## About the Role

This Director of Finance reports to the CFO and owns the FP&A function. The role turns financial data into planning, forecasting, and decision support that informs company strategy.

You will partner closely with leadership, Sales, Engineering, and Cloud Operations. The position is intended to improve forecast quality, accountability, revenue quality, and margin performance across the business.

The scope also includes support for Board materials, executive QBRs, investor reporting, vendor contract management, and finance analytics. It is a broad finance leadership role with influence across planning, cloud economics, and operational decision-making.

## Key Responsibilities

– Lead the annual budget and rolling forecast processes, and provide clear analysis to the CFO and Board.
– Act as a finance partner to leadership by explaining the drivers behind performance and informing decisions.
– Lead cloud spend analysis with Engineering and Cloud Operations, identify cost drivers, and drive optimization efforts.
– Manage cloud vendor contracts and negotiate commercial terms to support gross margin improvement.
– Partner with Sales on deal strategy, pricing, negotiations, approvals, compensation design, quotas, and sales productivity analysis.
– Build and maintain dashboards and KPI reporting that improve visibility into unit economics and operational efficiency.
– Use AI and advanced analytics to improve forecasting, automate workflows, and strengthen finance operations.
– Support the CFO with Board materials, executive QBRs, investor reporting, and vendor contract management.

## Required Skills

– Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business.
– 15+ years of progressive experience in FP&A and Finance Operations across both private and public companies.
– Strong working knowledge of AWS, GCP, or Azure pricing models and services.
– Clear understanding of how infrastructure and architecture decisions affect COGS and margins.
– Strong attention to detail with experience building accurate, scalable financial models.
– Experience maintaining data integrity across complex datasets.
– Experience using AI-driven insights and advanced analytics to improve financial planning, reporting, and data analysis.
– Ability to think strategically while working deeply in the details of a fast-paced environment.
– Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to turn complex financial information into clear narratives for non-finance stakeholders.
– Proven success partnering effectively with Sales teams.

## Preferred Skills

– MBA or CFA.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

– **Cloud Providers:** AWS, GCP, Azure
– **Reporting & BI:** Dashboards, KPI tracking
– **Data & Analytics:** AI, advanced analytics

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Analyze cloud spend with Engineering and Cloud Operations.
– Identify cloud cost drivers and drive optimization initiatives.
– Manage cloud vendor contracts and secure favorable commercial terms.
– Assess how infrastructure and architecture decisions affect COGS and gross margin.

## Compensation

– $180K – $230K

## Benefits

For full-time employees in the US:

– Medical, dental, and vision insurance with 100% employee coverage
– Company contribution to an FSA
– Flexible time off
– Life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
– 401(k)
– Wellness programs
– Annual professional development budget
– Financial planning and legal advice

## Useful Links

– Company Website: www.influxdata.com

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role combines FP&A leadership, cloud spend management, revenue operations, and executive reporting. It sits close to the CFO and contributes directly to Board, investor, and leadership decisions. The position also includes using AI and advanced analytics to improve forecasting and finance workflows. For someone with deep finance experience and cloud-cost fluency, it offers broad scope across strategy, margin, and operating performance.