Senior Finance Manager

About Engine At Engine, we’re transforming business travel into something personalized, rewarding, and simple. For too long, managing travel and spend has been overwhelming and fragmented — we’re here to change that. We believe the future of travel should be seamless and powered by technology that delights customers at every step. That’s why we’re building a platform that brings together corporate travel, a powerful charge card, and modern spend management in one place. To make this vision real, we’re looking for exceptional, mission-driven people to help redefine how businesses manage and experience travel. More than 20,000 companies already rely on Engine to support over 1 million travelers and billions in annual bookings each year. Cash flow positive with rapid growth, we pair exclusive Engine-only rates, industry-leading rewards, and intelligent automation to help businesses save money while delivering world-class personalization and convenience. Backed by Telescope Partners, Blackstone, and Permira, Engine has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing travel and fintech platforms in North America, with honors including the Deloitte Fast 500 and Built In’s Best Places to Work. About the Role We are looking for a Senior Manager, Corporate Finance to drive critical corporate FP&A functions while serving as a strategic partner to our CFO, executive leadership team and Board of Directors Success in this role will be measured by business impact and results with the expectation that his role will identify critical growth opportunities, drive business decisions through data-driven insights, and build scalable processes that support Engine's continued growth.In addition to driving financial reporting, various strategic analyses, and operational business partnerships; you will own quarterly forecasting, board reporting, cash flow and equity burn modeling, and drive cross-functional initiatives that impact capital allocation decisions. We're looking for someone who embodies three traits: • Scrappy: You're comfortable operating without structure and thrive applying 0-to-1 thinking. You don't wait for the process—you build it. • Curious: You have an innate drive to get to "the why" and understand the root cause. You're comfortable diving into big data sets to find the answer. • Opinionated: You don't just present options—you have a point of view on what action we should take and you're not afraid to share it. If this sounds like you, we want to talk. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, generates proactive insights before being asked, and has a track record of influencing business decisions—not just producing reports. Your Mission As part of the Engine team, you’ll play a vital role in an environment where innovation meets collaboration. Here’s what you’ll take charge of: • Planning processes: Drive execution of quarterly reforecasting process, partnering with department heads across Engine to develop driver-based assumptions and translate business initiatives into financial impact. In addition, you will be a major contributor to our Annual Planning process. • Board Deck & Financial Sections: Own financial sections of the quarterly board deck; ensure materials are executive-ready with clear narratives around performance, forward outlook and critical decisions/trade-offs • Equity Burn & Cash Flow Forecasting: Build and maintain equity burn and cash flow models in Adaptive Planning; proactively surface liquidity risks and opportunities • Centralized OpEx & Corporate Allocations: Own forecasting and variance analysis for corporate/shared services costs; partner with HR on people costs (merit, medical, bonus, perks) • Adaptive Planning Optimization: Drive continuous improvement of Adaptive models, reports, and integrations; serve as a power user and internal expert • Strategic Analysis & Proactive Insights: Identify cost optimization opportunities, productivity improvements, and risks before being asked; quantify impact and drive recommendations to action • Debt Covenant Reporting: Own preparation and accuracy of covenant reporting requirements • Annual Budget: Partner with Director on annual planning; lead corporate/centralized portions and support cross-functional coordination • Board Memo: Draft financial narrative sections; coordinate with ELT to drive their sections and ensure timely completion; support CFO and Director in final preparation • Month-End Close: Review consolidated financial results; prepare variance commentary and executive summaries; distribute financial results to Board and external investors What You’ll Bring to Engine We’re looking for someone who’s ready to make an impact and grow alongside us: • 8-12+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or related analytical roles, with meaningful time in high-growth technology or SaaS companies; experience with a two-sided marketplace model strongly desired • Technical depth: Adaptive Planning power user (or equivalent EPM tool) who can…