Manager, R&D Finance
San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States · US · USD 185,000-317,000 / year · 2+ years experience · Remote · Posted Oct 8, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 2+ years experience
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States · US
- Salary
- USD 185,000-317,000 / year · Base salary
About the role
- Figma is seeking a Manager for R&D Finance to join the Strategic Finance team and solve pressing business issues.
- This role involves owning the company's budget, driving annual and quarterly planning processes, performing financial analyses, and partnering with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead all ARR planning and forecasting for Figma's Self-Serve business, including annual plans, quarterly forecasts, monthly reporting, and weekly performance reviews
- Partner cross-functionally with Product and Data Science to identify key growth drivers, surface insights, and influence strategic decisions across the self-serve funnel
- Design and implement process improvements that enhance forecast accuracy and improve visibility into customer behavior, monetization, and conversion trends
- Manage and mentor a high-performing team—providing strategic direction, career development support, and hands-on collaboration to drive team impact
- Develop and present actionable insights and recommendations to senior leadership, including the CFO, CEO, and CMO
- Own and evolve the financial narrative for Figma's self-serve motion in executive and board-level materials
- Bring a builder's mindset to scaling the Self-Serve Finance function—identifying tools, metrics, and systems that enable better decision-making at scale
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, strategic finance, business operations, or a related analytical field
- 2+ years leading and developing high-performing teams
- Proficiency in SQL and a history of partnering with Data Science teams to solve complex analytical problems
- Deep experience in financial planning, forecasting, and driving insights through data-driven analysis
- A structured, strategic thinker who can break down ambiguous problems and develop clear, actionable solutions
- A track record of building new processes or scaling existing ones to improve efficiency and decision-making
Preferred qualifications
- Experience at a high growth B2B SaaS company, with bonus points for self-serve models
Benefits
- Equity
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits with company contributions
- Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Paid time off
- Paid flexible PTO for exempt employees
- Company recharge days
- Cell phone and home internet reimbursements
- Lifestyle spending accounts
Skills
- SQL
- Financial Planning
- Forecasting
- Strategic Finance
- Business Operations
