Senior Finance Manager

Description

Sprout Social is looking to hire a Senior Finance Manager, Corporate and G&A, for the Finance team.

Why join Sprout's Finance team?

At Sprout Social, our Finance team powers the strategy behind helping leading brands unlock the value of social intelligence. We act as the company's fiscal backbone-equipping leaders with insights to make smart decisions, while delivering a seamless experience for customers and meeting the demands of a dynamic public company. You'll join a collaborative team grounded in accuracy and operational excellence, where your work directly impacts Sprout's success. We foster a culture of high standards and continuous learning, giving you the opportunity to grow your expertise while making meaningful contributions.

What you'll do

• Lead company-wide financial planning processes, including annual operating planning, long-range planning (LRP), rolling forecasts, and executive consolidations across the business.
• Champion strategic financial partnership across Sprout's G&A leadership team-including People, Legal, IT, and Corporate functions-to steer critical investment decisions and maximize operational trade-offs.
• Architect and optimize corporate financial models, SaaS operating metrics, headcount planning frameworks, and executive reporting to support data-driven decision-making.
• Spearhead forecast rigor and operational discipline through proactive variance analysis, scenario planning, and actionable insights into company performance drivers.
• Direct and govern total-company payroll, tax, benefits, and macro-level merit/promo guidance allocation assumptions in close alignment with the Total Rewards team.
• Cultivate key partnerships with Accounting, Procurement, Total Rewards, and business leaders that transform spend management, unlock workforce planning efficiencies, and deliver transparent financial visibility.
• Author executive-ready narratives and presentations that translate complex financial and operational data into clear business recommendations.
• Champion analytical excellence, scalable planning processes, and best practices across the broader FP&A organization, acting as a key driver of team initiatives.

What you'll bring

You are a highly analytical and strategic finance leader who thrives in fast-paced SaaS environments and enjoys operating at both the corporate and business-partnering levels. You bring strong financial modeling capabilities, executive presence, and the ability to influence cross-functional leaders through data-driven storytelling and thoughtful partnership. You are equally comfortable designing scalable systems, mentoring teams, steering a team through complex financial project workflows, and dissecting operational details to improve forecasting accuracy, financial visibility, and business performance.

The minimum qualifications for this role include:

• 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or corporate finance roles, ideally within high-growth SaaS organizations.
• Strong expertise in corporate financial planning processes, including annual planning, rolling forecasts, long-range planning, and executive consolidations.
• Advanced financial modeling and analytical capabilities with a deep understanding of SaaS unit economics, headcount planning, and operating performance metrics.
• Proven experience partnering directly with senior business leaders to influence investment decisions, drive accountability, and deliver actionable financial insights.
• Excellent communication and executive storytelling skills, with the ability to synthesize complex financial data into clear recommendations for leadership audiences.

Preferred qualifications for this role include:

• Demonstrated experience leading high-impact finance initiatives while mentoring, developing, and elevating the capabilities of analysts and team members.
• Experience partnering with G&A organizations such as People, Legal, IT, or Corporate Operations as a dedicated finance business partner.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise planning platforms such as Pigment, Anaplan, or Adaptive Planning, including workflow automation and dashboarding.
• Familiarity with finance and HR systems, including TeamOhana, NetSuite, Workday, and Coupa.
• Strong understanding of SaaS operating metrics, including Rule of 40, CAC Payback, Magic Number, and LTV.
• Demonstrated ability to balance collaborative partnership with strategic influence and constructive challenge in fast-paced environments.

How you'll grow

Within 1 month, you'll plant your roots, including:

• Complete Sprout Social's new hire training & onboarding program alongside other new Sprout team members. You'll gain a broader understanding of our products and how your role fits into the organization.
• Partner with your manager to align on early priorities, define success in the role, establish career growth goals, and build a strategic command of Sprout's financial planning processes, systems architecture, and operating rhythms
• Deconstructing existing forecasting models, reporting frameworks, and key SaaS performance metrics used by leadership.
• Assessing Pigment, TeamOhana, and the broader planning ecosystem to understand current workflows and opportunities for optimization.

