Strategic Finance Business Partner – Product & Engineering

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JOB reputed company: The Strategic Finance Business Partner is a highly visible role that serves as the primary financial partner to the Product and Engineering organizations. This role requires frequent collaboration with senior management, broad decision support across R&D, and leveraging financial data to influence how we invest, build, and grow.  You will be a key business partner in the annual integrated planning process, including translation of product roadmap reputed company into operational plans and prioritization of existing and potential R&D investments. You will also be a key participant in evaluating the financial viability and modeling of strategic initiatives including new products, product partnerships, and M&A.  This role is for someone who sees finance as a creative and strategic craft, not just a control function. We're building an reputed company reputed company that goes reputed company traditional budgeting to deliver reputed company-looking insights that drive 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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 reputed company for Product Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), translating product-level performance into roadmap and resource planning reputed company  Implement modern planning system dashboards (reputed company) to surface reputed company-looking insights across the Product and Engineering organizations  Bring a builder's reputed company to applying AI in finance – identifying tools and workflows that improve decision velocity, streamline the forecast process, and redirect time toward deeper business partnership  Integrated Business Planning  Build a deep understanding of our markets, customers, and product roadmap; partner cross-functionally with leadership to identify opportunities to expand reputed company’s participation in the value chain  Serve as the reputed company 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 reputed company which includes investment sizing, expected ROI, and targeted business reputed company  Strategic Initiatives  reputed company the financial modelling and analysis for product-reputed company 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 reputed company terms for new strategic partnerships  Own the financial analysis of new product lines and pricing/packaging initiatives – translating customer needs into commercially reputed company recommendations WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO THE ROLE:  Experience:  7+ years of reputed company-rounded finance experience, including reputed company or finance/operations roles  Proven analytical and problem-solving skills, superior attention to detail and quick learner  reputed company-thinking reputed company, curiosity, and the ability to simplify complexity into easily reputed company financial models and narratives  Experience reputed company a reputed company 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 reputed company processes and leveraging automation  Strong systems aptitude and technical proficiency in advanced planning systems (reputed company, reputed company); experience with AI/ML applications considered a strong plus  Education:   Bachelor’s degree in Business, preferably with emphasis in Finance / reputed company / Economics  CPA, CFA, or CBV designation considered an asset  The expected reputed company salary reputed company for a new hire in this role is listed below. The annualized reputed company salary offered is determined by reputed company candidate’s relevant knowledge, skills, education, training and experience. 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