Senior Finance Manager, Technology & Innovation

IDEXX•Westbrook, ME

1d•$130,000•Hybrid

About The Position

IDEXX is seeking a Finance Manager to provide strategic financial leadership and decision support across key Technology and Innovation functions, including Global Information Technology and Research & Development. This role partners closely with senior leaders to support planning, investment prioritization, portfolio management, and operational performance, while strengthening financial insight, governance, and resource alignment in support of enterprise priorities. As a trusted finance business partner, the Finance Manager will lead financial planning, forecasting, reporting, analysis, and modeling across a dynamic portfolio of functional and investment activities. This role combines strategic support with strong operational execution and will help enhance enterprise-wide spend visibility, investment discipline, and business performance across supported areas. Location: This role is required to be onsite 8 days per month at our Westbrook, Maine headquarters.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required
Progressive experience in finance, including financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, analysis, and business partnering.
Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving capabilities.
Strong knowledge of investment evaluation methodologies, including NPV, ROI, IRR, payback, scenario analysis, and broader return modeling.
Ability to operate effectively at both a strategic and detailed level in a dynamic environment.
Strong business partnership, communication, and relationship-building skills, including the ability to influence senior leadership.
Strong knowledge of data analysis, reporting, and financial systems, with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or equivalent preferred.
Experience supporting technology, IT, R&D, engineering, software, digital, or other innovation-focused functions preferred.
Experience with Power BI, SharePoint, OneStream, and other reporting, planning, or portfolio management tools preferred.
Knowledge of AI capabilities and emerging digital tools, including their financial implications, productivity opportunities, and cost structures, preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary finance business partner to leaders across Global Information Technology and Research & Development, providing financial insights and decision support to advance strategic priorities.
Lead and support core finance processes, including monthly close, forecasting, annual budget, and strategic planning.
Develop financial models, business cases, and investment analyses, including cost-benefit analysis, NPV, ROI, IRR, payback, and risk-adjusted value assessment.
Improve enterprise-wide visibility into Technology and Digital spend, including software, SaaS, AI, and functionally embedded technology investments.
Support value-based investment prioritization and portfolio optimization across Commercial, Operations, and Innovation initiatives.
Establish and enhance financial governance for AI and digital investments, including tracking business value, productivity gains, and variable consumption costs.
Partner on vendor and external partner economics, including make-versus-buy analyses, benchmarking, contract value realization, and scale efficiencies.
Improve transparency across run, improve, and transform activities to support self-funding of digital and AI transformation.
Create and maintain dashboards, reporting tools, and data platforms; prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting packages with clear variance analysis and commentary.
Drive process improvement, capital expense management, internal control support, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen financial discipline and decision-making.