Senior Director, Finance Business Partner (Hybrid)

Experian • New York, NY

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a strategic and commercially minded Senior Director, Finance Business Partner to support the Global Chief Technology Officer (GCTO) organization within Technology & Innovation (T&I). You will be a trusted advisor to senior technology leadership, guiding financial strategy, investment governance, cost optimization, and performance management across a complex global technology landscape.
You will partner with technology organizations, promoting data-driven decision-making while balancing innovation, risk management, and value creation.
This is a hybrid role out of the New York City office. You will report to the Head of T&I Financial Management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related area preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive finance experience, including experience supporting technology organizations.
• Track record partnering with senior executives (SVP/EVP/C-level).
• Experience in technology finance, capital investment planning and governance, financial modeling and scenario analysis, and large-scale budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience translating complex technical concepts into financial insights.
• Executive presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Be the lead finance partner to the Group Chief Technology Officer (GCTO) and the T&I senior leadership team.
• Shape and influence the financial strategy for global technology investments, including infrastructure, cloud, platforms, data, and engineering.
• Translate business and technology strategies into actionable financial plans and investment roadmaps.
• Provide clear, forward-looking insights that drive prioritization and capital allocation decisions.
• Lead annual planning, long-range planning (LRP), and rolling forecast processes for the GCTO organization.
• Oversee operating expense and capital investment budgets of significant scale and complexity.
• Manage KPIs and dashboards that link technology spend to business outcomes and value realization.
• Identify risks and opportunities, recommending mitigation and optimization actions.
• Drive financial rigor around business cases, ROI modeling, and post-investment tracking.
• Establish and enhance governance frameworks for large-scale technology programs and transformation initiatives.
• Ensure alignment of spend with priorities and enterprise financial commitments.
• Partner with technology leaders to improve cost transparency, benchmarking, and unit economics (e.g., cloud cost management, run vs. change analysis).
• Identify efficiency opportunities while maintaining operational resilience and innovation capacity.
• Support transformation initiatives, including automation, modernization, and vendor optimization.
• Present financial insights and recommendations to executive leadership and enterprise finance.
• Influence stakeholders including Product, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Procurement, and Strategy.
• Lead and develop a finance team, encouraging a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement

Benefits

• Great compensation package and bonus plan.
• Core benefits including medical, dental, vision, and matching 401K.
• Flexible work environment, ability to work remote, hybrid or in-office.
• Flexible time off including volunteer time off, vacation, sick and 12-paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive