[Hiring] Director of Financial Planning & Analysis @Andela

Role Description

The Director of FP&A is a strategic partner responsible for shaping how Andela plans, invests, and makes decisions as we scale. This role blends analytical rigor, strong business judgment, and clear storytelling to help the executive team navigate complexity and tradeoffs with confidence.

• Own the company’s financial planning engine end-to-end.
• Operate as a deeply embedded partner to leaders across the company.
• Thrive in ambiguity, exercise strong judgment, and take full ownership of outcomes.
• Bring clarity to complex decisions.

Exceptional Leadership

• Low ego, low drama: Share credit, take blame, and appreciate others' ideas.
• One team mentality: Break silos and prioritize the company and mission.
• Great listener, hungry for feedback: Seek improvement and listen to diverse opinions.
• Owner, not renter: Fix problems or find someone who will.
• Team-player: Collaborate proactively and engage in important details.
• Business problem solver: Approach function through the lens of solving business problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the corporate financial model, including the full three-statement build (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) and the scenario planning architecture.
• Lead all end-to-end planning cycles (annual operating plan, monthly rolling forecasts, long-range plan).
• Own the monthly business review to diagnose financial health of the business.
• Build capital allocation and investment frameworks for growth initiatives.
• Build unit economics, cohort, and scenario analysis to identify optimization opportunities.
• Partner with GTM, Data, and RevOps on revenue and pipeline forecasting.
• Prepare clear, investor-ready narratives connecting financial performance and strategy.
• Manage one Finance Business Partner.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience across corporate finance, FP&A, strategic finance, or related roles.
• At least 5 years in corporate/strategic finance at a high-growth B2B technology or SaaS company.
• 2+ years of people management experience, building and leading high-performing teams.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with modern FP&A tools.
• Exceptional storyteller, capable of distilling complex analyses into strategic insights.
• A collaborative, proactive, curious, and growth mindset with a passion for problem solving.
• Systems thinker who connects financial drivers to business strategy.

Requirements

• This role is probably not for you if your recent years of experience have been spent:
• As a business partner to one function inside a large organization.
• As primarily a coach versus player or player/coach.
• Optimizing inherited, mature processes versus first-principles building.

Benefits

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