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Finance Manager, WhatsApp
- Meta (Menlo Park, CA)
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Summary:
WhatsApp’s mission is to Connect the world privately. More than 3 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.The Finance and Business Planning team enables Meta to plan, prioritize, and execute as effectively as possible. We are financial advisers to our business partners, helping them solve their toughest challenges and operate with an independent and objective perspective. We take a uniquely long-term view towards our businesses, and our teams own shared business goals and results with our partners.We’re looking for a Finance Manager to support the full financial picture for WhatsApp. This is a visible and integral role across the organization - directly supporting business leaders across Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Monetization. You will support decisions around nascent product bets and resource allocation, expense management, and prioritization across a full range of planning, strategic decision making, and forecasting. You’ll engage daily with executive business leaders, and act as both a financial business partner and strategic advisor to the leadership team.You should be interested in the WhatsApp product, have experience working with business leaders on monetization and investment decisions, have a demonstrated interest in data and technology, and experience owning highly ambiguous and strategic projects. This role will offer you the opportunity to understand and contribute to many facets of business and product strategy.
Required Skills:
Finance Manager, WhatsApp Responsibilities:
1. Become an integral part of the organization's strategy and planning processes
2. Own end-to-end partnerships with a broad range of Product leads
3. Drive nuanced ROI and impact frameworks across headcount, OpEx and capacity investments
4. Own day-to-day operational tasks related to budget management
5. Perform strategic and/or ad-hoc business analysis as required
6. Champion independent viewpoints across WhatsApp and Meta Finance leadership
7. Collaborate with horizontal Financial Planning & Analysis teams to improve and operationalize processes related to headcount planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
8. 10+ years of experience in finance / strategic finance, business strategy, product analytics, or related professional experience managing strategic investments and strategy
9. Experience leading finance across headcount planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
10. Experience synthesizing strategic insights and problem solving individually or in a group setting
11. Experience communicating, influencing, and relationship building with business leaders
12. Skilled at overseeing multiple initiatives in a deadline-focused setting with a matriced organizational structure
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
13. Experience working at a leading technology, internet or high growth company
14. Experience working in a hyper-scaling environment
15. Experience in data analytics, developing code, and/or forecasting (SQL, Python, R)
Public Compensation:
$159,000/year to $225,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
**Industry:** Internet
Equal Opportunity:
Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.
Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].
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