# Finance Manager, Global Technology and Product Organization

## About the Role
This Finance Manager position supports the Global Technology and Product Organization and works closely with Technology Leadership on financial planning for technology investments. The core focus is cloud and data center hosting strategy, with responsibility for forecasting, variance analysis, and reporting to senior leadership.

The role partners across Finance, FinOps, Engineering, and business stakeholders to improve resource allocation, support decision-making, and identify cost optimization opportunities. It also contributes to long-range planning and process improvements in Anaplan, while collaborating with the technology team that builds the financial tools used internally.

## Key Responsibilities
– Manage and forecast multi-cloud and data center hosting costs, including AWS, GCP, and Azure.
– Analyze month-over-month changes in hosting spend and report on operational and financial metrics.
– Prepare and present budget vs. actuals reporting for business partners and executive leadership.
– Work with FinOps and Engineering teams to identify and execute cost optimization opportunities.
– Support Finance and business leaders with financial management, resource prioritization, and allocation.
– Recommend opportunities to reallocate and redeploy technology resources based on business priorities.
– Conduct ROI analysis on new initiatives and contribute to long-range financial planning.
– Improve forecasting, reporting, and financial analysis processes using Anaplan.
– Review performance against plan and forecast, including key drivers such as headcount and vendor investment.
– Communicate recommendations, scenario analyses, and planning updates to multiple stakeholders.

## Required Skills
– Experience in FP&A, accounting, management consulting, investment banking, or a similar field.
– Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including building and improving complex financial models.
– Experience with Anaplan or a similar financial planning tool.
– Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting to business partners.
– Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
– Self-starter mindset with the confidence to challenge the status quo.

## Preferred Skills
– Experience with SaaS or cloud computing business models and related financial concepts, including FinOps and cloud cost management.
– MBA.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies
– **Cloud Providers:** AWS, GCP, Azure
– **Planning / Analysis Tools:** Anaplan, Microsoft Excel
– **Infrastructure:** Data center hosting

## FinOps Responsibilities
– Forecast multi-cloud and data center hosting spend.
– Analyze month-over-month changes in hosting expenses.
– Report budget vs. actuals and key operational and financial metrics.
– Partner with FinOps and Engineering to identify and implement cost optimization opportunities.
– Support technology resource reallocation to improve investment outcomes.
– Monitor planning assumptions against headcount and vendor investment trends.

## Why You Might Be Interested
This role combines technology finance, cloud cost management, executive reporting, and long-range planning. You’ll work directly with Technology Leadership and collaborate across Finance, FinOps, and Engineering on decisions that shape technology investment. The position also offers the opportunity to improve forecasting and financial analysis processes using Anaplan. The base salary range is $100,000 to $144,000 USD.