Finance Manager

The application window is expected to close on: 07/19/2026.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Members of the Finance organization at select locations will generally be expected to follow a hybrid work model, which includes two days of in-office attendance each week, with limited exceptions.

The Product Finance organization partners with leaders in BE Finance and Product to create sustainable shareholder value through strategic financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting. You will work extensively with Finance Management and Product Business Partners to drive financial optimization and growth.

The Finance Manager is a highly transparent role within the Product support teams. It comes with opportunities to impact the way the business operates and grows. The role has significant exposure to senior Finance and Business leadership and plays a key role in the monthly, quarterly, annual and multi-year forecasting cycles. This role represents an excellent opportunity to support critical groups financially and operationally within the Product organizations.

You have superb collaboration and communication skills which enable you to build relationships with key personnel across all levels of the Business and Finance organizations. You bring a point of view to key issues and can make recommendations based on your business judgment and data and be a trusted advisor. Your proactivity and understanding of the interdependence between business processes and ability to navigate through challenges and ambiguity make you an ideal candidate.

This role gives an opportunity to drive the business by focusing on transactional details and then rolling up into Financials models as needed to support Product P&Ls (Bookings, revenue, COGS and Opex for HC, Cloud Infrastructure Spend, margin analysis, SKU COGs analysis, new product costs) for business entities. Inform and optimally communicate what the data is relaying.

Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting for forecast submissions, variance analysis and reporting dashboards. Analyze results, distill/synthesize business performance indicators/metrics, assess business risk and operating performance, and timely communicate risks and opportunities. Understanding of spend types and communicating this is a pivotal part of this role.

This position is in the FP&A team and will be working with Business Partners and Leaders to get input and update financial outlook. Collaboration with other FP&A, Operations and Accounting teams will be a strong aspect of this role. Look under the hood and express your strength in analyzing details proactively to provide solutions and make an impact.

You should be a driver of results, proactive in approach and deadline conscious. Agility and passion while keeping a positive spin on relationships, willing to learn and develop skills are key to success. Strong financial modeling (excel/gsheets) and analytical skills with attention to transactional details, accuracy and building credibility will be needed in this role. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and stay flexible through growth and change is going to go a long way.

Prior experience with P&Ls and supporting large engineering teams is a must.

• Bachelors degree in Accounting/Finance
• 5+ years of experience in FP&A including managing P&Ls, OpEx budgets, revenue/cost modeling / Infrastructure Spend
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong Financial modeling experience
• Able to dive in details, deliver timely results as well as support senior level engagement
• Strong systems skills (Hyperion, Anaplan etc)

• Cloud Infrastructure Spend
• Deals impact to Business
• SKU COGs analysis
• Tableau / Snowflake / Power BI / Anaplan / Essbase
• Masters Degree or equivalent experience in Business/Finance

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