Finance Manager - Finance Operations

About the role:

As a member of the Finance Operations – KPI/Metrics team, you will play a pivotal role in driving strategic initiatives that span complex data analysis, cross-functional collaboration, scalable process implementation, and reporting optimization. You’ll help shape and execute large-scale systems and operations projects, partnering with multiple teams across the organization to ensure successful, data-informed outcomes. Additionally, you will leverage existing data infrastructure to support new design decisions, enhance reporting capabilities, and streamline business processes.

This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the US except Alaska, Austin Metro, Boulder Metro, California, Chicago Metro, Connecticut, Dallas Metro, Denver Metro, Houston Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Seattle Metro, and Washington, D.C.

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: 

• Serve as a key contributor on the Finance Ops KPI/Metrics team, compiling and reporting on high-impact KPIs used across the business.
• Build frameworks for customer-facing data initiatives and reconciliation processes, enabling others to execute reliably at scale.
• Analyze large datasets in Tableau and Databricks to ensure data quality and integrity.
• Collaborate closely with Data Engineering to design and develop new data pipelines and analytics infrastructure.
• Partner cross-functionally to implement new processes that drive ROI-positive outcomes and unlock actionable insights.
• Act as a subject matter expert on operational design and reporting best practices.
• Support the Finance organization in enhancing and automating processes to reduce friction and increase accuracy.
• Apply AI tools to streamline reporting, accelerate analysis, and fulfill ad-hoc data requests.
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Sample the Customer Experience, Work with Urgency and Deliver Iteratively, Work Backwards from Winning, Keep a High Bar, Be Intellectually Honest, Have Discipline, Eliminate Bureaucracy and Solve Problems Together) as we scale globally and across new offices.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• 4+ years of experience in Corporate Finance or Investment Banking or Management Consulting or Finance Operations/Accounting.
• Undergraduate degree in finance / economics / mathematics / accounting.
• Strong financial modeling and analysis capabilities.
• Previous experience using Tableau or other data-visualization tools.
• Ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally.
• Strong communication and presentation skills; comfortable presenting to senior management.

An ideal candidate also has:

• Experience partnering with data teams.
• Proficiency in SQL / Databricks.
• Eagerness to enhance existing processes and build new optimal workflows.
• Experience reporting on KPI metrics at scale.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-growing environment with high degrees of ambiguity.