Within 3 months, you'll start hitting your stride by:

• Building and enhancing partnerships across G&A support functions.
• Advancing corporate consolidations, executive reporting, and planning cycles.
• Delivering proactive financial insights and recommendations to functional leaders to improve decision-making and forecasting accuracy.
• Mastering Pigment and identifying opportunities to streamline manual workflows and improve planning and forecasting automation.

Within 6 months, you'll be making a clear impact through:

• Leading key components of annual planning, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning processes with confidence and accuracy.
• Driving measurable improvements in forecast rigor, reporting efficiency, and executive visibility into company performance.
• Catalyzing scalable planning processes, dashboard enhancements, and improved systems connectivity across finance tools.

Within 12 months, you'll make this role your own by:

• Operating as a core leader within the Corporate FP&A organization, influencing company-wide financial strategy and planning decisions.
• Orchestrating continuous improvement initiatives in Pigment that modernize planning infrastructure and reduce reliance on manual reporting processes.
• Defining the future evolution of Sprout's financial planning ecosystem and operational governance standards.
• Elevating the quality, scalability, and strategic impact of finance business partnering across the organization.

Of course, what is outlined above is the ideal timeline, but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager.

Our Benefits Program

We're proud to regularly be recognized for our team, product and culture. Our benefits program includes:

• Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Premium BCBSIL medical, dental (high/low plans), and vision (Eyemed) insurance for you and your eligible dependents.
• Premium Mental Health Support: Full, free access to Modern Health for you and your dependents, including coaching, therapy sessions, and digital wellness resources.
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with a 50% company match on your first 6% of contributions (a 3% total match).
• Financial Security: 100% employer-paid Life and Disability insurance for your peace of mind.
• Flexible Paid Time Off: A flexible PTO policy, supplemented with additional company-wide Rest & Recharge days throughout the year.
• Paid Parental Leave: Up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents to support you in expanding your family.
• Annual Lifestyle Stipend: A $1,000 USD annual Lifestyle Spending Account to spend on your physical, mental, and financial well-being.
• Work From Home Support: A one-time $550 USD stipend to set up your home office, plus a monthly $50 USD stipend for internet.
• Giving Back: 16 hours of paid volunteer time annually, plus a $100 annual match for your charitable donations.
• Additional Financial Perks: Access to pre-tax commuter benefits, subsidized child/eldercare (Care.com), discounted pet insurance (Figo), and no-cost personalized financial wellness support through Your Money Line .
• Office Environment: Beautiful, convenient, and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago's Loop and downtown Seattle

* This list is for informational purposes only. Benefit offerings are discretionary and subject to change and do not constitute a contract or guarantee of benefits.

Our salary ranges reflect the expected earning potential for this role. Individual pay is based on geographic zone, relevant experience, and skills.

Our current hiring range for this role: $132,000.00 - $180,300.00 annually. Offers are made within this range, with opportunities to grow within the broader band based on performance and impact.

We share both our current hiring range and our broader geographic salary bands to provide transparency into our compensation philosophy. This ensures you understand not only your starting potential but also the long-term growth potential available as you progress in your role.

We have two geographic pay zones in the United States:

Zone 1 (New York, California, Washington) : $145,200.00 - $217,800.00

Zone 2 (All other US states) : $132,000.00 - $198,000.00

These ranges were determined by a market-based compensation approach; we used data from trusted third-party compensation sources to set equitable, consistent, and competitive ranges. We also evaluate compensation bi-annually, identify any changes in the market and make adjustments to our ranges and existing employee compensation as needed.

Sprout Social is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on identity - race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged or sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. Because Sprout Social is a federal contractor, we affirmatively recruit individuals with a disability and protected veterans. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our latest DEI Report .

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