Director, Finance Business Partner

Who are we?

Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications. Our growing community of over 6500 organizations in regulated industries counts on Smarsh every day to help them spot compliance, legal or reputational risks in 80+ communication channels before those risks become regulatory fines or headlines.  Relentless innovation has fueled our journey to consistent leadership recognition from analysts like Gartner and Forrester, and our sustained, aggressive growth has landed Smarsh in the annual Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing American companies since 2008.

Summary/Objective As the Director, Finance Business Partner, you will serve as the primary contact for financial performance for assigned business functions. You will develop, organizationally align, distribute, and lead discussions on critical metrics to drive visibility and accountability throughout the organization. You will be an inspirational leader who conveys energy and credibility. This position directly reports to the VP of FP&A.

How will you contribute?

• Work closely with the functional management team to ensure proper financial and business controls are in place
• Streamline systems and data to identify, measure effectively, and track key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Ensures alignment between revenue projections and associated spend for business function
• Manage headcount and staffing plans to ensure both functional objectives are met and within budget
• Support vendor negotiations and cost management for software, hosting, and hardware
• Manage monthly forecasts and annual budget through an inclusive process with the functional management team
• Oversees variance commentary and analysis of the business function against complete P&L and leading indicators
• Works with other Finance Business Partners, Corporate FP&A, and Accounting to disseminate and receive relevant information throughout the organization
• Support cost optimization projects through profitability analysis and efficiency recommendations
• Able to present complex information and findings to large teams
• Moderate understanding of GAAP and impact on financial forecasts
• Other duties as assigned

What will you bring?

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business. MBA, CPA, or Masters preferred
• 10+ years of financial analysis experience; preferably in SAAS or Professional Services
• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning, Salesforce, or NetSuite preferred
• Can apply advanced knowledge and experience to developing new methods, programs, and procedures, and includes a comprehensive understanding of the practical issues of at least one central functional area where the knowledge is applied.
• Skilled in end-to-end people management.
• Can drive the application of principles, theories, and concepts and determines the best course of action.
• Able to resolve complex problems of line of business-wide operations.
• Skilled in establishing functional procedures and policy.
• Can identify efficiency improvement activities and work to implement streamlining/efficiency changes.
• Can make tactical decisions that will impact the line of business.

What do we offer?

• Healthcare insurance - We provide medical, dental, and vision insurance, and a flexible spending account that allows you to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible out-of-pocket expenses.
• Personal time off - A healthy work-life balance is critical to your success at the office. Smarsh offers a “take-what-you-need” time off policy as well as flexible work arrangements
• 401K Match - Smarsh provides a 4% 401K match for which employees are fully vested on day one.
• Sabbatical - The Smarsh sabbatical program provides a time to recharge, to study or simply a time to do something you are passionate about away from the workplace. Employees are eligible after six years of service.
• Recognition - We’re big on kudos for a job well done. Our employee-recognition program enables co-workers to nominate their peers who best embody our core values for recognition.