Finance Manager, Payroll Corporate FP&A
Menlo Park, CA$120k–$175kPosted Jun 19, 2026
**Summary:**
The FP&A team manages Meta’s entire budget of revenue and expenses, overseeing our investments in headcount, operating expenses, and capital investments etc. We focus on using our unique view into ‘the numbers’ to recognize trends and opportunities that are developing within Meta and within related industries. Meta is seeking to fill a position on the Corporate FP&A Payroll team, responsible for all facets of modeling and reporting payroll as part of financial planning and analysis. This role will report to the Payroll FP&A Lead. In this role, you will gain invaluable experience with visibility into Meta's business & operations and create impact within a dynamic Finance organization. You will be deeply involved with high-profile strategic and operational initiatives, deliver business analytics and insights, and support short and long term decisions regarding workforce planning. You will contribute meaningfully to annual budgeting, long range planning, forecasting, and related data analysis, including the evolution of our financial & business planning processes to support an increasingly complex transition to dollar-based budgeting. You will also support ad hoc projects with opportunities for broad cross-functional interactions.
**Required Skills:**
Finance Manager, Payroll Corporate FP&A Responsibilities:
1. Key contributor providing executives with clear insights into drivers of business growth, risks, and opportunities
2. Contribute to close, forecast, budget, and long-range planning cycles, including enhancing Meta's corporate model and coordinating with stakeholders on assumptions and inputs
3. Develop tools to automate and streamline reporting, and create financial KPIs/metrics that help business partners and finance leaders make smart fiscal decisions
4. Build and maintain financial models and forecasts for payroll-related expenses, including stock-based compensation
5. Manage all FP&A facets of the Oracle EPM Workforce Planning module for forecasting and reporting
6. Gather, consolidate, and analyze operating and financial results for all three financial statements, including preparing internal and external reporting deliverables and analyzing and explaining trends and drivers
7. Support management, Board business, and financial planning, including presentations and key analysis requests
8. Serve as a key liaison and partner to cross-functional teams, including Finance, HR, Compensation, Accounting, Investor Relations, IT, and other teams to drive scalable analyses and insights
9. Drive the monthly payroll forecasting cadence, including data aggregation, template updates, and variance analysis
10. Partner with HR/People Ops and Accounting to validate headcount data, compensation actuals, and reconcile payroll-related GL accounts
11. Support system improvement efforts for financial reporting tools
12. Assist with ad hoc strategic and operational projects as required
**Minimum Qualifications:**
Minimum Qualifications:
13. Advanced proficiency in financial modeling and data analysis tools
14. Demonstrated ability to work independently and navigate ambiguity
15. Experience in accounting concepts and financial planning
16. 8+ years of finance or financial planning and analysis experience
17. Experience building dynamic financial models in Excel / Google Sheets
18. Experience with Oracle EPM or similar financial systems
19. Strong communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex data into a concise story to present to cross-functional partners
20. Detail-oriented with experience multi-tasking and shifting priorities quickly under pressure and tight deadlines
21. Experience building data visualizations and dashboards to support financial reporting and decision-making
22. Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a relevant field
23. Experience with financial statement analysis and a knowledge of corporate finance concepts
**Preferred Qualifications:**
Preferred Qualifications:
24. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
25. Experience managing multiple workstreams end-to-end
26. Consolidation experience in a large company
27. Familiarity with HR/payroll data systems (Workday, ADP)
28. SQL or data querying experience
29. MBA or graduate degree in a relevant field
30. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
31. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
32. Exposure to stock-based compensation accounting or modeling
**Public Compensation:**
$120,000/year to $175,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
**Industry:** Internet
**Equal Opportunity:**
Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.
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