Quick summary
- Work type
- On-site
- Location
- Oakland, CA
- Salary
- $217,300–$271,600 / yr
- Posted
- 1 day ago
- Freshness
- Confirmed live today
- Nearby
- 99+ roles within 25 mi
Market check
Salary context
How this pay compares to similar roles
This role pays more than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $183,187–$280,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $244k versus about $232k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Marqeta
Marqeta is a modern card issuing platform that provides open API technology for businesses to create, issue, and manage customized payment cards, powering payment programs for fintech companies and enterprises. Industry: Financial Technology & Card Issuing
Marqeta currently has 19 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $137,450–$171,800 across 16 roles with salary data.
Most-posted roles
- Security Engineer 2
- Business Systems Product Manager 1
- Cloud Database Engineer 1
- Corporate FP&A Director 1
- GTM Analytics Manager 1
At a glance
TL;DR · Senior Director, Corporate FP&A
As Senior Director, Corporate FP&A, you will lead a dedicated team to manage company-wide planning, forecasting, and operating expense functions. You will serve as a strategic partner to the executive team, overseeing the annual operating plan, long-range planning, and quarterly forecasts while managing headcount, vendor spend, and capital expenditures. A primary mandate of this role is architectural transformation; you will redesign data flows from source systems through Sigma and AI tools to automate recurring processes and eliminate manual reporting. You will also manage public company accounting requirements, including stock-based compensation and GAAP treatment for software costs. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in corporate finance, team leadership, and technical accounting. This role solves the challenge of modernizing financial infrastructure and data integration to support a high-growth organization within a complex regulatory environment.
Skills
What you'll do
- Architect and automate data flows from source systems to executive views using Sigma and AI tools.
- Lead the corporate FP&A team by mentoring staff on modern practices and analytical quality.
- Manage company-wide planning cycles including annual operating plans, long-range plans, and quarterly forecasts.
- Oversee end-to-end operating expense management for headcount, vendor spend, T&E, and capital expenditures.
- Serve as a strategic business partner to the executive team to advise on investment and cost structures.
- Manage public company reporting requirements including board materials and investor-facing financial narratives.
- Coordinate with accounting teams on GAAP technical topics like stock-based compensation and capitalized software costs.
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field like Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or Math.
- CPA or equivalent certification is strongly preferred.
- 15+ years of progressive FP&A experience at scaled operating companies including public-company experience.
- 7+ years of experience managing and developing FP&A teams.
- Expertise in end-to-end corporate planning, forecasting, opex management, and headcount tracking.
- Proficiency in public-company accounting and GAAP, specifically regarding stock-based compensation and capitalized software costs.
- Proven ability to architect data flows and automate recurring processes using tools like Sigma or AI.
- Experience in payments, fintech, or scaled SaaS is preferred.
Related searches
More like this
Similar roles
Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Finance
Anduril Industries
Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Finance
Anduril Industries
Senior Director, Partner Specialists
MongoDB
Senior Director, Strategy and Sales Operations
Samsung Electronics
Senior Director, Key & Enterprise Sales
Affirm