Director, FP&A

Metropolis • New York, New York, United States • 3d ago

The Company

Metropolis is an artificial intelligence company that uses computer vision technology to enable frictionless, checkout-free experiences in the real world. Today, we are reimagining parking to enable millions of consumers to just "drive in and drive out." We envision a future where people transact in the real world with a speed, ease and convenience that is unparalleled, even online. Tomorrow, we will power checkout-free experiences anywhere you go to make the everyday experiences of living, working and playing remarkable - giving us back our most valuable asset, time.

The Role
Metropolis is looking for a driven FP&A Director to be a strategic business partner to our Commercial, Aviation, and Risk Management business units. This individual will be responsible for partnering cross-functionally with senior management to build annual budgets and run the budgeting process, manage forecasts, and provide decision support through financial analyses to ensure optimal returns on strategic investments. This is a key position providing guidance on financial and operational matters and building out finance processes across the entire organization. This role reports to the VP of Strategic Finance.

Responsibilities

Drive business partnership with leaders in the organization and own the annual budgeting process, along with weekly, monthly, and quarterly reforecasts, month-end reconciliations
Prepare materials for monthly business reviews, including reporting required for operational reviews within each business unit
Design and refine detailed financial models that forecast and analyze each business to fully understand sources of variance and, ultimately, improve forecast accuracy
Partner closely with Accounting as a key contributor to ongoing processes and improvements related to budget management and reporting consistency
Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting - analyze financial results, distil/synthesize key trends, assess current and future business risk, and communicate key messages to senior management
Develop and maintain operational KPIs and partner with leaders to provide ROI and ad hoc analysis to support decision-making
Become embedded with business partners across the company, establishing trust, building relationships and gaining a deep understanding of relevant drivers

Qualifications

10+ years of relevant finance experience preferred; parking management, facility management or other real estate management services experience strongly preferred
Experience with M&A and post-merger integration activities required
Experience partnering with Senior Leadership and ability to influence at all levels of an organization
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with experience developing and delivering presentations
Expertise in building Excel-based financial models, with an emphasis on aggregating and analyzing data to provide actionable insights
Manage multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment while maintaining a high level of precision, working in team environments or independently
Experience with headcount reconciliation and month-end budget/forecast vs actuals reconciliation
Experience in both public and private company environments, preferably with high growth
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field required
Experience with financial systems: ERPs (NetSuite, Great Plains, Oracle, SAP), Planning Software (Hyperion, Adaptive, Anaplan, Pigment), Payroll/HRIS (Dayforce, ADP), Expense Software (Concur, Navan, Expensify, Coupa), Salesforce
Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, cross-functional team
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and a strong focus on organization and formatting

When you join Metropolis, you’ll join a team of world-class product leaders and engineers, building an ecosystem of technologies at the intersection of parking, mobility, and real estate. Our goal is to build an inclusive culture where everyone has a voice and the best idea wins. You will play a key role in building and maintaining this culture as our organization grows. The anticipated base salary for this position is $165,000.00 to $185,000.00 annually. The actual base salary offered is determined by a number of variables, including, as appropriate, the applicant's qualifications for the position, years of relevant experience, distinctive skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location of residence and/or place of employment. Base salary is one component of Metropolis’s total compensation package, which may also include access to or eligibility for healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a lucrative stock option plan, bonus plans and more.

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