Finance Associate, x-RL Finance

Meta is seeking a Finance Associate for the cross-Reality Labs Finance "cross team" within the Finance & Business Planning (FBP) organization. In this highly impactful role, you will be a key team member of our RL-wide horizontal cross team responsible for core deliverables and projects that can be most efficiently completed centrally within the RL Pillar. We expect the x-RL cross team to continuously strive to make RL Finance more efficient, while delivering high quality, critical planning work by leveraging deep expertise in RL Finance processes, x-RL Finance relationships, and visibility to work spanning our vertical teams within RL Finance. Move to MINIMUM_QUALIFICATION or PREFERRED_QUALIFICATIONS.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic guidance and lead cross team ownership for a key Reality Labs vertical within RL Finance, empowering the team to achieve their goals Spearhead the development and implementation of standardized processes across the RL Cross team, ensuring seamless collaboration and efficiency Lead close and forecast cycles across a key Reality Labs vertical within RL Finance, including defining timelines, templates and process, and the preparation of flux commentary and forecasts Help execute the annual budget process, including partnering with vertical FP&A teams to provide support on workstreams to allocate resources, inform key business decisions, and execute on operational plans Drive key systems efforts across Reality Labs Finance Develop and maintain proactive, collaborative partnerships between the RL vertical FP&A teams, RL Consolidations, Corporate FP&A and other cross-functional teams including Accounting, Technical Accounting and Enterprise Engineering Support risk management, internal controls, and financial compliance Provide thought partnership and foster collaboration across the RL Finance organization

Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or relevant field and 5+ years of experience in FP&A, consulting, investment banking, business strategy, business operations and/or analytics Strong communication skills to tailor messaging for audiences of varying level of seniority and technical experience Understanding of financial statement analysis and core financial planning processes Proven track record of building cross-functional relationships and partnering with senior leadership across organizations Proven Excel and analytical skills to translate large amounts of data into both insights and recommendations Experience with multi-tasking and shifting priorities quickly under pressure and competing deadlines Experience working with financial planning systems, preferably Oracle products (e.g., Hyperion Essbase) 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 Experience with improving financial planning systems and tools (e.g., Oracle Hyperion Planning/Essbase/Fusion/Cloud) to drive process efficiencies Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)