FP&A Manager - Subscriptions

Overview

This role supports financial planning and analysis for a subscription business within a digital content environment. The employer is seeking a strategic FP&A Manager to oversee budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and decision support for senior leadership.

The position is remote in the US.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the subscription FP&A function, including financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis for content operations and subscription revenue.
• Partner with Content, Marketing, and Product teams to develop strategic insights into content ROI, engagement trends, and cost efficiency.
• Own the subscription content P&L and provide guidance on key drivers impacting revenue, OpEx, CapEx, and COGS.
• Drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy, reporting automation, and financial modeling.
• Review and validate financial analyses prepared by analysts to ensure accuracy, consistency, and actionable insights.
• Manage the month-end close process in collaboration with Accounting to ensure accurate and timely reporting of content-related costs and capitalized expenses.
• Oversee development of dashboards and KPIs using Adaptive, Snowflake, and BI tools.
• Deliver executive-ready presentations and materials summarizing financial performance, trends, and recommendations.
• Provide mentorship, feedback, and professional development to team members.
• Collaborate with Corporate FP&A to align subscription financials with enterprise-wide planning and forecasting.

Role Commitments

• Enhance the FP&A support model to enable subscription business growth, targeting greater than 98% forecasting accuracy for the upcoming quarter across subscription net revenue, COGS, and OpEx, and adopting new KPI-driven forecast applications by end of Q3.
• Improve EBITDA margins by identifying and driving incremental core subscription P&L savings, cost avoidance, and margin improvements through expense reporting, efficiency recommendations, and re-forecasting.
• Enable adoption of AI tools through improved data inputs such as vendor mapping and metric standardization, and leverage AI to apply best-in-class subscription industry approaches to content valuation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA preferred.
• 6+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, including at least 2 years in a leadership or supervisory capacity.
• Strong proficiency in financial modeling, budgeting, and reporting systems including Adaptive Planning, BI, Tableau, and SQL.
• Experience managing P&L analysis, forecasting, and capitalized cost tracking.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex financial information clearly and persuasively to senior leadership.
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in a subscription-based or digital content business.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles (GAAP) and financial reporting standards.
• Advanced Excel and financial systems expertise; SAP a plus.
• Proven success in driving financial process improvement and cross-functional collaboration.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay Range: $130,000—$140,000 USD
• Compensation may vary based on the job level, geographic work location, position incentive plan, and exemption status.
• Employment is at-will (subject to applicable state laws).

Location

• Remote in the US.
• Although the employer may consider hiring in the following states, not all positions are available in all locations, and work in a particular state is not guaranteed: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The employer does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.