Finance Business Partner Director

Job Description: The Finance Business Partner Director - Engineering & Product serves as a highly advanced strategic finance advisor to leaders across Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Cloud/Hosting. This role shapes financial strategy through advanced planning support, complex analysis, and actionable recommendations that improve business performance, resource allocation, investment decisions, cost management, and long-term financial outcomes. This position partners closely with senior technology leaders to align engineering and product investments with business strategy, scalable growth, and long-term margin objectives. In addition to core FP&A and business partnering responsibilities, this role includes deeper focus on R&D and infrastructure economics, investment governance, and financial decision support for technology-enabled growth initiatives. Financial Planning & Forecasting • Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning processes for Engineering and Product business areas. • Develop and maintain complex financial models to support strategic initiatives, workforce planning, resource allocation, capital investments, operational decisions, and business performance analysis. • Monitor actual results against budget and forecast, identify key variances, and provide insights into financial drivers, risks, and opportunities. • Partner with business leaders to improve forecast accuracy, cost predictability, financial transparency, and accountability. • Drive multi-year planning and scenario analysis to evaluate the financial impact of business strategies, investment decisions, and operating model changes. Business Partnership & Decision Support • Serve as a trusted finance advisor to business leaders by providing proactive financial guidance, analysis, and strategic recommendations. • Partner with leaders to evaluate resource allocation, cost management, investment prioritization, productivity, operational performance, and business tradeoffs while balancing growth, innovation, and financial discipline. • Lead business cases, ROI analysis, scenario planning, and financial evaluation for strategic initiatives. • Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for financial and non-financial stakeholders. • Influence decision-making by presenting well-supported financial recommendations and alternatives. • Provide scenario analysis to assess the financial implications of product launches, architectural changes, or platform modernization. Reporting & Analytics • Develop and maintain Product P&L s to improve transparency, accountability, and cost efficiency with a focus on increasing profitability. • Prepare and present financial reporting packages, dashboards, executive summaries, and performance updates. • Analyze trends, KPIs, productivity metrics, and operational performance indicators. • Identify leading indicators of financial risk, cost pressure, margin impact, or performance improvement opportunities. • Ensure accuracy, integrity, and consistency of financial data used for planning, reporting, and decision-making. • Drive the development, automation, and continuous improvement of reporting tools, financial models, dashboards, and planning processes. Strategic Support & Financial Governance • Oversee cloud cost strategy including optimization, reserved capacity planning, and scaling economics. • Influence long-term investment strategy, product roadmap funding, and infrastructure scalability decisions. • Provide financial thought leadership in build vs. buy, vendor strategy, and architecture investment decisions. • Shape enterprise, functional, or business unit strategic planning initiatives through financial analysis and business insight. • Evaluate business opportunities, operational efficiencies, investment tradeoffs, and financial improvement opportunities. • Lead financial governance for significant initiatives, capital investments, resource planning, and business transformation efforts. Process Improvement & Cross-Functional Collaboration • Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, financial transparency, and analytical frameworks. • Strengthen cost allocation, performance measurement, and business reporting methodologies where applicable. • Contribute to scalable finance processes and tools that support business growth and evolving organizational needs. • Provide subject matter guidance to less experienced finance team members as needed. • Influence cross-functional partners and establish strong working relationships across Finance, Accounting, Engineering and Product. Education Required • Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field. • Master s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or related field preferred. Experience Required • 10+ years of progressive FP&A, strategic finance, operational...