Cornerstone OnDemand
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
🇺🇸
Remote - US
🕑
Full-Time
💰
$95K - $151K
💻
Finance
🗓️
April 22nd, 2026
GAAP
Power BI
Python
Edtech.com's Summary
Cornerstone is hiring a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes for a private-equity-owned SaaS company. The role involves managing Oracle PBCS systems, delivering detailed analysis for senior leadership, and driving process improvements to support strategic financial goals.
Highlights
- Oversee financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for a SaaS company.
- Manage Oracle PBCS system administration, integration, troubleshooting, and user training.
- Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for Board of Directors and CFO including variance analysis and financial insights.
- Use advanced Excel modeling and data analysis tools (SQL, Python/R, Power BI/Tableau) to generate actionable business insights.
- Drive process automation and operational improvements in financial planning workflows.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Accounting, Tax, and Treasury to align financial planning with business objectives.
- Lead headcount planning and cost allocation for GAAP P&L reporting.
- Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field; 5-7 years in corporate FP&A; advanced Excel and Oracle PBCS experience; data science skills preferred.
- Compensation range: $94,600 to $151,400 base salary with additional bonuses and benefits.
- Supports diversity, inclusion, and compliance with GAAP and company policies in all financial activities.
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager Full Description
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
United States
We're looking for a
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
This role is Remote, United States
We’re seeking a highly skilled and motivated Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager. This critical role will oversee financial planning and analysis, ensuring tight timelines and high-quality reporting.
In this role you will...
Financial Planning & Forecasting:
We’re seeking a highly skilled and motivated Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager. This critical role will oversee financial planning and analysis, ensuring tight timelines and high-quality reporting.
In this role you will...
Financial Planning & Forecasting:
- Oversee financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for a private-equity-owned SaaS company
- Ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial reporting and analysis
- Leverage advanced Excel-based modeling and rigorous data analysis to produce actionable insights
- Help manage the annual budget and quarterly forecasting cycles, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and strategic initiatives
- Support other FP&A managers by automating tasks and analyses to drive process efficiency
Financial Planning System Support (Oracle PBCS):
- Manage and maintain Oracle PBCS (Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service) processes and systems
- Provide expert-level troubleshooting for PBCS-related issues in partnership with the CSOD IT team
- Serve as the primary administrator of the FP&A planning system
- Maintain system integrity by managing data integration, model configuration, user access, and reporting templates
- Continuously optimize system workflows and structure to enhance forecasting accuracy, planning efficiency, and usability for stakeholders
- Provide user training and enablement to promote self-service reporting and system adoption, in partnership with the CSOD IT team
- Lead headcount planning and system uploads
- Implement rules for allocating IT and Facilities costs to business units for forecasting and GAAP P&L reporting
- Liaise with IT for PBCS system management, including ticket management and system updates
BOD/Management Reporting:
- Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for the Board of Directors (BOD) and CFO, highlighting key performance indicators and trends
- Develop P&Ls and finance support slides; draft commentary leveraging budget-vs.-actual (BVA) and variance analysis inputs
- Develop quarterly business review (QBR) decks, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail
- Conduct variance analysis to compare actual performance against budgets and forecasts, providing insights to senior management
- Analyze financial performance, identify risks and opportunities, and provide recommendations
- Develop comprehensive financial reporting packages to support decision-making processes
- Provide actionable insights to improve financial performance against forecasts and budgets
Process Improvement & Operational Efficiency
- Continuously seek opportunities to improve the financial planning and reporting processes, driving greater automation, efficiency, and accuracy
- Implement best practices in financial modeling and reporting
- Champion and drive systems improvements to support the budgeting and forecast processes
Additional areas of engagement:
- Constant Currency Reporting: Maintain efficient constant-currency reporting processes using Excel and PBCS
- Vendor Reporting: Oversee monthly vendor reporting, ensuring detailed and timely deliverables
- Entity Level Forecast: Provide detailed entity-level forecasts to support tax team audits and forecasting
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including Accounting, Tax, and Treasury) to ensure financial planning supports overall business objectives
- Provide support to the FP&A team on Oracle, SmartView, and general finance-related queries
- Strategic Planning: Participate in long-term strategic planning, providing insights and analysis to support business growth
- Ensure compliance with GAAP and company policies, and implement best practices in financial management
You've got what it takes if you have...
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field; advanced degree or certification (e.g., CPA, CMA) preferred
- 5–7 years of experience in corporate FP&A or related finance roles
- Advanced proficiency in Excel (complex models, pivots, Power Query/Power Pivot, dashboards) and strong experience with Oracle, PBCS, and SmartView
- Strong data analysis and data science orientation—ability to extract, transform, and analyze large datasets and translate findings into business insights (e.g., SQL, Python/R, statistical analysis, and data visualization tools such as Power BI/Tableau)
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment and manage tight deadlines
- Prior experience in managing or mentoring team members is a plus
- Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment
- Consideration for privacy and security obligations
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Total Rewards:
At Cornerstone, we are dedicated to inspiring excellence and pushing boundaries in everything we do. Our compensation strategy is based on three fundamental principles: equitable pay, market-driven research, and skill-based appraisals. As part of our mission to share success and empower individuals to thrive in an ever-changing world, the listed salary range is just one element of Cornerstone’s comprehensive compensation package. This compensation package may also include annual bonuses, short- and program-specific awards depending on the role, and a comprehensive benefit offering. The disclosed salary range reflects the geographic differential based on the location of the position if applicable. The starting salary for the successful applicant will depend on several job-related factors, including education, training, experience, certifications, location, business needs, and market demands. This range is based on a full-time position and may be adjusted in the future. Join us in shaping the future of work — tomorrow, together. Experience flexibility and empowerment in your career at Cornerstone. The BASE salary range for this position is: 94600 - 151400 USD.
Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental commitment at Cornerstone OnDemand. All qualified applicants are given consideration regardless of race, religion, color, gender, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class as provided in applicable Federal, State, or Local fair employment laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at careers@csod.com or +1 855 454 8433.
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