Sr. Manager, Strategic Finance - People & Places

This is a hybrid role and you must be located in, or willing to relocate to, New York or San Francisco, for the position.

About the Role

This senior finance role owns end-to-end headcount planning and facilities P&L management, building dynamic workforce models and real-estate financial analyses that align hiring roadmaps and workplace strategy with company-wide financial targets. The position serves as a key cross-functional partner.

What You’ll Do

Headcount & Workforce Finance

• Own end-to-end headcount planning, forecasting, and variance analysis across all business units, partnering with People and department leads.
• Build and maintain dynamic workforce models.
• Drive the annual and quarterly headcount budgeting cycle, ensuring alignment between hiring roadmaps and financial targets.
• Develop dashboards and reporting to give leadership real-time visibility into headcount trends, attrition costs, and talent investment ROI.

Facilities & Places Finance

• Manage the full P&L for the company's real-estate and workplace portfolio, including leases, build-outs, maintenance, and decommissions.
• Partner with Workplace/Facilities teams on site strategy: new office openings, consolidations, co-working arrangements, and hybrid workplace investments.
• Partner to build financial models for lease-vs-buy decisions, capital expenditure planning, and space-utilization optimization.

Cross-Functional Partnership & Strategic Leadership

• Serve as a trusted finance partner to leaders across the business, building strong relationships and providing proactive financial guidance on people and places decisions.
• Collaborate closely with Strategic Finance, Strategy & Planning, and Chiefs of Staff to ensure workforce and facilities plans are tightly integrated with company-wide financial planning, long-range modeling, and strategic priorities.
• Act as the primary finance business partner to the Head of Workplace, presenting insights and recommendations to executive leadership.
• Deliver monthly and quarterly business reviews with clear narratives on spend, forecast accuracy, and emerging risks or opportunities.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of finance analysts and managers supporting People and Places functions.
• Drive process improvements and system enhancements to scale planning capabilities.

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive finance experience, with at least 4 years in FP&A or strategic finance roles focused on headcount/people costs and/or real estate and facilities.
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Track record of building and leading high-performing finance teams (2+ direct reports).

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive finance experience, with at least 4 years in FP&A or strategic finance roles focused on headcount/people costs and/or real estate and facilities.
• Experience with corporate real-estate finance.
• Demonstrated experience owning a planning process at a company of meaningful scale (1,000+ employees).
• Strong understanding of compensation structures, benefits accounting, equity expense modeling, and workforce-related accruals.
• Proven ability to partner cross-functionally with senior stakeholders across strategy, operations, and executive leadership.
• Exceptional financial modeling skills; advanced proficiency in Excel/ Sheets and at least one enterprise planning tool
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial data into compelling narratives for non-finance stakeholders.

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$195,000 per year - USD$217,000 per year.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$195,000 per year - USD$217,000 per year.

For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.

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Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.