Job OverviewThe Senior Expense Manager plays a critical role in driving financial excellence and operational efficiency across the organization. Leads the FP&A expense team to deliver accurate reporting, actionable insights, and strategic recommendations that inform executive decisions. Reporting directly to the VP of FP&A, this role offers significant visibility and influence within the finance and executive leadership teams. Key responsibilities include managing team performance, overseeing reporting, budgeting and forecasting processes, partnering cross-functionally and championing continuous improvement initiatives.
About UsWhen you join iCIMS, you join the team helping global companies transform business and the world through the power of talent. Our customers do amazing things: design rocket ships, create vaccines, deliver consumer goods globally, overnight, with a smile. As the Talent Cloud company, we empower these organizations to attract, engage, hire, and advance the right talent. We’re passionate about helping companies build a diverse, winning workforce and about building our home team. We're dedicated to fostering an inclusive, purpose-driven, and innovative work environment where everyone belongs.
Responsibilities- Lead Expense Management: Direct and develop the FP&A expense team to ensure disciplined, timely, accurate, and standardized reporting for executive leadership, lenders, and investors (e.g., monthly executive packs, quarterly board materials).
- Business Partnership: Serve as a key business partner to executive leadership, ensuring alignment between finance and the business on all aspects of financial and operational objectives, strategies and performance.
- Monthly Forecasting: Own monthly reforecasting of expenses, utilizing driver-based variance analysis.
- Annual Planning: Play a key role in the development and execution of the annual operating plan and long-range financial strategy.
- Financial Analysis & Insights: Partner with business leaders to integrate operational data with financial outcomes, delivering actionable insights that drive performance.
- Modeling & Scenario Planning: Oversee the creation of advanced business cases in Adaptive Planning and Excel to support complex financial questions, sensitivity analysis, and scenario modeling.
- Performance Metrics: Define, track, and report key performance indicators and financial targets to measure success and identify improvement opportunities.
- Process Improvement: Lead special projects aimed at enhancing system reporting tools, analytical capabilities, and internal processes to enable better decision-making.
- Team Leadership: Manage and mentor FP&A team members, fostering growth, accountability, and alignment with organizational objectives.
- Governance: Establish and maintain standards and procedures for financial management reporting to ensure consistency and compliance.
Qualifications- Experience: 8+ years in finance, including management experience; prior experience in scaled technology/SaaS industry required.
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in Adaptive Planning and familiarity with tools such as Workday, Salesforce, Tableau, Power BI and NetSuite.
- Analytical Expertise: Exceptional financial modeling skills with the ability to build and explain complex models.
- Business Acumen: Strong understanding of GAAP, SaaS metrics, and financial principles. Ability to effectively communicate with both executive leadership and cross-functional peers.
- Leadership: Proven ability to build cross-functional partnerships and lead high-performing teams.
- Attributes: Excellent written and verbal communications skills, initiative and team-first mindset. Intellectually curious, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
Preferred- Required: BA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field.
- Preferred: MBA or CFA designation.
EEO StatementiCIMS is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at iCIMS. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement and/or if you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at careers@icims.com.
Compensation and BenefitsWe accept applications for this position on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and qualified candidates may be contacted throughout the posting period.
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $140,000-$165,000 annually. Additional compensation for this role includes a bonus eligibility, which program is based on personal, department and/or company performance, where applicable. Final compensation will be based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, education, internal equity, and market data. This range aligns with our commitment to equitable and transparent compensation practices, as required by applicable law.
Competitive health and wellness benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), dependent care, short term and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, bonding and parental leave, mindfulness resources, an open vacation policy, sick days, paid holidays, quiet hours each workday, and tuition reimbursement. Benefits and eligibility may vary by location, role, and tenure. Learn more here: https://careers.icims.com/benefits.
