Senior Director, Finance Operations

🕒 July 7

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $153.2k - $273.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Samsara

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2015

📦 Logistics

🏗️ Construction

🏥 Healthcare

💰 Seed Round on 2014-08

Logistics • Construction • Healthcare

Samsara is a technology company that provides a comprehensive operations platform aimed at improving the efficiency, safety, and sustainability of organizations. Their solutions include video-based safety, vehicle telematics, equipment monitoring, workforce applications, and site visibility. Samsara serves a wide range of industries, including transportation, logistics, construction, and government. The platform connects people, systems, and data, enabling organizations to make faster, data-informed decisions. Samsara's Connected Operations technology helps complex organizations operate more effectively by offering real-time GPS, proactive alerts, compliance training, and asset tracking.

📋 Description

• Lead and scale a broad Financial Operations organization spanning Source-to-Pay, Global Payroll, Equity Administration, and Sales Commissions • Drive strategic sourcing, vendor management, and procurement governance across major spend categories, with full ownership of the P2P technology stack • Oversee accurate and compliant global payroll operations across all jurisdictions, partnering closely with Human Resources, Treasury and Accounting • Own all equity plan administration and regulatory compliance, serving as the company's internal expert • Oversee sales incentive compensation design, calculation, and administration in partnership with Sales Operations • Serve as a key financial operations partner to executive leadership, support SEC disclosures, board reporting, and financial strategy across all functional areas • Maintain a strong SOX control environment and serve as the primary audit liaison across Financial Operations processes • Champion AI-driven automation and process transformation while developing high-performing teams and partnering broadly across Finance, Legal, People, IT, and Sales • Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices • Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high performing team

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in financial operations, with meaningful depth across Source to Pay and/or Compensation Operations • Demonstrated experience leading multi-functional teams spanning diverse operational functions • Experience operating in a SOX-compliant public company environment, including designing and maintaining controls and serving as a liaison to internal and external auditors • Experience owning enterprise-level systems across S2P and/or Compensation Operations (e.g., Coupa, SAP, Workday, ADP, Schwab/Computershare, CaptivateIQ, or Xactly) • A track record of driving large-scale process transformation (people, process, and systems) with measurable business outcomes • Familiarity with AI and automation tools applied to financial operations use cases such as anomaly detection, commission validation, or employee self-service • Strong executive presence and experience influencing VP- and C-level stakeholders on complex financial and compensation topics.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health and parental leave plans • Flexible, employee-led remote model • Professional development stipend • Performance-based bonus/variable pay • Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff • Ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance