FP&A Manager

Overview

Smartling was founded 16 years ago to make localization and translation seamless. Today, Smartling is profitable and backed by Battery Ventures, a global technology-focused investment firm, supporting company growth and expanding our market share and leadership position. We are the only cloud-based, AI-enabled translation platform that combines a Neural Machine Translation Hub and professional language services, empowering teams to collaborate in real-time to create experiences customers love.

We are seeking an FP&A Manager to partner closely with Finance, Marketing, Sales Operations, and Product teams to drive data-backed decision-making across customer acquisition and growth. This role is responsible for architecting scalable reporting and dashboards that clearly attribute marketing investment to pipeline creation, customer acquisition, and ARR. The ideal candidate is not just a financial analyst, but a systems thinker—someone who can design clean data models in Looker or similar BI platforms, translate funnel metrics into financial outcomes, and present insights in a way that executives trust and base their operational and financial decisions.

You Will

• Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning with a strong GTM lens

• Own acquisition-related financial models (CAC, cohort analysis, channel mix)

• Prepare analyses for Executive leadership (board materials, investor diligence)

• Continuously improve forecasting accuracy by incorporating funnel dynamics

• Build and maintain Looker models (LookML) or equivalent semantic layers in other BI tools

• Translate raw data into finance-grade metrics suitable for board and investor reporting

• Design and own executive dashboards monitoring that should be self-service and have early-warning indicators

• Architect and maintain multi-touch attribution models to evaluate marketing ROI across channels

• Partner with Marketing and Sales Ops to define source of truth for leads, opportunities, and customers, as well as reconcile marketing performance metrics with financial outcomes

You Have

• 6+ years of experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance, or Analytics at a SaaS or subscription-based company

• Demonstrated experience building reports and dashboards in Looker (or similar BI platforms such as Tableau, Power BI)

• Strong understanding of SaaS GTM metrics (CAC, LTV, payback, Pipeline coverage, Conversion rates and velocity, Quota attainment and sales performance by AE and BDR 

• Hands-on experience working with CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce), Marketing automation platforms (e.g., HubSpot, Apollo)

• Ability to translate complex analytics into clear executive narratives

• Experience designing or implementing multi-touch attribution models

• Experience supporting PE-backed or high-growth SaaS companies

• Familiarity with board-level reporting and QoE-style analysis

• Exposure to data modeling or SQL (not required to be a data engineer)
  

You Are

• A Leader. Proactive, compelling, with excellent business and technical judgment

• Process Oriented. Well-organized, demonstrating attention to detail

• Self-organized. Self-starter and eager to grow

• Entrepreneurial. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, combined with top-notch business and technical skills
  

You Will Enjoy

• Freedom 🏡 - we are remote first

• Growth  - an opportunity to learn and advance your career

• Wealth 💰 - we offer a competitive salary and 401(k) + company match

• Wellness - health insurance; free medical plan for you and your family

• Balance - flexible PTO + 11 holidays; generous parental leave

• Culture 🤝- an energetic, value-driven, and fun culture and team spirit

• Bonus - employee referral program and Apple equipment

We are considering candidates based in Eastern or Central time zones at this time. 

Smartling is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, skills, and experiences.

We use E-verify platform for the work authorization verifications.

*To work from home, you must have a strong internet connection, a quiet space, and a professional (distraction and clutter-free) background.

The US national total pay range for this role is $120,000 - $140,000. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed.