Finance Manager - Cloud & AI Analytics

Motorola Solutions•Chicago, IL

2d•$95,000 - $110,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a highly analytical and strategic Finance Manager to join our Product Finance team. In this role, you will serve as the primary financial partner to engineering and product leaders, overseeing the financial management of our Cloud Infrastructure and AI portfolio. You will play a critical role in optimizing technical spend, improving cost efficiency, and ensuring maximum return on investment (ROI) for initiatives and investments. The ideal candidate blends traditional Financial expertise with a strong understanding of technology costs and the product development lifecycle.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
Demonstrated experience managing technology, engineering, or cloud infrastructure budgets.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical cloud concepts into financial impacts for non-technical leadership
Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills with a formidable attention to detail
Ability to work collaboratively to drive cross-functional execution on business goals
Proficiency in Google Sheets/Microsoft Excel (financial modeling) and presentation software.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, and 5+ years experience

Responsibilities

Lead the financial planning, budgeting, and long-range forecasting processes for global cloud and infrastructure expenses.
Prepare and present financial dashboards and business reviews that translate technical operational data into clear financial insights for executive leadership.
Partner with product teams to identify and analyze the primary cost drivers of technical services and infrastructure.
Partner with engineering teams to identify cost-saving opportunities, improve resource utilization, and eliminate unnecessary technical spend.
Collaborate with procurement and platform teams to manage vendor commitments, contract utilization, and budget adherence.
Develop and maintain models to ensure technology expenses are accurately allocated to the appropriate departments or product lines.
Monitor monthly spending trends and anomalies, providing actionable insights to technical stakeholders to maintain budget discipline.
Develop financial models to evaluate the ROI on third-party AI tools and assess the margin profiles of technology-driven products.
Support product management in establishing pricing strategies for software features and consumption-based products.
Track and monitor spend for AI and software tools, implementing internal controls to manage consumption-based or usage-based costs.
Maintain consolidated reporting on the costs and realized savings of strategic technology initiatives, comparing actual performance against the original business case.