Strategic Finance Business Partner – Product & Engineering

D2L • Kitchener, ON

22h • Hybrid

About The Position

D2L is a cloud company modernizing education and building the Future of Work. The company is at the heart of a fundamental shift in teaching and learning models, enabling personalized, student-centric experiences that improve retention, engagement, satisfaction, and results. D2L is disrupting the way the world learns by providing a next-generation learning environment and solutions that are easy, flexible, and smart. For 25 years, D2L has been dedicated to its mission of transforming the way the world learns to improve human potential globally. Every application is personally reviewed by a member of the Talent Acquisition team. While AI tools are used internally for streamlining tasks, they do not influence candidate evaluations or hiring decisions.

Requirements

• 7+ years of well-rounded finance experience, including FP&A or finance/operations roles.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills, superior attention to detail and quick learner.
• Forward-thinking mindset, curiosity, and the ability to simplify complexity into easily understood financial models and narratives.
• Experience within a SaaS business model and global company is considered a strong asset.
• Superior communication, including in verbal presentations and written business memos.
• Strong relationship, collaboration, and influence capabilities, including at the senior leadership stakeholder level.
• Process-oriented, with experience building scalable processes and leveraging automation.
• Strong systems aptitude and technical proficiency in advanced planning systems (Pigment, Adaptive); experience with AI/ML applications considered a strong plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, preferably with emphasis in Finance / Accounting / Economics.

Nice To Haves

• CPA, CFA, or CBV designation considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary Finance Business Partner to the Product and Engineering organizations, directly supporting annual planning, quarterly forecasts, and decision support.
• Drive the R&D and cloud hosting (COGS) annual budget process, partnering cross-functionally to integrate bottom-up departmental inputs into an integrated financial plan.
• Conduct monthly analysis of cost variances and expenditure trends to uncover root causes, translating findings into recommendations that optimize business performance.
• Proactively manage the achievement of business unit results, including identification and mitigation of risks and driving opportunities.
• Build and systematize disaggregated P&L reporting at the product level – surfacing visibility into unit economics, gross margin, and investment efficiency.
• Own the financial framework for Product Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), translating product-level performance into roadmap and resource planning decisions.
• Implement modern planning system dashboards (Pigment) to surface forward-looking insights across the Product and Engineering organizations.
• Bring a builder's mindset to applying AI in finance – identifying tools and workflows that improve decision velocity, streamline the forecast process, and redirect time toward deeper business partnership.
• Build a deep understanding of our markets, customers, and product roadmap; partner cross-functionally with leadership to identify opportunities to expand D2L’s participation in the value chain.
• Serve as the lead finance partner in the annual R&D integrated planning process, including evaluation of internal operating performance, product unit economics, and P&L results.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders in the semi-annual product roadmap cycle, applying a financial lens which includes investment sizing, expected ROI, and targeted business outcomes.
• Lead the financial modelling and analysis for product-centric M&A opportunities, in partnership with the Corporate Development team – including evaluation, due diligence, and integration.
• Collaborate with key internal stakeholders on the Partners team, including support to inform the commercial terms for new strategic partnerships.
• Own the financial analysis of new product lines and pricing/packaging initiatives – translating customer needs into commercially sound recommendations.

Benefits

• Wellness Subsidy
• Equity Grants
• Variable Incentive
• Impactful work transforming the way the world learns
• Flexible work arrangements
• Learning and Growth opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $4,000 CAD for continuing education through our SkillsWave Program
• 2 Paid Days off for SkillsWave-related activities like exams or final assignments
• Employee wellbeing (Access to mental health services, EFAP program, financial planning and more)
• Retirement planning
• 2 Paid Volunteer Days
• Competitive Benefits Package
• Home Internet Reimbursements
• Employee Recognition
• Social Events
• Dog Friendly Offices Spaces at our HQ in Kitchener, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Melbourne offices.

What This Job Offers

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