Sr Manager Cloud Finance and Strategy
About The Position
In this role, you will have the opportunity to drive real impact at the intersection of finance, technology, and strategy. You will be the Cloud Finance business partner to one of our largest and fastest growing product pillars. In this role you will work directly with senior product, engineering and other finance leaders to influence key decisions around our cloud hosting including and product strategy and help shape how we think about financial efficiency at scale. For example, you will own cloud spend forecasting, drive unit cost/economics analysis to enable decision making with Product leaders and lead negotiations with all the large Cloud Service Providers. This role requires a highly experienced cross-functional collaborator who has Management Consulting or Product Finance experience with a passion for technology. If you're passionate about problem solving, thrive in cross-functional settings, and want to build a career at the intersection of Finance and Product —this is your chance.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in Management Consulting, Finance (especially product finance) or business analytics, ideally within the technology sector
- Collaboration: Demonstrated success working with product/engineering, finance and other cross-functional teams to drive change and impact
- Communication & Leadership: Exceptional presentation skills, with the ability to lead and clearly communicate complex ideas
- Analytical Skills: Experience in initiating and executing on analysis that generates new insights to enable decision making. Demonstrated ability of being the translator between finance and product, e.g. converting engineering actions into financial implications and hosting insights into engineer actions
- Bachelor or Advanced Degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
Nice To Haves
- FinOps experience and/or Cloud certifications.
- Basic programing skills for data extraction.
- Experience with Looker, Tableau or other visualization tools
Responsibilities
- Strategic Thought Leadership: Be the thought partner to product and finance leadership, on cloud hosting strategy, cost optimization, unit cost / economics to enable business growth
- Data-Driven Insights: Develop and monitor critical success metrics, providing actionable insights that empower product and cross-functional teams to drive key business decisions
- Financial forecasting and planning: Drive alignment with all product teams and be responsible for Monthly Business Reviews, Monthly Forecast, Annual Planning, and Long-Range Planning
- Negotiate with Cloud Service Providers: to secure favorable terms and optimize long-term value
- Cloud FinOps Excellence: Define and lead Cloud FinOps initiatives, bringing industry best practices and mobilizing cross-functional teams to jointly deliver on our priorities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
