FP&A Manager (R&D)
Core
FP&A business partner to R&D leadership, supporting planning, budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization for engineering, product, and DevOps teams.
Role type
Manager, FP&A (R&D)
Builds
R&D headcount and opex models, scenario analyses, monthly budget-to-actual variance reports, COGS models, and unit economics.
Domain
SaaS / Restaurant Technology
Required skills
Financial planning and analysis, budgeting and forecasting, variance analysis, scenario modeling, cost allocation, unit economics, cloud cost management, business case development, stakeholder management, data analysis
Preferred skills
Experience with Azure and AWS cost management, SaaS unit economics, technical background in engineering or DevOps
Technologies
Azure, AWS, Excel, SQL, BI tools
Responsibilities
Serve as key FP&A business partner to R&D leadership, Build and maintain R&D headcount and opex models, Build scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate investment trade-offs, Own monthly R&D budget-to-actual and forecast variance analysis, Partner with Engineering and DevOps to forecast and manage Azure and AWS hosting costs, Own the COGS model for the multi-tenant SaaS platform and build unit economics, Build business cases with Product connecting technology investment to payback period and margin impact
