TENEX.AI

Director of FP&A

TENEX.AI

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Kansas City • Kansas • United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

ERP

About the role

  • Own and continuously evolve the company’s consolidated operating model, including headcount, revenue, and expense forecasting across all business units
  • Lead the company-wide forecasting process, establishing assumptions, methodologies, and cadence across departments
  • Drive business unit–level financial planning, ensuring performance is clearly understood and aligned to company objectives
  • Lead annual budgeting and ongoing re-forecasting cycles, partnering closely with business and functional leaders
  • Develop and maintain long-range planning models to support strategic decision-making, capital allocation, and fundraising readiness
  • Lead scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to inform key strategic decisions, including growth investments, hiring, and go-to-market strategy
  • Own company-wide financial performance management, including budget vs. actual tracking, variance analysis, and forward-looking insights
  • Define and standardize KPIs, reporting frameworks, and performance metrics across all business units
  • Establish and lead the monthly and quarterly financial reporting cadence for executive leadership
  • Build and maintain executive dashboards that translate financial and operational data into actionable insights
  • Act as a strategic finance partner to department leaders, driving accountability around spend, efficiency, and ROI
  • Partner with Accounting to ensure alignment between FP&A outputs and financial reporting, including support for month-end close processes
  • Influence and evolve the chart of accounts and financial systems to support scalable, audit-ready reporting
  • Own the preparation and delivery of board-level financial materials, including performance summaries, KPI dashboards, and variance analyses
  • Partner directly with the CFO and CEO on investor communications, fundraising materials, and due diligence support
  • Define and maintain a consistent financial narrative across all external communications, including ARR, TCV, burn, and growth metrics
  • Build and evolve board reporting frameworks that scale with the company’s complexity and maturity
  • Ensure alignment between internal financial reporting and external investor messaging
  • Serve as a strategic advisor to the executive team, providing financial insight to guide decision-making across the business
  • Lead headcount planning and compensation modeling in partnership with department leaders and HR
  • Partner with GTM leadership to model pipeline, bookings, and revenue performance
  • Collaborate across functions to align financial plans with operational execution
  • Drive adoption of financial discipline and data-driven decision-making across the organization
  • Build scalable planning processes and systems that support continued growth
  • Build and lead the FP&A function over time, including hiring, mentoring, and developing team members
  • Establish best-in-class FP&A processes, tools, and systems to support a scaling organization
  • Drive the implementation of AI-enabled workflows and automation to improve efficiency and insight generation
  • Continuously improve financial infrastructure to support multi-entity, multi-business unit operations

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field (CPA or MBA preferred)
  • 8–12+ years of experience in FP&A, finance, or a related role, with significant experience in SaaS or high-growth environments
  • Proven experience owning and leading FP&A functions, including operating models, forecasting, and budgeting processes
  • Deep expertise in financial modeling, with the ability to connect financial outputs to strategic business decisions
  • Strong understanding of SaaS metrics and revenue recognition, including experience with complex contract structures (multi-year, usage-based, services components)
  • Experience partnering with executive teams and contributing to board-level and investor-facing materials
  • Track record of building scalable financial processes and systems in a high-growth environment
  • Experience supporting fundraising, due diligence, or investor communications is strongly preferred
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets; experience with ERP and financial systems (e.g., NetSuite, QuickBooks, Rillet, or similar)
  • Ability to operate at both a strategic and hands-on level in a fast-paced, early-stage environment
  • Clear and confident communicator, able to translate complex financial data into actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders
  • Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive initiatives from concept through execution
  • Excited about leveraging AI and automation to build scalable, efficient finance processes
  • Naturally curious, highly collaborative, and comfortable operating in ambiguity
Benefits
  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • A culture of growth and development, with room to expand your scope as the company scales
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
financial modelingforecastingbudgetingvariance analysisKPI developmentscenario planningsensitivity analysisfinancial performance managementcapital allocationdata-driven decision-making
Soft Skills
strategic advisorclear communicatorownership mindsetcollaborativeability to operate in ambiguitymentoringleadershipinfluenceaccountabilitycuriosity
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in FinanceBachelor’s degree in AccountingCPAMBA