CTO FP&A Director: Tech ROI, AI Analytics & Strategy

Yahoo Holdings Inc.; Richardson (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 326,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k

Backup childcare

Education stipends

Job summary

Yahoo is seeking a Senior Director of CTO FP&A to partner with CTOs and engineering leaders, leading forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning for the Central Technology Organization. You will manage financial health, CTO allocation, and technology investments across Opex and Capex, aligning with corporate goals.

You will drive CTO P&L reviews, deliver actionable financial guidance, and champion AI-enabled analytics to optimize cloud, product development, and infrastructure in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field.
• 10+ years of related finance experience, ideally including digital media industry experience.
• 5+ years of Management experience.
• Proven FP&A / Financial Operations focus on technology and cloud.
• Strong understanding of cloud services business models, pricing strategies, and market trends.
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills; attention to detail; problem-solving abilities.
• Experience in Excel, Google Sheets and reporting, while creating visual graphs/data to tell a cohesive story.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, lean organization amidst a shifting competitive landscape.
• Hands-on experience leveraging modern AI-assisted productivity and analytical tools to enhance workflow velocity and analytical depth.

Responsibilities

• Support the VP of Corporate FP&A with forecasting, annual budget planning, long-range planning, day-to-day financial and operations analysis, and executive presentations.
• Serve as the trusted strategic advisor to the CTO and engineering leaders, delivering actionable financial guidance across engineering resource allocation, metrics, cloud infrastructure, software licensing, organizational design, and cost efficiencies.
• Manage end-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annual Technology P&L review across the CTO pillars.
• Oversee and manage cost budgets across the Central Technology Office, ensuring accountability and discipline.
• Champion the adoption of AI-enabled analytics and predictive modeling tools to automate repetitive variance reconciliations, accelerate month-end close summaries, and improve forecast accuracy.
• Leverage available operational data, market trends, and business dynamics to develop, inform, and maintain detailed and accurate short- and long-term financial projections.
• Interface with leadership in providing meaningful insights and analytics that will help to deliver on the company's goals and objectives.
• Partner with engineering leaders to assess the ROI and total cost of ownership for foundational technology initiatives, including product development, generative AI infrastructure, model training/inference costs, cloud optimization, software, and high-performance compute investments.

Skills

Forecasting

Budget planning

Financial analysis

Executive storytelling

P&L management

Cloud cost management

AI analytics

Stakeholder management

Excel

Google Sheets

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

BI / Reporting tools

Job description

Yahoo is seeking a Senior Director of CTO FP&A to partner with CTOs and engineering leaders, leading forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning for the Central Technology Organization. You will manage financial health, CTO allocation, and technology investments across Opex and Capex, aligning with corporate goals.

You will drive CTO P&L reviews, deliver actionable financial guidance, and champion AI-enabled analytics to optimize cloud, product development, and infrastructure in a fast-paced