Director, Product Financial Planning & Analysis

Salesforce•Indianapolis, IN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Finance & Strategy (F&S) team serves as a trusted adviser to the business to help guide decision-making through business partner support and innovative and informative analyses. We are looking for forward-thinking, results-oriented individuals that will succeed in a fast-paced environment! Within the F&S organization, this position will serve as the finance business partner to one of our Cloud Product and Engineering teams. This Director will partner directly with the General Manager and play a key role in scaling the business successfully. The position will maintain financial control while guiding strategies to accelerate growth and optimize our Product portfolio. This role will also work cross-functionally within Finance, bringing the right experts together to maximize the impact the Finance Organization across the enterprise. This role requires a highly collaborative, strategic finance leader with deep analytical capabilities, executive communication skills and sound judgment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or other relevant discipline or equivalent relevant experience required.
A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in finance, consulting, or analytics
Exceptional relationship-building skills demonstrated by ability to grow and nurture relationships with internal stakeholders
Demonstrated success in driving both strategic and operational activities
Proven skill in managing multiple stakeholders and leading cross-functional initiatives
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, successfully applying this skill set to the business context
Extensive financial modeling experience, including scenario planning, ROI analysis, and cost-benefit analysis
Experience with financial systems and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Hyperion, or similar)
Compelling storyteller with the ability to synthesize complex financial and strategic data into clear, compelling narratives for senior leadership

Nice To Haves

MBA or equivalent experience preferred.
MBA preferred

Responsibilities

Primary finance business partner to a Product GM and/or EVP of Engineering
Work with product and technology leaders to establish the financial goals and measure progress throughout the year, highlighting finance recommendations on course of action, including providing a decision framework for optimizing resource allocations in a fast-paced environment
Partners with leaders across the company, establishing trust and gaining an understanding of relevant drivers and key economic metrics (e.g., price and quantity contribution to revenue, cost to serve, and margin expansion)
Develop framework for effective resource management, ROI analysis and business recommendations on strategic investments and their impact on growth drivers and margin expansion
Help develop product long range plan (LRP) framework, evaluate performance against the plan and ensure product road map is aligned across other departments' plans
Partner closely with Strategy and Pricing teams to define monetization strategies and insights, including future AI roadmap opportunities
Manage annual planning and budgeting processes and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure strategic alignment across the company
Prepare and present high-quality executive presentations for product and engineering leadership