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Liftoff Mobile

Senior Manager, Strategic Finance (Special Projects)

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Key details

Salary

Not specified

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

5-10

Location

Remote, United States; San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Full job description

Liftoff is seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance (Special Projects) for a full-time remote role based in the United States, preferably in the San Francisco Bay Area and working Pacific time zone hours. The role involves supporting forecasting and reporting processes, operational finance projects, and strategic analysis. Responsibilities include managing intra-quarter revenue forecasts, supporting Board reporting, contributing to annual and long-term financial planning, partnering with cross-functional teams on revenue tracking, improving operational finance processes, developing reporting capabilities for leadership, supporting business cases and product forecasting, and assisting with revenue synergy and M&A workstreams. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field, 7-10+ years of FP&A or strategic finance experience (preferably in high-growth tech or ad tech), strong financial modeling skills, intellectual curiosity, excellent communication skills, and experience working with go-to-market and senior leadership teams. Ad tech or programmatic advertising experience is a plus. Compensation varies by location with base plus bonus OTE ranging from approximately $171,925 to $225,400. Benefits include equity, health, vision, dental coverage, wellness stipends, and other perks based on location.

What you'll do

  • Support the intra-quarter revenue forecast process including daily forecast updates, weekly updates, and quarterly forecast cycles
  • Support forecasting materials for Board and sponsor reporting
  • Contribute to the Annual Operating Plan and long-term forecasting process, incorporating product, commercial, and market assumptions
  • Support the quarterly target-setting process in partnership with cross-functional teams and drive intra-quarter holistic and initiative-specific tracking against forecast
  • Partner with GTM & Operations teams on projects that help the business better understand and track revenue performance across different business segments
  • Lead Finance-side work to evaluate and improve long-standing operational processes, identifying where existing definitions, reporting frameworks, or tracking methodologies may benefit from reassessment
  • Drive projects that improve the quality and consistency of reporting across the organization, ensuring leadership has accurate and reliable data to support decision-making
  • Develop new analytical views and reporting capabilities for senior leadership forums, surfacing discussion topics backed by rigorous financial logic
  • Own business case support and ad hoc product forecasting, from framing the right question to delivering a structured, assumption-driven analysis
  • Support revenue synergy and M&A workstreams
  • Take on high-priority, time-sensitive analytical projects as they arise across the Strategic Finance team

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
  • 7-10+ years of FP&A, strategic finance, or related analytical experience, ideally in a high-growth technology or ad tech environment
  • Demonstrated ability to support complex forecasting processes and own special projects independently, with strong assumptions ownership and stakeholder alignment
  • Strong financial modeling skills across forecasting, scenario analysis, and business case development
  • Intellectually curious and comfortable with ambiguity, with the ability to ramp quickly on new topics and work through open-ended problems
  • Clear, concise communicator who can translate complex analysis into executive-ready insights
  • Proven track record of proactive ownership and driving to answers independently
  • Experience partnering with go-to-market, product, and senior leadership teams
  • Nice to have: Ad tech, programmatic advertising, or mobile experience

Benefits

EquityHealth, vision, and dental benefitsWellness stipendsAdditional perks based on country of residence

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