Finance Business Partner

jobs-placeme; Limerick; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

jobs-placeme is seeking a Finance Business Partner to support the R&D function, collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize resource allocation and inform product strategy and roadmaps. The role combines data analytics with deep product and engineering operations understanding to drive ROI and target delivery.

You will work closely with R&D leadership to develop growth plans, evaluate investment decisions, and review margins across portfolios, including cloud costs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in finance, business analysis, product ops, or related field in a product-led tech company.
• Experience partnering with R&D, product management, or operations teams; knowledge of product development and Agile is a plus.
• Strong financial modelling and data analysis; SQL skills advantageous; proficient in Excel and BI tools.
• Proven influencing and stakeholder management skills at leadership level.
• Problem solving with urgency while balancing long-term strategic focus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with R&D leadership to build long-term product-led growth plans and translate into execution plans with clearly defined metrics for growth and ROI.
• Provide a data-driven evaluation of investment decisions related to R&D initiatives to optimize resource allocation and ROI.
• Review product portfolios focusing on gross margin performance, including cloud and other third-party costs.
• Drive efficiencies through negotiations on cloud infrastructure costs with providers (e.g. MSFT).

Skills

Data analytics

SQL

Advanced Excel

BI platforms

Financial modelling

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Tools

MSFT (Azure)

Job description

Overview

As a Business Partner supporting the R&D function, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional optimise resource allocation in Product and Engineering.

This role requires a mix of data analytics and deep product and engineering operational understanding, enabling you to contribute meaningfully to product strategy and roadmap, operational processes and outcomes, investment decisions, return on investment, and the setting and delivery of targets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in finance, business analysis, product ops, or a related field, within product-led, fast paced technology company.
• Proven experience partnering with R&D, product management, or operational teams is highly desirable. Understanding of product development processes and Agile methodologies is a plus.
• Strong financial modelling and data-analytical skills. Strong SQL skills would be advantageous. Proficient in Advanced Excel, BI Platforms and other modern financial analysis tools.
• Proven influencing and stakeholder management skills at leadership team level.
• Seeking out problems and working with the team on landing solutions.
• Driven to work with urgency - but balancing with a longer term strategic focus

Responsibilities

• Partner with R&D leadership to build long term product-led growth plans and land these in actionable execution plans with clearly defined metrics for growth and return on investment.
• Provide a data-driven approach to evaluate investment decisions related to R&D initiatives, optimizing resource allocation to ensure maximum return on investment.
• Review and analyse product portfolios, focusing on gross margin performance, including cloud and other third-party costs.
• Drive efficiencies through effective negotiations on our largest cost lines for cloud infrastructure (including cloud providers, e.g. MSFT).