Senior Manager Business Partnering

** One platform, a whole world of opportunity**:
Right now, the best jobs are limited to people in a handful of the world's wealthiest cities, yet brilliant people are _everywhere_. Driven to overturn the status quo and distribute opportunities equally around the world, Oyster launched its global employment platform to help companies hire, pay, and care for talent anywhere.
When it comes to global employment, we walk the walk. We're proof that companies don't need an office to create a highly-engaged culture. Since the company's inception in January 2020, Oyster has:
- Created a fully-distributed, vibrant team of 500+ employees across 60+ countries
- Established a diverse leadership team and an employee base that's 60% female
- Achieved one of the highest employee engagement scores in its class
**Raised $150 million in Series C funding at a valuation of over $1 billion**
Our momentum speaks to the power of global employment—and we're just getting started If you want to change the world with Oyster _and_ be empowered to work remotely while doing so, we'd love for you to apply
**Location**:While this position is posted in a specific location, all of Oyster's positions are fully remote and you can work from home. Forever.
Oyster's Finance team is looking for a Senior Manager to lead our Business Partnering team. Our Business Partnering team is the heartbeat of decision support and analysis for Oyster and this role is the perfect chance to have a direct impact on the future growth of Oyster.
This person will report to the Director of Finance and work very closely with the rest of Oyster's Commercial finance team and senior leaders.
**What you'll do**:
- Collaborate with FP&A and business leaders on company-wide strategic decision making.
- Understand key SaaS metrics/benchmarks and adept at adapting these to the Oyster business model.
- Build relationships across the organization and become a trusted partner to our functional leaders.
- Analyzing financial and operational results to better understand company performance, and identify opportunities.
- Communicating complex problems and analysis teams to non technical teams.
- Benchmark our financials, set realistic targets based on a strong understanding of our business, and drive the company toward improved financial performance.
- Work with business intelligence and planning tools to enable efficient financial modelling and drive data-driven decision making. Aid implementation, operationalizing and ongoing development of planning tools/processes.
**What we're looking for**:
- 2+ years of experience in Strategic/Business finance, FP&A or management consulting, ideally with knowledge of a high-growth SaaS environment.
- Ability to work cross functionally and influence key decision makers.
- Understanding of key SaaS metrics and benchmarks.
- Ability to produce analysis which aids decision support and think long term.
- Comfortable working within a BI Solution (Oyster uses Looker) to manipulate data to support analysis which drives insights.
- Experience with operational and financial planning software (Oyster is currently evaluating options).
- Understanding of go to market processes and ratios.
- Respected thought leader to business leaders, helping decision making.
- Ability to model operational business impacts on Income statement, balance sheet and cashflow.
- Ability to thrive in a high-growth distributed environment.
**You'll also need...**:
- A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one)
- Fluent English language skills
**How we work together at Oyster**:
Our values guide the work we do, the decisions we make, and the culture that makes us special. We elevate talent. We build trust. We thrive together.
Our mission is to create a more equal world—one global hire at a time. Everything we do ladders up to our mission—and that doesn't just mean building software. We develop programs, participate in workshops, and create dedicated teams to ensure we successfully support companies and knowledge workers in this new world of work.
We embrace asynchronous communication and collaborative work—and we share how we work in the Oyster Public HQ —to help other global teams learn from our experiences.
**How YOU work**:
Different countries have different statutory benefits, different cultures have different norms, and different people have different needs In order to best support and encourage our diverse team, we've created How YOU Work; a program of policies, practices, and perks to support your whole human experience as an employee at Oyster.
- **Work from anywhere**:Oyster is a borderless, HQ-less company. As long as your work gets done on time, your team has the support they need, and you're authorized to work where you live, the world is truly your Oyster.
- **Paid time off**:We're all about taking breaks—we all need it. Oyster provides employees with 40 days off each year, which includes public/bank holidays and vac

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