REWS Budget Operations Director

<em>To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.<br><br></em>Job Category<br><br>Real Estate & Facility Management<br><br>Job Details<br><br><strong>About Salesforce<br><br></strong>Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.<br><br>Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.<br><br>The Experience<br><br>The Director, REWS Budget Operations will establish and lead the finance function within REWS, supporting our global real estate and workplace services portfolio. Reporting to the Senior Director, Finance Operations and Compliance, this leader will own annual planning, forecasting, financial governance, and performance insights, translating complex data into clear recommendations and investment tradeoffs.<br><br>Partnering closely with REWS leadership, Corporate Finance, Spend Management, business budget owners and RE Strategy & Planning, this role will strengthen financial accountability, improve visibility into spend, and drive adoption of scalable processes and technology. The position offers the opportunity to shape a new function and influence financial decisions across a global portfolio.<br><br>What You’ll Actually Be Doing<br><br><ul><li>Establish the function: Define priorities, operating rhythms, roles, and processes for REWS Finance Operations, working independently and bringing structure to evolving business needs.</li><li>Lead annual planning: Own bottom-up REWS budgeting in partnership with budget owners, RE Strategy & Planning, and leadership, validating assumptions, prioritizing needs, and consolidating requirements into an integrated financial plan.</li><li>Manage spend and forecasts: Establish regular forecasting and performance reviews with budget owners to assess actual and anticipated spend, identify changes from plan, and evaluate incremental requests. Consolidate insights and forecasts for REWS leadership to inform financial decisions and priorities.</li><li>Support financial reviews: Support REWS leadership and Finance reviews, assessing performance against plan, emerging risks and opportunities, and investment tradeoffs. Translate findings into clear recommendations and accountable actions.</li><li>Advise leadership: Serve as a strategic financial partner to the REWS Leadership Team, providing scenario analysis and portfolio insights to guide cost management, resource allocation, and long-term planning.</li><li>Manage favorability and reinvestment: Identify available funding, maintain a prioritized reinvestment pipeline, and develop recommendations for leadership decisions on reallocation and investment.</li><li>Own reporting and dashboards: Lead development and continuous improvement of the REWS financial dashboard, KPIs, and monthly executive reporting, providing clear visibility into budgets, commitments, actuals, forecasts, and trends.</li><li>Strengthen financial accuracy: Partner with FP&A, Accounting, and Spend Management on accruals, variance analysis, spend closeout, and data quality, ensuring reporting reflects financial performance and timing differences accurately.</li><li>Advance governance: Develop financial policies, controls, playbooks, and monitoring practices that support consistent execution, compliance, and audit readiness.</li><li>Drive operational improvement: Simplify workflows, identify system enhancements, improve data integrity, and leverage AI, and automation to strengthen reporting, transparency, operational efficiency, and decision-making.</li><li>Lead adoption and build capability: Engage stakeholders, communicate changes clearly, and provide practical training that strengthens financial fluency, planning discipline, and accountability across REWS.<br><br></li></ul>You’re Our Person If...<br><br><ul><li>Demonstrated experience in finance operations, FP&A, strategic finance, or a related function, including ownership of complex budgets and planning processes.</li><li>Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, accruals, variance analysis, and financial controls, with the ability to distinguish committed spend (PO’s) from actual expenses (invoices).</li><li>Experience partnering with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to influence decisions and drive financial accountability.</li><li>Ability to translate complex financial and operational data into concise executive insights, actionable recommendations, and clear investment tradeoffs.</li><li>Experience developing financial dashboards, KPIs, and reporting using enterprise financial data, analytics, and AI-powered tools.</li><li>Proven ability to establish processes, lead change, and deliver results independently in a fast-paced, evolving or ambiguous environment.</li><li>Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust, guide stakeholders through change, drive financial accountability, and foster adoption of new processes and ways of working.<br><br></li></ul>Even Better If...<br><br><ul><li>Experience supporting global corporate real estate, workplace services, facilities, or capital project portfolios.</li><li>Experience establishing or scaling a finance operations function within a large, global organization.</li><li>Familiarity with procurement, purchase orders, project accounting, and the end-to-end spend lifecycle.</li><li>Experience with enterprise planning, procurement, accounting, or reporting platforms such as Coupa, Workday, Tableau, and Hyperion/Essbase.</li><li>Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Slackbot) and automation to improve financial reporting, forecasting, and operational workflows.</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline; MBA, CPA, or equivalent advanced qualification.<br><br></li></ul>Unleash Your Potential<br><br>When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and <em>be your best</em>, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can <em>do your best</em>. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.<br><br>Accommodations<br><br>If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.<br><br>Please note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions. Please see our Candidate Privacy Statement for more information about how we use your personal data and your rights, including with regard to use of AI tools and opt out options.<br><br>Posting Statement<br><br>Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.<br><br>In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.<br><br>At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $164,000 - $261,500 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $196,800 - $285,300 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

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