Finance Manager, Headcount Strategy

Own the Company's headcount plan, including building and refreshing headcount models across orgs

Drive the headcount budget planning process, translating headcount plans into dollar budgets and partnering with org finance leads on targets, assumptions, and inputs

Manage headcount against budget: track hires, attrition, transfers, and open requisitions against approved budget, and flag risks and opportunities early

Give executives clear insight into the drivers of headcount growth, risks, and opportunities

Contribute to close, forecast, budget, and long-range planning cycles, including enhancing Meta's headcount and corporate models and coordinating with stakeholders on assumptions and inputs

Perform variance analysis on headcount and headcount-driven expense, explaining trends and drivers to Finance and business leadership

Query, consolidate, and validate large headcount and compensation datasets, and build scalable analyses that leaders can act on

Develop tools to automate and streamline headcount reporting, and create KPIs/metrics that help business partners and finance leaders make smart fiscal decisions

Manage headcount forecasting and reporting in the Oracle EPM Workforce Planning module

Support management, Board business, and financial planning, including presentations and key analysis requests

Partner with cross-functional teams, including Finance, HR/People Ops, Compensation, Recruiting, and Accounting to drive scalable analyses and insights

Partner with HR/People Ops and Accounting to validate headcount data and reconcile headcount-driven expense

Support system and process improvement efforts for headcount planning and reporting tools

Assist with ad hoc strategic and operational projects as required

4+ years of finance or financial planning and analysis experience

Experience with headcount, workforce, or capacity planning and the budgeting behind it

Advanced proficiency in financial modeling and data analysis tools

Experience building dynamic models in Excel / Google Sheets

Experience working with large datasets, including querying, reconciling, and validating data from multiple systems

Experience in accounting concepts and financial planning

Demonstrated ability to work independently and navigate ambiguity

Experience synthesizing complex data into concise narratives and presenting insights to cross-functional partners

Detail-oriented, with experience shifting priorities quickly against tight deadlines

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a relevant field

Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Familiarity with HR/headcount and payroll data systems (Workday, ADP)

Experience with compensation or stock-based compensation modeling

Experience building data visualizations and dashboards to support financial reporting and decision-making

SQL or similar data querying experience, including working directly with large datasets

Experience with Oracle EPM or similar financial planning systems

Experience supporting headcount or workforce planning at a large, complex company

MBA or graduate degree in a relevant field

Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

Experience managing multiple workstreams end-to-end