Senior Manager, R&D Finance

Pantheon Systems, Inc

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Pantheon is seeking a Senior Manager to join their FP&A team. This role will serve as a strategic business partner to Product and Engineering leaders, focusing on financial analysis and influencing investment decisions for the company's future. The position involves owning infrastructure spend analysis, productivity modeling, and R&D investment profiles, while collaborating closely with technical leaders. Reporting to the VP of Finance, this role offers significant growth potential as Pantheon scales.

Requirements

• 8–10 years of finance experience with a business partnering focus (FP&A, Investment Banking, or Strategy Consulting)
• Proven track record working cross-functionally with Product and Engineering in a technology-driven environment
• Comfort navigating complex, ambiguous and large data — and a talent for turning it into a clear story
• A bias toward action and continuous improvement
• The willingness to roll up your sleeves, regardless of the size of the task
• Humility, a collaborative mindset, and a sense of humor

Nice To Haves

• Background in venture-backed or pre-IPO companies
• Familiarity with usage-based infrastructure costs (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Experience scaling financial systems and tooling

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product & Engineering on strategic investment decisions, leading ROI analyses, product opportunity sizing, and providing financial perspectives on location strategy and staffing.
• Own infrastructure finance end-to-end, including understanding the technical and financial aspects of the infrastructure stack (Google Cloud, Cloudflare, Grafana, Okta), building budgets, tracking efficiency, and optimizing costs.
• Build and scale financial planning systems by partnering with FP&A and Systems teams to design and implement a next-generation financial forecasting tool, automating and scaling systems, and driving AI adoption.
• Drive efficiency across core finance processes by identifying and executing opportunities to improve speed and accuracy in FP&A and Accounting, applying automation and AI to processes like month-end close, forecasting, cash management, headcount reviews, vendor management, accruals, and balance sheet tracking.
• Contribute to board and investor narratives by collaborating with Finance and R&D leaders on materials and analyses related to product strategy, market position, Gross Margin, infrastructure spend, product investments, and TAM.

Benefits

• Industry competitive compensation and equity plan
• Flexible time off, sick days, and 13 paid holidays
• Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental and Vision
• Paid parental leave (plus fertility, adoption and other family planning benefits)
• In-office workspace (San Francisco) and (Chicago)
• Monthly allowance for wellness, reading and access to LinkedIn Learning for continued development
• Events and activities both team-based and company wide that inspire, educate and cultivate
• Performance bonus dependent on company performance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed