Finance and Business Planning is a highly mission driven organization - our mission is to enable Facebook to plan, prioritize, and execute as effectively as possible. We take a uniquely long-term view towards business problems. It is critical that we operate with an independent and objective perspective, and are comfortable representing our point of view to our partners and executive stakeholders. We serve as financial advisers to our business partners and own shared business goals and results where appropriate. We strive to balance our responsibility to support business partners with our responsibility to serve the long-term mission and sustainability of Facebook Inc. and act as stewards of company resources. Messenger is one of the top communications platforms in the world more than 1.3 billion people use Messenger monthly, to stay in touch with their family and friends. Messenger is free and offers instant and messaging and audio/video calling, available on phones all over the world. We are laser-focused on building a messaging service that works fast and reliably anywhere in the world. We are seeking a strategic, driven, and analytical Finance Manager to support Messenger. This is an integral role within the Finance and Business Planning organization - directly supporting Messenger Product, Engineering, Business, and cross functional leaders. The Finance Manager will manage and drive key aspects of Messengers financial plan, including budget decisioning and operationalization, and supporting Messenger leaders with communication and analytical support. The role will physically sit with the Messenger group, and will involve regular interactions with business and finance leaders. The role requires strategic thinking, strong communication skills, a deeply analytical mindset, and a bias towards action and perfect execution. Our promise: you will gain invaluable experience in a highly visible position that offers significant responsibility and interaction with business and product global leaders at WhatsApp and Facebook, and an opportunity to have significant impact within a priority area for Facebook.
Finance Manager - Messenger Responsibilities
* Support annual and long range planning for Messenger product organization
* Present outcomes and business outlook to stakeholders across Messenger and Finance
* Own end-to-end partnerships with a broad range of Product and Business leads
* Build thoughtful resource allocation analyses to drive better investment decisions
* Drive financial planning processes related to headcount planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
* Collaborate cross-functionally with other FP&A groups, as well as operations including purchasing, accounting, corporate finance
Minimum Qualifications
* 6+ years of experience in business strategy or finance
* Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Economics, Statistics, Finance, or related discipline
* Experience synthesizing strategic insights and problem solving individually or in a group setting
* Communication skills with experience building relationships with people across all levels of the organization
* Self-driven, organized, detail-oriented, and experience multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment
* Analytical and problem solving skills
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About the Facebook company
Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities we're just getting started.
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Menlo Park, CA
Facebook, Inc. provides various products to connect and share through mobile devices, personal computers, and other surfaces worldwide. The company’s products include Facebook that enables people to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and messages; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, groups, and businesses across platforms and devices; and WhatsApp, a messaging application for use by people and businesses to communicate in a private way. It also provides Oculus, a hardware, software, and developer ecosystem, which allows people to come together and connect with each other through its Oculus virtual reality products. As of December 31, 2018, it had approximately 1.52 billion daily active users. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.