Finance Business Partner Director

About the role

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 finance, or finance business partnering experience. Experience supporting business leaders