Lead Financial Analyst, Strategic Business Partner – Product & Technology

Role overview

Finance partnership and planning

• Advise department leaders and budget owners on prioritization and investment trade-offs.
• Participate early in planning and roadmap conversations, raising financial trade-offs and risks.
• Translate SRE, AI/ML, and Data Engineering roadmaps into budgets, forecasts, and headcount and contractor plans.
• Lead annual budgets, quarterly reforecasts, and multi-year planning; optimize cloud, hosting, software, and contractor spending.

Capital, accounting, reporting, and team leadership

• Plan data center and infrastructure CAPEX, including capacity, hardware refresh, and depreciation.
• Partner with Accounting on software capitalization and eligible labor and contractor costs.
• Model total cost of ownership and build-versus-buy decisions; lead close, forecasting, variance analysis, executive reporting, and dashboards.
• Mentor analysts, set business-partnering standards, improve financial processes, and help manage the planning and reporting system.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years in FP&A, financial business partnering, or corporate finance, including support for a technology, engineering, or product organization.
• Experience partnering with technical and product teams and working strategically on business-wide goals.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills; excellent written and verbal communication, including executive presentations.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders, supporting multiple business units, mentoring analysts, and leading process improvement.

Preferred qualification

• MBA or CPA preferred.

Compensation

• Listed salary range is USD 110,000–181,000 yearly.