Finance Manager-Pipeline Business Line

DNV•Houston, TX

About The Position

We are seeking a Finance Manager for Digital and Data Solutions to act as a strong financial business partner, ensuring robust financial steering, transparency, and value creation across the end‑to‑end digital value chain. The role is central in translating strategy into financial outcomes, supporting pricing and investment decisions, and driving performance in close collaboration with Business Leadership, Global Controllership, and Finance Back Office.

Requirements

Strong financial business partner
Robust financial steering
Transparency
Value creation across the end‑to‑end digital value chain
Translating strategy into financial outcomes
Supporting pricing and investment decisions
Driving performance
Close collaboration with Business Leadership, Global Controllership, and Finance Back Office
Trusted finance partner to the Business Line management and leadership team
Pricing
Packaging
M&A
Expansion strategies
Financial narratives for leadership team discussions
Financial performance
Margin development
Profitability across the digital portfolio
Forward‑looking financial insights, scenarios, and recommendations
Support and challenge pricing models, commercial frameworks, and deal structures
Pricing discipline
Margin protection
Alignment with financial targets
Partner closely with Sales, Product, and Commercial teams
Improve deal quality and lifetime value
Build scalable cost models that decouple ARR growth from headcount growth
Lead and quality‑assure investment proposals and business cases
Assess financial viability, scalability, risks, and returns
Track benefits realization and follow up on approved investments
Own the financial planning, budgeting, and rolling forecast processes for Business Line
Lead long‑range planning (5 years)
Link product roadmaps, go-to-market capacity, and capital allocation
Translate company strategy into clear financial targets and guardrails
Ensure consistent and transparent reporting of revenue, recurring revenue, order intake, margins, EBIT, cash flow, and working capital
Secure alignment with the Business Areas finance principles, definitions, and timelines
Define, maintain, and continuously improve financial KPIs and performance dashboards
Leverage digital tools (e.g. Power BI, OneStream, Oracle)
Provide timely, accurate, and actionable insights
Support leadership with data‑driven narratives and clear performance explanations
Own metric as a top level operating KPI, balancing ARR growth, gross margin, and cash efficiency
Proactively model trade-offs between growth acceleration and margin expansion
Work in close collaboration with Global Controllership and Finance Back Office
Ensure strong financial governance, internal controls, and data quality
Ensure compliance with DNV policies, financial standards, and internal control requirements
Support audits, management reviews, and governance forums
Work closely with Sales, Product, Delivery, Contracting, and Operations
Ensure strong financial follow‑up from order intake to cash
Contribute to cross‑functional initiatives, process improvements, and integration activities within the new finance organization

Responsibilities

Act as trusted finance partner to the Business Line management and leadership team on pricing, packaging, M&A, and expansion strategies.
Shape financial narratives for leadership team discussions (e.g. quarterly management report, business review meeting).
Drive financial performance, margin development, and profitability across the digital portfolio.
Provide forward‑looking financial insights, scenarios, and recommendations to support decision‑making.
Support and challenge pricing models, commercial frameworks, and deal structures.
Ensure pricing discipline, margin protection, and alignment with financial targets.
Partner closely with Sales, Product, and Commercial teams to improve deal quality and lifetime value.
Help build scalable cost models that decouple ARR growth from headcount growth.
Lead and quality‑assure investment proposals and business cases related to products, platforms, and growth initiatives.
Assess financial viability, scalability, risks, and returns.
Track benefits realization and follow up on approved investments.
Own the financial planning, budgeting, and rolling forecast processes for Business Line.
Lead long‑range planning (5 years) linking product roadmaps, go-to-market capacity, and capital allocation.
Translate company strategy into clear financial targets and guardrails.
Ensure consistent and transparent reporting of revenue, recurring revenue, order intake, margins, EBIT, cash flow, and working capital.
Secure alignment with the Business Areas finance principles, definitions, and timelines.
Define, maintain, and continuously improve financial KPIs and performance dashboards.
Leverage digital tools (e.g. Power BI, OneStream, Oracle) to provide timely, accurate, and actionable insights.
Support leadership with data‑driven narratives and clear performance explanations.
Own metric as a top level operating KPI, balancing ARR growth, gross margin, and cash efficiency.
Proactively model trade-offs between growth acceleration and margin expansion.
Work in close collaboration with Global Controllership and Finance Back Office to ensure strong financial governance, internal controls, and data quality.
Ensure compliance with DNV policies, financial standards, and internal control requirements.
Support audits, management reviews, and governance forums.
Work closely with Sales, Product, Delivery, Contracting, and Operations to ensure strong financial follow‑up from order intake to cash.
Contribute to cross‑functional initiatives, process improvements, and integration activities within the new finance organization.