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Senior Director, FP&A

New Relic
$181,000-$226,000 USD
parental leave, paid holidays, flex time, 401(k)
United States, California, San Francisco
188 Spear Street (Show on map)
Jul 25, 2025

Senior Director, Strategic Finance and Corporate Development

This position reports to the SVP and Head of FP&A and will be a key member of New Relic's Finance team. S/he will support various aspects of planning and investment decision making, working closely with our Executive Team. S/he will work with key stakeholders across the organization to plan and mobilize the specific recommendations into action. The successful candidate will have the ability to influence and drive alignment across functions as well as work closely with our CxO and Sponsors. The position will involve analyzing and developing content for senior executive management, and presenting that content in an effective and persuasive way. The position requires a high level of diligence, maturity and analytical thinking, as the majority of the recommendations and insights will be focused towards the executive management and Board of the company, including CFO and CEO, helping them with decision making.

This is a critical position within New Relic. The ideal candidate will operate at a high level of influence, intellectual curiosity, exhibit superior analytical skills, demonstrate effective communication skills, and bring a proven ability to work with and lead teams. S/he will have the communication skills and confidence to lead effective strategy discussions across New Relic. The ideal candidate has a track record of making pragmatic, actionable recommendations with real world implementation experience. S/he will have the ability to lead and inspire a team of smart and driven professionals. As with any position at this level within New Relic, this individual must be comfortable driving multiple initiatives at a rapid pace and making pragmatic recommendations with limited information.

Roles and responsibilities:



  • Strategic Planning and Analysis:


    • Lead development of and track multi-year Strategic Long Range Plan, informed by company strategy. Monitor progress against Plan key metrics, and drive follow ups to completion with critical stakeholders
    • Conduct regular reviews of business performance and strategic alignment, presenting actionable insights and recommendations to CxO.
    • Track and analyze key business/financial KPIs, uncover trends and assess current/future business risks and opportunities


  • Capital Allocation:


    • Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop new processes and investment decision making frameworks
    • Evaluate, validate and pressure test investment decisions to help make strategic capital allocation around future growth initiatives and opportunities


  • Strategic Initiative Evaluation:


    • Provide quantitative and qualitative evaluation of strategic growth initiatives, including new markets and business lines in conjunction with cross functional teams
    • Provide data-driven insights to facilitate decision-making and influence strategy through financial model building, reporting, process flow, and dashboard development
    • Execute ad hoc analyses to prove/disprove hypotheses and address highly complex business questions, deriving actionable insights from results


  • Corporate Development:


    • Drive and manage deal processes
    • Evaluate potential acquisitions from a qualitative and quantitative perspective
    • Lead pre-transaction diligence efforts
    • Evaluate synergy opportunities and risks in potential transactions
    • Conduct detailed financial modeling and valuation analyses
    • Distill complex findings and build clear and compelling business cases for review by CxO and Board of Directors in order to shape informed decision-making
    • Negotiate key terms and bring transactions over the finish line
    • Collaborate with Ecosystems and Strategic Alliances Team on deal origination
    • Partner with all cross-functional groups on all corporate development efforts from signing the term sheet to full integration


  • Capital Markets:


    • Support capital markets activity and Treasury team including potential debt capital markets transactions based on business needs


  • Leadership & Collaboration:


    • Collaborate and influence effectively with CxO, functional leaders and Finance Leadership
    • Operate in a fast-paced and dynamic environment that is constantly evolving



Experience:



  • 10+ years of work experience in financial analysis and full M&A process life-cycle in a combination of FP&A, corporate development, private equity, strategy/management consulting, investment banking and/or other related fields, including at least 5 years of experience either in or in a combination of a FP&A or corporate development role inside a company and/or in software focused private equity
  • Strong financial, research and analytical skills with ability to assimilate data, extract insights, and make informed recommendations with conviction
  • Highly organized with a strong attention to detail - we are responsible for everything
  • Ability to problem solve and proactively project manage numerous workstreams with competing timelines
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to convey complex ideas in plain English to senior management and the board
  • History of successfully leading and completing high-level negotiations
  • Experience aligning and driving cross-functional groups
  • Passionate about big challenges
  • MBA and/or CFA are a plus


Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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The pay range below represents a reasonable estimate of the on target earnings (salary plus target sales incentives) for the listed position. This role is eligible for a commission plan (as defined in the sales incentive plan document). Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related factors such as an applicant's skills, qualifications, and experience.

New Relic provides a variety of benefits for this role, including healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, flex time-off, 11 paid holidays, volunteer time off, and other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees.

Estimated On-Target Earnings Range
$181,000 $226,000 USD

Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day. We celebrate our talented Relics' different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us - including nontraditional ones. Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. We're looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.

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We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.

Our hiring process

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