Senior Strategic Finance Associate

Mixpanel is seeking a high-impact Strategic Finance Lead to serve as a domain owner within our Financial Planning and Analysis team. This role is a trusted advisor to functional leaders across the business, owning the end-to-end financial planning process for a major domain and driving the analytical rigor that shapes leadership decisions. A successful candidate will bring deep FP&A expertise, strong business partnership instincts, and the ability to design scalable planning processes—not just execute within them.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end financial planning process for a major domain (GTM, R&D, or G&A) — from brief to delivery — setting quality standards and accountability mechanisms that others follow; Define the 6–12 month financial strategy for your domain, validating assumptions with business partners and translating strategy into financial outcomes and leading indicators; Build business cases for major investments with clear assumptions, risk quantification, and second-order effects — giving leadership the analytical foundation to make high-confidence decisions; Design and improve planning processes, tooling, and data definitions that reduce rework across teams and raise the quality of financial outputs org-wide; Lead cross-functional analyses with clear milestones and owners, resolving forecast disagreements with principled rationale and crisp financial narratives tailored to each audience; Partner with functional budget owners to ensure data quality, metric consistency, and alignment on assumptions — acting as a cultural anchor for data-driven decision-making

Requirements

5–8 years of FP&A or Strategic Finance experience; demonstrated ownership of a planning domain end-to-end; Proven ability to design planning processes and frameworks — not just operate within them — and to influence decisions across teams without direct authority; Expert-level financial modeling skills; fluent in SaaS unit economics, driver-based forecasting, 3-statement modeling, and scenario/sensitivity analysis; Deep expertise across multiple planning domains (GTM, R&D, G&A); experience partnering with senior functional leaders on budget strategy and investment decisions; Strong SQL skills and experience working with BI tools, FP&A platforms, and ERP systems; comfortable specifying data needs and improving data quality upstream; Excellent communication skills — can distill complex financial analysis into crisp narratives tailored to exec audiences; BS/BA in Economics, Finance, Accounting, or related field

Nice to have

MBA or CFA a plus; high-growth SaaS experience

Benefits

Equity consideration; Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care; Mental Wellness Benefit; Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays; Enhanced Parental Leave; Volunteer Time Off; Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break