Freshworks: FP&A Manager, Product & Engineering — San Mateo, CA, United States

About Freshworks

Freshworks develops cloud-based software for customer and employee experiences. Its product range includes customer support, sales and marketing automation, chat and IT service management. The employer names Freshdesk, Freshsales, Freshmarketer, Freshservice and Freshchat, supported by shared platform services. These applications address different operational needs, from managing customer conversations and sales activity to helping employees obtain IT services. The business emphasises software designed for end users and straightforward implementation.

The position and its setting

Freshworks lists FP&A Manager, Product & Engineering in San Mateo, CA, United States, under reference P103047. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 7 August 2026
• Brands: Freshworks

Responsibilities and work described

• We are seeking an FP&A Manager to join our Finance team as a dedicated business partner to our global Product & Engineering organization
• This is a high-impact individual contributor role for an experienced FP&A professional who enjoys working closely with business leaders, understanding what drives their organization, and turning financial data into insights that support better decisions
• Reporting to the Sr
• Manager, FP&A, you'll partner with Product and Engineering leaders on planning, forecasting, investment decisions, and performance management
• You'll help leaders understand the financial impact of their decisions, challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and bring a thoughtful financial perspective to how we allocate resources
• You don't need to be a Product & Engineering finance expert on day one
• We're looking for someone with FP&A fundamentals, business-partnering instincts, and the curiosity to learn the operational and technical drivers behind our Product & Engineering organization
• Serve as a trusted FP&A business partner to Product & Engineering leaders, helping them understand financial performance and make informed business decisions
• Leadership: budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning for your areas of the Product & Engineering organization, connecting headcount, investments, and other operational drivers to our financial plan
• Building: financial models and scenario analyses to evaluate investments, resource allocation decisions, and other business opportunities
• Analysis: financial and operational performance, identify key trends, risks, and opportunities, and translate your findings into actionable recommendations
• Partner with leaders on headcount and expense planning, helping teams understand tradeoffs and make thoughtful investment decisions
• Development: reporting and dashboards that provide clear visibility into budgets, forecasts, and key business drivers
• Partner with Accounting during the monthly close process to ensure accurate results and provide meaningful variance analysis
• Development: a deeper understanding of Product & Engineering cost drivers, including cloud infrastructure and other technical investments, and help identify opportunities to improve efficiency
• Create clear financial narratives and presentations that make complex information easy for Finance and business leaders to understand

Essential requirements and candidate background

• 5+ years of experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance, or a related role
• Experience as a finance business partner, with the ability to build relationships with business leaders, understand their priorities, and provide financial insights that support better decision-making
• FP&A fundamentals, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling
• Analytical skills with the ability to work through complex data, identify what matters, and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations
• Advanced Excel and/or Google Sheets skills and experience building financial and operational models
• Communication skills and the confidence to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and bring a thoughtful financial point of view to business discussions
• A proactive, collaborative approach with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Compensation is based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to location, experience, job-related skills, and level
• Freshworks offers multiple options for dental, medical, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Equity + ESPP, flexible PTO, flexible spending, commuter benefits, and wellness benefits are also offered
• Freshworks also offers adoption and parental leave benefits

Location, schedule and contract conditions

For this overseas or regional listing, confirm work authorisation and any location restrictions with the employer. The location does not establish visa sponsorship or permission to work remotely from India.

• Please note this is a hybrid role with onsite expectations of 3x/week (Tues - Thurs) from our San Mateo, CA headquarters
• Work arrangement: Hybrid
• Advertised location: San Mateo, CA, United States

Pay and application dates

A verified salary figure is not established in this article. An online estimate for another FP&A Manager, Product & Engineering vacancy is not an offer for reference P103047; use the employer’s own pay disclosure and recruitment communication.

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How to apply to Freshworks

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Practical preparation: Excel

Excel examples should identify the task, the data and the checks used to avoid an incorrect result. Explain whether you built a reporting workbook, reconciled records, automated a process or maintained an existing model.

Relevant skills

• Excel
• accounting
• investment
• partnership development
• communication