Director, FP&A

Overview

This role leads Finance for the Research & Development (R&D) organization. Serving as the strategic finance partner to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and their leadership team, you will own R&D planning, forecasting, and investment decisions.

R&D builds the AI-powered development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) platform used by more than 100,000 organizations. You will connect investments in headcount, infrastructure, AI and cloud usage, and tooling to product outcomes with clear measurement and reliable forecasts.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the finance advisor to the CTO and R&D leadership; connect R&D priorities to company financial targets and hold partners accountable for execution against plan.
• Lead annual planning and rolling forecasts for R&D.
• Own the operating plan across:
  • headcount, compensation, and contractors
  • hosting and cloud, AI and large language model (LLM) costs
  • software and tooling
• Build frameworks linking R&D investment to product roadmap outcomes.
• Evaluate business cases for new initiatives, including:
  • AI capabilities
  • build-versus-buy decisions
  • vendor commitments
  • associated risks and opportunities
• Define and track R&D efficiency metrics, including:
  • R&D spend as a percentage of revenue
  • cost per engineer
  • hosting cost per user
  • AI inference cost per feature
• Identify large-scale savings and reallocation opportunities and drive them through to completion.
• Partner with People and R&D leaders on hiring plans, location strategy, and organizational design; keep headcount forecasts accurate and reconciled to actuals.
• Lead the AI transformation of R&D finance by rethinking planning, forecasting, and reporting workflows and using AI tools to improve speed, accuracy, and insight.
• Redesign FP&A processes, policies, and planning/reporting systems for efficiency and effectiveness, with AI in the center.
• Work with Accounting on capitalized software, accruals, and allocations, and with Procurement on process improvements.
• Lead and develop the R&D finance team by hiring, coaching, setting goals and priorities, and providing expert feedback.

Requirements

• Extensive finance experience, including serving as the lead finance partner to an R&D, Engineering, or Product organization, plus experience leading a team of analysts.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, accounting principles, and R&D cost drivers, including engineering headcount, cloud hosting, AI and LLM usage, software licenses, and capitalized software development.
• Experience leading process redesign and change in a finance team, including hands-on use of AI tools to improve how work gets done.
• Expertise influencing senior technical stakeholders and translating complex analysis into clear recommendations for executives.
• Advanced financial modeling skills following industry best practices; expertise in Google Sheets; hands-on experience with financial and data visualization tools (no Excel for modeling).
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Comfort working remotely and asynchronously, and the ability to use GitLab.

Preferred Qualifications

• Enterprise SaaS finance experience
• Direct CTO partnership experience
• Experience with NetSuite, Sisense, Adaptive Planning, or SQL
• MBA, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) qualification

Compensation & Benefits

Base Salary (United States)

$168,000—$285,600 USD

• The base salary range is currently listed for residents of the United States only.
• Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location.
• The base salary range does not include bonuses, equity, or benefits.
• Sales roles may be eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

Benefits

• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental Leave

Location

• United States (base salary range is for residents of the United States only).
• This role is remote.
• Some roles may have specific location-based eligibility requirements.