SaaS Strategy & Growth Finance Lead

Darwin Hawkins; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Darwin Hawkins, Dublin-based, is seeking a commercially minded finance professional for a strategic FP&A role at the intersection of Finance, Product, Engineering and Sales. You will engage with senior stakeholders to influence investment decisions and profitability strategy.

You will build models, assess pricing and product profitability, and support the go-to-market strategy with forward-looking analytics and scenario planning.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or relevant strategic, commercial or corporate finance experience.
• 5+ years' experience in strategic finance, FP&A, commercial finance or similar analytical role, ideally within technology or SaaS.
• Strong financial modelling and advanced Excel skills, with experience analysing large datasets and working with BI and analytics tools.
• Commercial understanding with an interest in SaaS economics, pricing, product profitability and investment decisions.
• Ability to communicate complex analysis clearly to senior stakeholders and influence decisions using data and evidence.

Responsibilities

• Build financial models, forecasts and business cases to assess R&D investment, new products and strategic product initiatives.
• Assess expected returns and investment trade-offs across the product portfolio, tracking expected versus realised outcomes.
• Develop pricing models and commercial scenarios for new products, capabilities and packaging changes.
• Partner with Sales and Deal Desk to analyse pricing, discounting and deal economics and identify opportunities to improve price realisation.
• Analyse product, customer and segment profitability, identifying key drivers of margin performance and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop cost-to-serve and unit economic models, including analysis of cloud hosting, infrastructure and other significant product-related costs.
• Translate complex financial and operational information into clear scenarios and recommendations for senior Finance, Product and Engineering stakeholders.
• Help develop the models, processes and analytical standards required to support a scalable Product Finance capability.

Skills

Strategic finance

FP&A

Commercial finance

Financial modelling

Advanced Excel

BI tools

Stakeholder communication

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

BI tools

Analytics tools

Excel

Job description

Darwin Hawkins, Dublin-based, is seeking a commercially minded finance professional for a strategic FP&A role at the intersection of Finance, Product, Engineering and Sales. You will engage with senior stakeholders to influence investment decisions and profitability strategy.

You will build models, assess pricing and product profitability, and support the go-to-market strategy with forward-looking analytics and scenario planning.