Director, Finance Business Partnering

Pleo; Lisboa; Híbrido; EUR 150 000 - 190 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Pleo card

Lunch allowance

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Mental health support

Parental leave

Resumo da oferta

Pleo is seeking a Director of Finance Business Partnering to unify and elevate our Finance Business Partnering function. You will lead a high-performing team, connect GTM, Product, and Enablement into a single financial lens, and partner with C-suite to drive strategic decisions across the company.

You will shape budgeting, forecasting, and resource allocation using modern data and AI workflows, ensuring scalable, data-driven decision making across international growth initiatives.

Qualificações

• Senior experience leading finance business partnering across multiple functions (GTM, Product, Enablement) within SaaS/scale-up.
• Proven track record designing and implementing FBP frameworks with clear financial insights for decision-making.
• Deep fluency in SaaS metrics (ARR, CAC/LTV, retention, payback, sales capacity, pipeline, product margin).
• Ability to partner with executive leadership and translate data into actionable guidance.
• Experience coaching and developing a finance team to elevate strategic impact.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as strategic partner to C-level executives, translating commercial realities into robust financial plans.
• Link product roadmap investments to monetization, deals, and GTM execution.
• Lead annual budgeting, scenario modeling, and forecasting across all business areas.
• Coach and develop the Finance Business Partner team to higher standards.
• Apply modern BI and AI workflows to improve commercial modeling and insights.

Conhecimentos

Strategic leadership

SaaS finance

C-suite influence

People leadership

Budgeting & forecasting

Data & AI workflows

Descrição da oferta de emprego

About Pleo

Messy spend management is tricky business. And tedious processes are a lose-lose situation for all involved, not just finance. At Pleo, we're changing that. We build spend solutions that make managing money seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike - with a vision to help all businesses ‘go beyond’.

About The Role

We're looking for a Director of Finance Business Partnering to join us at Pleo. In this role, you'll lead our entire Finance Business Partnering (FBP) team, driving strategic decisions, financial performance, and resource allocation across our entire business - connecting Go-To-Market (GTM), Product & Offering, and Enablement into one coherent financial lens. As we scale, you will establish a new standard for strategic finance, balancing rigorous challenges with valued operational support to the business.

If you're excited about bringing commercial and strategic insight to high-growth teams, developing a talented finance team, and leveraging modern data and AI workflows to transform decision-making, then this is the opportunity for you!

Who You’ll Be Working With And Reporting To

You’ll report to our CFO and work closely with C-suite and senior leaders across the entire organization (including the Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Product & Technology Officer and Chief People Officer and their respective leadership teams). You will directly lead and develop our team of Finance Business Partners, fostering a culture of ownership and strategic impact.

You’ll also operate as a close partner to the Director of Finance Platform to ensure Business Finance and Finance Platform operate with unified standards, zero friction, and one coherent voice.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Drive Strategic Finance Partnering Across All Functions: Serve as a trusted strategic peer to C-level executives, translating operational and commercial realities into robust financial plans.
• Bridge Product, Monetization & GTM: Connect product roadmap investments and feature choices directly to monetization, commercial deal structures, and go-to-market execution.
• Lead Financial Planning & Performance Support: Drive annual budgeting, scenario modeling, resource allocation, and forecasting cycles across all business areas, shifting conversations from backward-looking reporting to forward-looking, decision-oriented action.
• Lead & Evolve the FBP Team: Coach, mentor, and elevate a well-performing team of Finance Business Partners, setting clear capability standards, and fostering a curious, data- and impact-driven culture.
• Leverage Data & Modern Workflows: Practical application of modern BI, analytics, and available AI tools to enhance and streamline commercial modeling, reduce manual work, and deliver faster insights.

To put things into context, we are actively focusing on rapid and sustainable topline growth, efficiency, and connecting product investment directly to bottom-line growth. You can expect to work with modern commercial data, BI, and AI-driven workflows alongside standard ERP, CRM, and FP&A tools.

What You Bring

• Broad Finance Business Partnering Leadership: Senior experience leading finance business partnering across multiple major functions (GTM, Product, and/or central enablement functions) within a SaaS or scale-up environment.
• Proven Finance Business Partner excellence: Proven track record designing and implementing best-in-class FBP frameworks across SaaS/scale-up environments. You know how to best define end-to-end partnerships across GTM, Product, and Enablement, establishing clear financial insights, decision-making, and accountability while leveraging modern data and AI workflows to elevate team output.
• SaaS & Subscription Economics Fluency: Deep fluency in recurring revenue drivers, growth/efficiency trade-offs, and core SaaS metrics (ARR, CAC/LTV, retention, payback, sales capacity, pipeline, and product margin economics).
• C-Suite Influence & Communication: Proven ability to partner with and challenge executive leadership, framing choices clearly and turning complex data into structured, actionable guidance.
• People Leadership & Capability Building: A track record of assessing, coaching, and developing an existing finance team, helping individuals elevate their strategic impact through organizational change.
• Strategic Planning & Commercial Judgment: High proficiency in budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, and business case development in fast-paced, ambiguous scale-up environments.

Why is this role a good fit for you

• You want to lead end-to-end finance business partnering with senior business leaders, directly shaping how product, commercial, and operational strategy translate into resource allocation and growth.
• You enjoy building and mentoring teams, establishing high standards, and helping finance professionals grow into strategic business partners.
• You thrive in fast-paced scale-up environments, turning ambiguity into structured, data-led choices without needing rigid enterprise playbooks.

How do you drive impact

In your first 6-12 months at Pleo, you will step in to stabilize and elevate our entire Finance Business Partnering function. You’ll start building trust across C-level leadership, and establishing a seamless interface with Finance Platform. As you’ll settle, you’ll connect our product roadmap decisions to commercial execution, will drive higher standards for executive decision-making and lastly, you’ll build a high-performing FBP team equipped for Pleo’s next stage of international scale.

The location

Please note: We can hire on hybrid or in-person set-up in any of the locations listed on the advert (Denmark, United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal) but you will need to be physically based in the country of your choice with a valid right to work. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role in any of the listed locations.

Show me the benefits!

• Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
• Lunch is on us for your work days - enjoy catered meals or receive a lunch allowance based on your local office
• We offer 25 days of annual leave + public holidays (additional days may apply in select countries based on local standards)
• Comprehensive private healthcare - depending on your location, coverage options include Vitality, Alan or Médis
• We use MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and well-being support with great success so far
• Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work

The interview process

• Intro call: A 30-minute chat with our Talent Partner to discuss the role and your background.
• Hiring Manager: A 45-minute chat with our CFO about the role and needs.
• Pleo Peer Interviews: Two separated 60-minute Peer chats with our Senior stakeholders with some real life case scenarios.
• Final Stage: A 30-minute chat with our CRO and our CPO.