Manager, FP&A (Remote)

at  Yelp

SUMMARY

Looking for a company where the Financial Planning & Analysis team plays an integral role in decision making? If you answer yes, then you’ll find what you seek within Yelp’s growing FP&A function.
At Yelp, FP&A is a welcomed partner in all aspects of the business, and regularly contributes to critical decision making.
Business partners are eager for your financial expertise on the most predictive drivers of the business in order to inform key business decisions and drive performance against strategic priorities. They look to you to identify value add projects and drive cross functional collaboration in execution of those projects.. If you are someone who enjoys this type of FP&A environment and is looking to make an important impact on Yelp, then come join our team!
The FP&A Manager role is ideal for highly-motivated individuals who function with confidence and expertise in a fast-paced and rapidly changing business environment. The Manager will have direct visibility to Yelp’s senior management, as well as significant interaction with leadership across key functional areas. Candidates must have great communication skills, a knack for forging close professional relationships, a track record of favorably influencing business performance. The ideal candidate is results-driven, possesses a strong drive to exceed personal goals, and is naturally inclined to anticipate risks, take ownership of challenges, and make sound decisions.
The role will report to Yelp’s Director of FP&A and will embed with key leadership on a day-to-day basis.
We’d love to have you apply, even if you don’t feel you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Yelp, we’re looking for great people, not just those who simply check off all the boxes. This is a full-time remote role based in the United States.

• You will play a lead role in the annual planning and monthly forecasting process.
• You will maintain and improve existing models and metrics, while developing and introducing new analytical frameworks that enhance insight, efficiency and decision-making speed.
• You will forge close relationships with business leaders and departmental heads to become a trusted advisor who highlights risks, spots opportunities, builds simulations and sensitivity analyses, and suggests solutions that create value for customers, employees and shareholders alike.
• You will provide accurate, timely, and actionable financial reporting and key business metrics to operating teams, company leadership, and other groups as necessary.
• You will collaborate with functional departments across the company to build and/or enhance reporting needs as necessary.
• You will aid decision making for reasonable and optimal resource allocation across product, sales, customer support and marketing levers.
• You will partner closely with Sales, Sales Operations, Business Operations, Marketing, and Product to effectively assess business environments and trends to develop/propose action plans/alternatives.
• You will collaborate and communicate on a timely basis with the central heart of Corporate FP&A about monthly forecasts and other financial trends and developments.
• You will manage and develop direct reports.