Finance Manager (Cost & Operations Analytics)

Join VAST Data as a Finance Manager in our Operations Finance team. You will lead the transition from manual data processes to automated financial integration, manage budgeting and tracking for operations, and partner closely with accounting for accurate reporting. This role requires strong analytical skills, the ability to operate independently, and experience in COGS and inventory FP&A.

• Own the end-to-end FP&A for Operations, including OPEX and COGS management, and lead the transition from manual data processes to automated financial integration.
• Manage hiring and headcount tracking for the Operations organization, and lead the budgeting and tracking of costs incurred at Contract Manufacturers (CMs).
• Act as the steward for manual Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) processes across Ops Finance, driving their integration into automated data environments.

• Advanced experience with transitioning from manual reporting into automated dashboards
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
• Ability to build documentation that provides transparency and speeds up decision-making for stakeholders
• Proven ability to manage complex workstreams with minimal oversight, focusing on results rather than task lists
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to distill complex data into actionable insights
• Comfortable operating in high-growth, fast-paced environments with shifting priorities
• 5+ years of experience in COGS and inventory FP&A, ideally within a hardware supply chain environment
• Familiarity with BI tools (e.g. Tableau)
• Excellent Excel/Google sheets skills including pivot tables, nested formulas, Index/Match, dynamic ranges etc. Macros/VBA, scenario analysis & sensitivity modeling. Driver based forecast models (lead - pipeline - sales - revenue - cash). Ability to pull from databases (NetSuite)