Head of FP&A - G&A, Workforce Planning, and Center of Excellence
Atlassian
Head of FP&A - G&A, Workforce Planning, and Center of Excellence
Job Description
Head of FP&A - G&A, Workforce Planning, and Center of Excellence
📋 Job Overview
The Head of FP&A at Atlassian will lead the FP&A team focused on G&A, Workforce Planning, and the Finance Center of Excellence. This role involves partnering with executive leadership to shape headcount models, enhance forecasting, and support decision-making in a high-growth SaaS environment. The leader will champion data-driven planning and continuous improvement across global teams.
📍 Location: San Francisco, United States
🏢 Category: People
📅 Posted: 2025-12-10 07:40 PM
🎯 Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the global FP&A team for G&A, workforce planning, and the finance center of excellence
- Oversee G&A FP&A in close partnership with the CFO, CPO, and General Counsel
- Scale and elevate the offshore Center of Excellence
- Lead workforce planning with compensation leadership
- Shape and communicate Atlassian’s long-term financial narrative
- Champion scalable planning tools, data quality, and self-serve analytics
- Foster cross-functional alignment with HR, Legal, and Finance leaders
✅ Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of progressive experience in finance roles
- At least five years in leadership positions overseeing finance teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Deep experience leading workforce planning and compensation, and G&A FP&A in a high-growth, public company
- Excellent strategic thinking and analytical skills
- Proven leadership abilities, with a track record of building and developing high-performing distributed teams
- Strong executive leadership and the ability to craft effective narratives
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (Finance, Accounting, Economics)
- Prior experience in the technology industry
⭐ Preferred Qualifications
- MBA
- SaaS experience
- Cloud/SaaS experience
- Experience tailoring communications to executives and board members
🛠️ Required Skills
- Financial strategy
- Resource allocation
- Operational excellence
- Month- and quarter-end close
- Standardization of processes
- Automation and controls
- Data-driven headcount strategy
- Forecast accuracy
- Executive-ready insights
- Scalable planning tools
- Data quality
- Self-serve analytics
- Cross-functional alignment
- Influence senior stakeholders
🎁 Benefits & Perks
- Health and wellbeing resources
- Paid volunteer days
- Wide range of perks and benefits
Locations
- San Francisco, United States
Salary
211,500 - 332,525 USD / yearly
Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence
250,000 - 350,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Financial strategyintermediate
- Resource allocationintermediate
- Operational excellenceintermediate
- Month- and quarter-end closeintermediate
- Standardization of processesintermediate
- Automation and controlsintermediate
- Data-driven headcount strategyintermediate
- Forecast accuracyintermediate
- Executive-ready insightsintermediate
- Scalable planning toolsintermediate
- Data qualityintermediate
- Self-serve analyticsintermediate
- Cross-functional alignmentintermediate
- Influence senior stakeholdersintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of progressive experience in finance roles (experience)
- At least five years in leadership positions overseeing finance teams (experience)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills (experience)
- Deep experience leading workforce planning and compensation, and G&A FP&A in a high-growth, public company (experience)
- Excellent strategic thinking and analytical skills (experience)
- Proven leadership abilities, with a track record of building and developing high-performing distributed teams (experience)
- Strong executive leadership and the ability to craft effective narratives (experience)
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (Finance, Accounting, Economics) (experience)
- Prior experience in the technology industry (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA (experience)
- SaaS experience (experience)
- Cloud/SaaS experience (experience)
- Experience tailoring communications to executives and board members (experience)
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the global FP&A team for G&A, workforce planning, and the finance center of excellence
- Oversee G&A FP&A in close partnership with the CFO, CPO, and General Counsel
- Scale and elevate the offshore Center of Excellence
- Lead workforce planning with compensation leadership
- Shape and communicate Atlassian’s long-term financial narrative
- Champion scalable planning tools, data quality, and self-serve analytics
- Foster cross-functional alignment with HR, Legal, and Finance leaders
Benefits
- general: Health and wellbeing resources
- general: Paid volunteer days
- general: Wide range of perks and benefits
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Head of FP&A - G&A, Workforce Planning, and Center of Excellence
Atlassian
Head of FP&A - G&A, Workforce Planning, and Center of Excellence
Job Description
Head of FP&A - G&A, Workforce Planning, and Center of Excellence
📋 Job Overview
The Head of FP&A at Atlassian will lead the FP&A team focused on G&A, Workforce Planning, and the Finance Center of Excellence. This role involves partnering with executive leadership to shape headcount models, enhance forecasting, and support decision-making in a high-growth SaaS environment. The leader will champion data-driven planning and continuous improvement across global teams.
