🕒 9 days ago
The FP&A Analyst supports go-to-market teams through budgeting, forecasting, performance analysis, and strategic recommendations, connecting finance and business metrics to inform planning and decision-making.
Senior Analyst/Manager, Product Finance
📅 Aug 5
FP&AStrategic FinanceFinancial ModelingBudgeting
📜 Description
- Partner with Engineering and Product leaders to influence resource allocation and roadmap decisions.
- Own R&D budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and variance analysis across headcount, non-payroll, and infrastructure spend.
- Define R&D efficiency metrics, identify cost optimization opportunities, and manage cloud and on-prem infrastructure costs.
- Develop KPI reporting aligned with business unit and company objectives, and provide product portfolio insights for business decisions.
- Support pricing, packaging, and deal structure redesign as the business and product evolve.
🛠️ Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related quantitative field
- 4+ years in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, or management consulting. Experience at a high-growth or pre-IPO company a plus.
- Proficient in financial modeling, executive-ready presentations, and business partnership with technical stakeholders.
- SQL & BI tools, planning tools (Pigment, Adaptive), and ERP (Workday) experience a plus.
- Strong executive presence with the ability to partner across all levels of stakeholders. Intellectually curious, self-directed, and comfortable with ambiguity.
- Interest in AI tools and willingness to build them into daily work.
Full job description
This role will serve as a strategic partner to DDN's Engineering and Product organizations. You'll translate investment and roadmap decisions into measurable business outcomes, and partner with technical leadership on capital allocation, product strategy, and company/business unit operations. The ideal candidate combines strategic finance expertise with a genuine curiosity for how and why technology companies build products.
Key Responsibilities:
Embedded finance partner to Engineering and Product leadership. Build trusted relationships to influence resource allocation and roadmap decisions.
Own end-to-end R&D financial planning: budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning (LRP), and variance analysis with clear narratives for headcount, non-payroll, and infrastructure spend.
Partner with R&D to define efficiency metrics, identify cost optimization opportunities, and manage cloud and on-prem infrastructure costs.
Develop and manage KPI reporting that ladders up to business unit and overall company objectives, Develop a clear understanding of the product portfolio's current and future state (drivers, trends, use cases, etc) and provide input on business decisions
Support DDN's pricing, packaging, and deal structure redesign as the business and product evolve.
Qualifications:
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related quantitative field
4+ years in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, or management consulting. Experience at a high-growth or pre-IPO company a plus.
Skills & Competencies
Proficient in financial modeling, executive-ready presentations, and business partnership with technical stakeholders.
SQL & BI tools, planning tools (Pigment, Adaptive), and ERP (Workday) experience a plus.
Strong executive presence with the ability to partner across all levels of stakeholders. Intellectually curious, self-directed, and comfortable with ambiguity.
Interest in AI tools and willingness to build them into daily work.
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