Equity Compensation FP&A Business Partner

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About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated Equity Compensation FP&A Business Partner to join our Headcount & Total Rewards FP&A team. This role will be the finance owner for equity grants and stock-based compensation (SBC) expense, with responsibilities spanning monthly close, forecasting, annual planning, and executive reviews. You will work cross-functionally with Compensation, People, Accounting, and FP&A teams to provide actionable insights on headcount and SBC, while building scalable models and compelling narratives that influence key business decisions.

• Own SBC financial deliverables including monthly close, quarterly forecasts, annual plan, and variance analysis.
• Partner with Compensation and Accounting teams to analyze equity grant activity (new hire, ongoing, performance, and retention grants) and translate grant variances into SBC expense impacts.
• Build and maintain robust financial models (Anaplan, Excel/Sheets) to forecast SBC expense, incorporating headcount, attrition, share price assumptions, forfeiture rates, and other key drivers.
• Provide data-driven commentary and executive-ready narratives for monthly executive reporting packages, highlighting drivers behind SBC and headcount trends.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (People, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Accounting, Corporate FP&A) to ensure alignment between headcount plans, equity budgets, and SBC expense.
• Partner with systems teams on continuous improvements to SBC and headcount forecasting models to enhance accuracy and efficiency.
• Support ad-hoc strategic analyses such as peer benchmarking, scenario modeling, and long-range SBC planning (e.g., SBC % of revenue trajectory).
• Contribute to the design and governance of the headcount & SBC planning process within Anaplan, including data integrity, executive dashboards, and reporting enhancements.
• Drive insights into job level, function, and region mix to understand grant allocation trends and support executive reporting.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior finance and business leaders, ensuring SBC metrics are well understood and effectively influence decision-making.

Qualifications:

• Prior experience managing SBC forecasting and reporting at a large tech/SaaS company.
• Exposure to stock administration systems (ShareWorks, E*TRADE, or similar).
• Strong financial modeling (P&L forecasting, variance analysis).
• Hands-on Anaplan or similar tool ownership (model building, data integration, reporting).
• Comfort with large data sets (ShareWorks exports, HRIS feeds) using Excel, PowerPivot/PowerQuery, or SQL.
• Business acumen: Understanding of SBC accounting and how it flows into P&L.
• Ability to translate technical details into clear, concise business commentary.
• Stakeholder management skills to partner with Compensation, Accounting, and FP&A leadership.
• 7+ years of experience in finance

Compensation
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
Zone A: $137,700 - $179,775
Zone B: $124,200 - $162,150
Zone C: $114,300 - $149,225
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.
Benefits & Perks
Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits .
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