Posted by employer 9 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 6 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the Strategic Finance role at Figma, the individual will tackle critical business challenges by managing the company's budget, enhancing financial processes, and collaborating with various teams to drive strategic initiatives. Key skills include strong analytical abilities, effective communication, and a knack for structured problem-solving, with a preference for candidates who have a background in investment banking or strategic finance. This position is ideal for experienced professionals looking to influence high-level business decisions in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 6 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Figma's careers page November 7, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$127,000).
- Starts above 58% of 1478 comparable mid other roles in United States we track (median $105,000 across 187 companies).
Quick facts
- Is the Strategic Finance role remote?
- It's hybrid — Figma expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Figma lists $115,000–$245,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Strategic Finance role.
- Where is the role based?
- Figma is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Figma targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Strategic Finance role at Figma.
From the original posting
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!
The Strategic Finance team is focused on solving some of Figma’s most pressing business issues. The team is responsible for owning the company's budget, driving annual and quarterly planning processes, allocating and deploying the company's resources efficiently, performing financial analyses, and partnering with teams across the company. The role requires someone who is highly analytical and strategic, a great communicator, approaches problems in a structured manner, and is comfortable with ambiguity. You’ll get substantial visibility, focus on the highest-priority business issues, and be plugged into every facet of the business.
We are currently hiring for a few roles across our Strategic Finance team.
- Go-To-Market: This role will focus on our Sales business. In your first 12 months, you will:
- Own and materially improve Figma’s annual planning and forecasting process
- Influence resourcing and investment decisions across the Sales business
- Corporate: This role will help deliver high accuracy in our revenue and ARR close. In your first 12 months, you will:
- Own, scale, and materially improve Figma’s Top-line financial ARR close and Figma’s revenue model
- Leverage automation to surface data-driven insights, enabling management to take proactive, margin-impacting actions
- Growth: This role will focus on Figma's AI Products. In your first 12 months you will:
- Own the experimentation framework for AI products & assess business impact
- Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering to identify, implement, and action on growth opportunities and measure new feature launches
- Iterate on pricing & packaging constructs, aiming to maximize customer & business value
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs (SF / NY) or remotely in the United States.
What you’ll do at Figma:
- Drive alignment on KPIs and key metrics to monitor business performance, drive growth initiatives, and provide visibility into operating performance
- Build annual operating plans, quarterly, and monthly financial forecasts
- Develop cross-functional partnerships across Figma to formulate business insight and inform executive decision making
- Own, run, and improve financial processes that support Figma’s business
- Partner with Strategic Finance, Data Science, and RevOps to improve our ARR data quality and forecasting
- Prepare and deliver presentations for the Executive Team, including the CFO, CMO, and CRO
- Experiment with AI-driven solutions to automate workflows, enhance accuracy, and elevate the speed and impact of Strategic Finance operations
- Help scale financial operating rhythms as Figma continues to grow
- Become a trusted thought partner to functional leaders and the executive team
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
- 5+ years of relevant experience in investment banking, private equity, strategic finance, Big 4 audit, business operations, or related fields
- Experience in financial planning and creating data-driven analysis
- Demonstrated ability to build processes from scratch and distill complex issues into structured frameworks and develop concrete action plans
- Experience problem-solving independently, organizing workload and priorities, and completing tasks on time
- Experience building relationships and communicating with stakeholders across all levels and functions
- Genuine curiosity and passion in the work that you do
While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:
- Experience at a high growth B2B SaaS company, with bonus points for GTM experience
- SQL/AI tooling experience and deep experience working with large data-sets
Pay Transparency Disclosure
At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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