Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

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Schmidt Futures is a philanthropic initiative, founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, that bets early on exceptional people making the world better.  We knit talent into networks, bet on the most promising ideas through diverse forms of competition and support, and equip people to scale through partners and modern tools. To realize this vision, Schmidt Futures uses a broad set of tools — including gifts, grants, investments, and startup activity — for charitable, educational, and commercial efforts with a public purpose. Our initiative brings together the efforts of various charitable and non-charitable entities to improve our potential impact by making diverse types of capital available to the efforts we support.

The Role:

Reporting to the Director, FP&A, the Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis will play a key role in supporting our financial planning processes.  This role will strengthen and evolve the underlying integrated financial forecast models, systems, and tools that are the foundation of our finance function. The Manager, FP&A will be instrumental to the function’s impact.

The Manager’s role will include:

  • Operating as a business partner to leaders of multiple programs and functions within the organization, serving as a key point of contact regarding financial review, budgeting and analysis.
  • Working closely with a wide range of backgrounds (academics, consultants, technologists, etc.), and in close partnership with multiple teams
  • Supporting the financial close process: manage recurring monthly, quarterly and annual processes needs across the organization and with affiliates.

    • Key Responsibilities

Financial Review:

  • Play a lead role in the budgeting and financial review processes: track actual performance against budget and identify key insights / drivers.
  • Develop and maintain short and long-term forecast models.
  • Track org-wide KPIs for our financial operations (grantmaking, operational spending, time billing). 
  • Partner with teams across the organization to identify solutions to improve operating and financial KPIs.

System Improvements:

  • Lead system and process improvement initiatives to support our growth and drive efficiencies to enable scale.
  • Collaborate with the broader shared service accounting and treasury teams in the family office, which serves Schmidt Futures and other philanthropic and non-philanthropic initiatives, to advance our collective financial stewardship responsibilities and to streamline financial close processes. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Experience in analytical roles: such as investment banking, private equity, and/or financial planning & analysis at a high-growth organization or start-up.
  • Project management skills, including capabilities to manage multiple stakeholders. 
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills, for both conceptual and analytical problems.
  • Energetic, flexible and proactive partner.
  • Demonstrated teamwork ability and record of impact in high-intensity, team-based environments.
  • Values-based, collaborative working style with a demonstrated commitment to the highest standards of ethics and confidentiality.
  • Ability to collaborate up, down, and across to drive results.
  • Experience managing various stakeholder groups with varied levels of experience with FP&A management.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to operate as an effective tactical as well as strategic thinker.
  • Robust technical skillset in Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets. 
  • Experience with NetSuite and/or Vena a plus.

Requirements:

  • A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or other quantitative field (or equivalent from an accredited institution), or 5 years’ work experience within a finance or analytical modeling function.
  • Be based at the Schmidt Futures offices in New York and be able to travel within the U.S. and internationally on a regular basis as needed following company policy and permitting circumstances.

    • At Schmidt Futures we are committed to fair, transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive, market-informed compensation. The target salary range for this position is $155,000 to $185,000. Compensation for the successful candidate will be informed by the candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies and experience.

About Schmidt Futures

Futures Action Network, LLC, which operates Schmidt Futures, is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. We do not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or prohibited by Company policy. We strive for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibit harassment of any kind.


Futures Action Network, LLC, which operates Schmidt Futures, is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. We do not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or prohibited by Company policy. We strive for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibit harassment of any kind.

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