Figma
Finance
StrategicFinance,Systems&AIInnovation
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“Strategic Finance, Systems & AI Innovation at Figma. Skills: Finance Systems, AI Innovation, strategic finance, systems architecture, data governance, AI adoption strategy. Drive the execution of transformational projects by applying their finance and systems expertise. defining business processes that improve automation, standardization, and simplicity”
What You'll Achieve.
drive outsized impact as we scale toward more automated, intelligent, and AI-enabled planning; surface key KPIs and business insights
Industry & Context.
highly analytical; strategic; approaches problems in a structured manner; comfortable with ambiguity
keep their cameras on during video interviews, attend in person onboarding
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of experience in Finance Systems, roadmap execution or a related function, technical skills with system design & implementation, AI automation, data architecture, integrations, Working knowledge of financial processes including O2C, P2P, FP&A, Accounting Ops, and close cycles, project management instincts, with ability to run multiple workstreams simultaneously, Clear, structured communicator across technical and non-technical audiences
Nice to Have
Proficiency with SQL, Data science background, Experience managing consultants or external resources
What You'll Do.
Drive the execution of transformational projects by applying their finance and systems expertise
defining business processes that improve automation
Influence Figma Finance's AI adoption strategy
Serve as the functional and technical owner of the financial planning platform (Pigment)
Own the systems roadmap end-to-end
including prioritization
Design and evolve a best-in-class systems architecture
optimizing data flows
Establish cross-functional partnerships with Strategic Finance Data Science
Develop dashboards and data visualizations to surface key KPIs and business insights
Drive best practices across systems controls
and change management frameworks
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
partnering with teams across the company; collaborating with partners across the organization; Establish cross-functional partnerships with Strategic Finance Data Science, Data Engineering, Accounting, and Operations
Communication Scope
great communicator; Clear, structured communicator across technical and non-technical audiences
Process & Methodology
roadmap execution, project management instincts, ability to run multiple workstreams simultaneously, prioritization, resource deployment
Full Job Description
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. This role requires someone who can own and evolve the finance systems backbone at Figma and drive outsized impact as we scale toward more automated, intelligent, and AI-enabled planning. We're looking for 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. 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 the execution of transformational projects by applying their finance and systems expertise, collaborating with partners across the organization, and defining business processes that improve automation, standardization, and simplicity Influence Figma Finance's AI adoption strategy, defining how AI can be embedded into systems and workflows as infrastructure to drive analysis, reporting, and forecast decisions and execute on adoption alongside the team Serve as the functional and technical owner of the financial planning platform (Pigment), leading
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