Finance And Strategy Manager

About the role:

Samsara is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Finance & Strategy Manager to partner with our Supply Chain Operations organization. Samsara's hardware devices unlock key insights for customers with different kinds of physical assets, from trucks to heavy equipment and more. Our Supply Chain Operations organizations develop and deliver our industry-leading IoT hardware devices to customers. You will partner with business leaders to set and achieve corporate goals. You will drive quantitative and qualitative investigation to inform strategic choices and identify optimization opportunities. You will support corporate financial goals by driving forecast models and providing accurate guidance to our leaders and investors.

This role is open to candidates residing in the US except the San Francisco Bay Area (125 mi. radius from 1 De Haro St, San Francisco) and NYC Metro Area (50 mi. radius from 131 W 55th St, New York).

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact-helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.

• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won't be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.

• You're energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.

• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-calibre team that will encourage you to do your best.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate closely with leaders across our Supply Chain Operations teams to manage our hardware spend and drive strategic decision-making

• Develop financial models to provide accurate short-term and long-term forecasts on some of the top spending areas for the company

• Conduct monthly and quarterly variance analysis and identify trends, opportunities, and risks, and support operating review meetings with VPs and EVPs of Operations and Finance

• Build scalable processes and mechanisms to enhance financial visibility, control, and planning effectiveness by partnering with accounting and business organizations

• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara's cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field

• Minimum of 4-7+ years of experience in Corporate Finance, financial planning and investigation, and strategic finance experience

• Proven experience in financial modeling, forecasting, and budgeting through Microsoft Excel or Google Sheet

• Strong accounting knowledge with experience working closely with accounting teams

• Excellent evaluation, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills

An ideal candidate also has:

• Experience in the physical goods industry is highly preferred

• Willingness and ability to build new financial processes and mechanisms

• Ability to thrive in a fast-growing environment with high degrees of ambiguity

• Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., Adaptive Planning, NetSuite, Salesforce, Workday, etc.)

• Experience working with large datasets and technical data management and analysis skills (e.g., SQL, Tableau, Databricks, etc.)