Senior FP&A Manager

Cloudinary is the Image and Video API platform trusted by millions of developers and over 10,000 companies worldwide. Our powerful tools fuel websites to be faster, richer in user engagement, and breakthrough creativity. With a growing suite of products that support everything from developer efficiency to brand storytelling, Cloudinary is becoming the visual layer of the web.

Cloudinary has a globally distributed team across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific, united by a shared commitment to building smart, scalable technology and a culture rooted in humility, curiosity, and collaboration. At Cloudinary, we celebrate Life & Work. We believe in healthy growth, working with purpose, and creating meaningful value. If you’re looking for a place where your voice matters and your work truly makes an impact, this may be the opportunity for you.

Cloudinary is seeking a highly analytical and strategic Senior FP&A Manager to join the CFO Office. Reporting to the VP of Finance, FP&A, you will lead company-wide financial planning, forecasting, cash flow management, and performance analysis. As a key business partner to Finance and executive leadership, you will drive financial visibility, operational discipline, and data-driven decision-making while helping build the processes, rigor, and scalability required for Cloudinary’s journey toward becoming a public company.

This is a 6-month contract position, requiring a minimum of 2 days at our San Jose Office.

• Support the company’s Annual Operating Plan (AOP), long-range planning, and rolling forecast processes, ensuring alignment between strategic priorities and resource allocation.
• Own company-wide cash flow Annual Budget, forecasting and liquidity planning, including monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-term projections.
• Develop and maintain integrated financial models covering P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital, and key SaaS operating metrics.
• Drive scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and risk assessments to support executive decision-making and strategic initiatives.
• Consolidate departmental forecasts into company-wide financial outlooks and evaluate risks and opportunities against plan.
• Partner with Fin Ops, Revenue Operations, GTM, and Business Analysis teams to improve revenue-to-cash visibility, collections forecasting, and cash predictability.
• Monitor and analyze key working capital drivers, including DSO, collections performance, and balance sheet cash impacts.
• Lead monthly and quarterly Budget vs. Actual (BvA) and Forecast vs. Actual (FvA) analyses, providing clear insights into business performance and cash flow trends.
• Partner with functional leaders to support operating expense planning, investment evaluations, and resource allocation decisions.
• Own and report on key SaaS operating metrics, including NRR, Gross Retention, CAC, CAC Payback period, Gross Margin, Operating Margin, Rule of 40, and Free Cash Flow
• Prepare executive, Board, and investor-ready financial reporting materials, translating complex financial information into actionable insights.
• Drive continuous improvement of FP&A processes, forecasting methodologies, governance, and financial systems to support scalability and IPO readiness.
• Collaborate closely with Accounting, ARR Reporting & Analysis, Procurement, Rev Ops, and other business partners to ensure consistency across planning, reporting, and operational processes.
• Support strategic initiatives, ad hoc analyses, and special projects that influence company growth and long-term value creation.

10+ years of progressive FP&A, Corporate Finance, or Strategic Finance experience.

Experience in a public, pre-IPO, or high-growth private SaaS company, preferably with $100M+ ARR.

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