$120K - 180K a year
Manage a portfolio of companies providing financial insights, risk mitigation, and leadership in finance processes while collaborating with CFOs and deal teams.
10+ years progressive finance experience, bachelor's degree required, MBA/CPA preferred, strong accounting and finance process expertise, excellent communication and leadership skills.
Position Summary: K1 is seeking a FP&A Manager for our office located in Manhattan Beach, CA. K1 Portfolio FP&A provides the insights and recommendations on current and future performance for our investment management and operations teams to build category leaders. You will be an integral team member acting as a key conduit between our deal teams and portfolio company CFOs, driving insights into opportunities to create value and mitigate risk, providing technical finance leadership for our portfolio companies finance teams and acting as a consultant to bring best practices to our growing companies. This represents a unique opportunity to make the move into a dynamic Private Equity environment and work hand-in-hand with the investment team and key executives at our portfolio companies to drive value creation. Key Responsibilities: • Own a portfolio of companies and drive a strong customer-oriented mindset to deliver on what is important to our deal teams (key internal customers) with regard to information needs, finance team development and ongoing risk identification and mitigation. • Ensure compliance and credibility of financial reporting across your portfolio. • Establish and maintain strong relationships with the CFOs and finance teams of your portfolio. • Provide functional finance support to systems implementation teams. • Establish the ability to anticipate business risks and financial management issues, raise awareness of them and put in place mitigating strategies. • Provide technical and operational advice and leadership with regard to key accounting and finance processes such as the financial close, implementation of new accounting standards, operational finance controls and processes, sales tax, audits and cash management. • Working with the rest of the Reporting team to develop, enhance and maintain operational finance best practices relevant for growth stage SaaS companies. • Lead the ongoing improvement of K1 reporting practices; enhancing the information provided and the efficiency of its production through process and technology improvements. Skills & Requirements Requirements: • Bachelor's degree required; MBA and/or CPA preferred • 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including: • Proven track record of generating and implementing best practices within the accounting and finance function of an organization • Demonstrated ability to improve the financial close process • Excellent understanding of the software industry standard business practice • Excellent presentation, interpersonal and negotiation skills • Strong interpersonal skills with ability to communicate and manage at all levels of an organization • High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation • Ability to travel About K1: K1 is a Los Angeles-based private equity investor with over $4.1B in assets under management focusing on high-growth enterprise software companies globally. K1 builds category leading enterprise software companies. As a global investment firm, K1 assists high-growth businesses to achieve successful outcomes. K1 invests alongside strong management teams that continue to guide their organizations on a day-to-day basis. With over 89 professionals, K1 changes industry landscapes by assisting with operationally focused growth strategies. Since inception of the firm, K1 has partnered with over 123 enterprise software companies including industry leaders such as Apttus, Buildium, Checkmarx, ChiroTouch, Clarizen, ControlUp, Emburse, Granicus, Graduway, IronScales, Jobvite, Litera Microsystems, Onit, Rave Mobile Safety, RFPIO, Smarsh and WorkForce Software. For more information about K1, visit our website: .
This job posting was last updated on 10/13/2025