to real estate transactions. Today, through our business customers across the country, millions of consumers use Qualia to close on homes every year.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON

The Head of FP&A will play an important role on our finance team. This role will report to our VP of Finance. In this role, you will lead our FP&A organization with a focus on partnering with senior leadership across the business on forecasting and analysis. This role will also act as a strategic partner and advisor to the VP Finance. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated individual with a strong business acumen, excellent communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across teams to drive operational and strategic excellence. If you're looking for an opportunity to make a significant impact at a fast-growing technology company, then this role may be the right fit for you.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and develop the FP&A team
• Be a strategic advisor to the VP Finance for key operational and strategic business-wide decisions
• Generate P&L insights for management both top-line and expense related, expand upon areas of opportunity with follow-up analyses and recommendations
• Analyze macro and micro environment trends to understand how those could impact our business/forecast
• Lead and coordinate the budget and reforecast process for the organization
• Develop models and reporting output (dashboards, analyses, white papers, etc) to support critical decision making and guide strategic approach around working capital, capital allocation, and cash flow
• Oversee the preparation of monthly financial reporting, to be shared and discussed with the executive team and department leads
• Business partner with cross-functional teams to align on and support strategic initiatives, improve operational efficiency, and drive profitable growth

YOUR BACKGROUND THAT LIKELY MAKES YOU A MATCH

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, accounting, or related field. MBA is a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in a finance/accounting role, preferably in investment banking, consulting or venture capital environment
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, critical thinking, and financial modeling skills with the ability to work effectively under pressure
• Great management skills - upward, downward, and peer-to-peer. Strong communicator who is able to motivate others, and collaborate effectively to achieve desired outcomes.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to think strategically and creatively about open-ended business problems
• You're metrics-driven in your decision-making, always striving to improve existing processes and are naturally curious
• You work best in a highly collaborative environment, and you are less focused on who sent the best idea in, but what the best idea actually was (and why)
• You're a strong performer under pressure and tight timelines
• Competitive spirit, high energy, self-motivated team player
• Nice to have: Experience with data science, experience in vertical SaaS

This role has a base annual salary of $170,000-$200,000 plus a competitive equity and benefits package. (Salary to be determined by relevant experience, location, knowledge, and skills of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

WHY QUALIA

Qualia is made up of incredibly bright, mission-driven coworkers who are passionate about using technology to solve real world problems---and we're growing quickly. In order to continue building an engaging and dynamic organization, we're committed to giving everyone the support they need to do great work.

Our benefits package is designed to allow our team members to be their best selves, both in and out of the workplace. In addition to comprehensive health plans, a 401k program, and commuter benefits, we prioritize family and personal well-being through professional development, parental leave, and a flexible time off policy. Qualia offers a robust online onboarding program to train new hires, biweekly all hands meetings, and a variety of internal virtual events to keep employees connected.

We believe diverse perspectives and backgrounds are critical to building great technology, and our goal is to cultivate an environment where people feel equally valued and respected. Qualia is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, citizenship, socioeconomic status, disability, or veteran status.