Senior Analyst​/Manager of FP&A - Technology Finance

Our client is a leading private equity backed software firm in Northern VA that is seeking a top FP&A professional focusing on partnering with technology operations. Exceeding $300M in gross revenue, growing to $400m+ over the next 18 months with scale, M&A and organic growth.

This role will be either at the Senior Analyst or Manager level and is a hybrid role in the Dulles VA Corridor. Hybrid office role (2-3 days in office) and compensation is up to $150K plus bonus, depending on the level. Reports to a true champion, finance leader

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Financial Planning & Analysis |

Reports to:

VP, FP&A |Partners with: CPO, CTO, CI

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Own the finance partnership for the technology organization — Product, Engineering, Security, and IT. You partner directly with the CPO, CTO, and CISO to turn technology investment into disciplined, ROI-based decisions: building build-vs-buy business cases, driving cost optimization, informing roadmap prioritization, and assessing headcount efficiency. This is a hands-on analytical role for someone equally at home in a financial model and in a product or engineering planning revi

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  Build vs. buy business cases — build and own the financial models comparing in-house build against third-party / SaaS alternatives — total cost of ownership, payback, NPV, and sensitivity — to inform CPO, CTO, and CISO decisio
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  Cost optimization — identify and quantify savings across cloud / infrastructure, vendor / SaaS, and tooling spend; set targets and track realizati
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  Roadmap prioritization — partner with Product and Engineering to attach cost, ROI, and resourcing to roadmap initiatives so investment follows value. This will be in close partnership with the GTM FP&A leader and GTM funct
• ion Headcount efficiency — plan and monitor technology headcount and contractor spend; analyze productivity, span and layers, and build-vs-contract trade-of
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  Opex & capex — own the operating and capital expense forecast for Product, Engineering, Security, and IT, including capitalized software (with Accountin
• g).Cloud & infrastructure — model and forecast cloud / hosting cost; partner with Engineering on unit-cost and efficiency metri
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  Vendor & SaaS — maintain the technology vendor and SaaS portfolio; support rationalization, renewals, and negotiations with da
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  Reporting — deliver the monthly technology variance and commentary into the close cycle; own the tech-finance inputs and slides for leadership revie
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  Perform other ad hoc analysis / duties as assign

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  Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related fie
• ld.4+ years in FP&A, corporate finance, or a comparable analytical role; technology, R&D, or product finance a pl
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  Strong financial modeling and Excel skills; proven ability to build business cases (TCO, NPV, payback, sensitivity analysi
• s).General understanding of software cost capitalization (ASC 350-40 / 985-20) and opex vs. capex treatme
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  Ability to translate technical roadmaps and infrastructure decisions into financial terms — and to partner with senior technical leaders and challenge them constructive
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  Familiarity with cloud cost management (AWS / Azure / GCP billing), vendor management, and BI too
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  Clear, concise communication; able to turn analysis into a decisi
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  A strong desire to leverage AI tools to automate repeatable tasks, professionalize reporting, and focus on meaningful insigh
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  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate as the employee works in an office setting, at an individual workstation, using telephone and comput
• office expectations are 3x per week, preferably M, T and Th of each we

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  Must be able to remain in a stationary position for most of the d
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  Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a printer / copy machi
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  This position needs to occasionally move about inside the offi
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  The person in this position frequently communicates via telepho