📍 Location: San Francisco, United States
🏢 Category: People
📅 Posted: 2025-12-10 07:40 PM
🎯 Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the global FP&A team for G&A, workforce planning, and the finance center of excellence
- Oversee G&A FP&A in close partnership with the CFO, CPO, and General Counsel
- Scale and elevate the offshore Center of Excellence
- Lead workforce planning with compensation leadership
- Shape and communicate Atlassian’s long-term financial narrative
- Champion scalable planning tools, data quality, and self-serve analytics
- Foster cross-functional alignment with HR, Legal, and Finance leaders
✅ Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of progressive experience in finance roles
- At least five years in leadership positions overseeing finance teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Deep experience leading workforce planning and compensation, and G&A FP&A in a high-growth, public company
- Excellent strategic thinking and analytical skills
- Proven leadership abilities, with a track record of building and developing high-performing distributed teams
- Strong executive leadership and the ability to craft effective narratives
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (Finance, Accounting, Economics)
- Prior experience in the technology industry
⭐ Preferred Qualifications
- MBA
- SaaS experience
- Cloud/SaaS experience
- Experience tailoring communications to executives and board members
🛠️ Required Skills
- Financial strategy
- Resource allocation
- Operational excellence
- Month- and quarter-end close
- Standardization of processes
- Automation and controls
- Data-driven headcount strategy
- Forecast accuracy
- Executive-ready insights
- Scalable planning tools
- Data quality
- Self-serve analytics
- Cross-functional alignment
- Influence senior stakeholders
🎁 Benefits & Perks
- Health and wellbeing resources
- Paid volunteer days
- Wide range of perks and benefits
Locations
- San Francisco, United States
Salary
211,500 - 332,525 USD / yearly
Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence
250,000 - 350,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Financial strategyintermediate
- Resource allocationintermediate
- Operational excellenceintermediate
- Month- and quarter-end closeintermediate
- Standardization of processesintermediate
- Automation and controlsintermediate
- Data-driven headcount strategyintermediate
- Forecast accuracyintermediate
- Executive-ready insightsintermediate
- Scalable planning toolsintermediate
- Data qualityintermediate
- Self-serve analyticsintermediate
- Cross-functional alignmentintermediate
- Influence senior stakeholdersintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of progressive experience in finance roles (experience)
- At least five years in leadership positions overseeing finance teams (experience)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills (experience)
- Deep experience leading workforce planning and compensation, and G&A FP&A in a high-growth, public company (experience)
- Excellent strategic thinking and analytical skills (experience)
- Proven leadership abilities, with a track record of building and developing high-performing distributed teams (experience)
- Strong executive leadership and the ability to craft effective narratives (experience)
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (Finance, Accounting, Economics) (experience)
- Prior experience in the technology industry (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA (experience)
- SaaS experience (experience)
- Cloud/SaaS experience (experience)
- Experience tailoring communications to executives and board members (experience)
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the global FP&A team for G&A, workforce planning, and the finance center of excellence
- Oversee G&A FP&A in close partnership with the CFO, CPO, and General Counsel
- Scale and elevate the offshore Center of Excellence
- Lead workforce planning with compensation leadership
- Shape and communicate Atlassian’s long-term financial narrative
- Champion scalable planning tools, data quality, and self-serve analytics
- Foster cross-functional alignment with HR, Legal, and Finance leaders
Benefits
- general: Health and wellbeing resources
- general: Paid volunteer days
- general: Wide range of perks and benefits
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