Head of Product Finance & Strategy

Axon; Vermont; Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

Wellness support

Learning & Development

Snacks in office

Job summary

Axon is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join our Finance team, collaborating across the organization to drive forecasting, analytics, and strategic decision support. This role focuses on cost control, headcount planning, and investment cases for new products, with cross-functional partnerships to optimize product roadmaps and profitability.

You will partner with engineering, product, and leadership to model scenarios, support budgeting, and present insights to drive Axon's strategic

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Financial Accounting.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in financial modeling, forecasting and business analytics in a dynamic environment, supporting both financial and operational decision makers.
• Proven track record of owning projects and driving their completion cross-functionally.
• Experience driving process improvements focused on quality, timeliness and improved efficiency.
• Ability to working independently with concern for quality and deadlines.
• Data analysis and dynamic scenario modeling with emphasis on researching and validating modeling inputs and assumptions and ensuring their alignment with operational models and strategic goals.
• Technology/software/SaaS industry experience.
• Manufacturing experience.
• Excellent analytical, oral and written communication skills for frequent interaction with financial and non-financial business leaders.
• Superb attention to detail, strong planning and organization skills, and the ability to multi-task, prioritize and deliver in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Responsibilities

• You will apply business and financial acumen to support various levels of Operational and Financial decision makers with data, analysis, metrics, process creation/improvement and operating model alignment
• You will support Product Roadmap prioritization based on profit contribution and engineering resource constraints in close partnership with engineering and product leads
• You will model new product design iterations and develop the business case for new products and features based on product-market fit and expected cost reduction
• You will drive regular cost reduction, headcount, and budget reviews to ensure alignment to the company plan and product strategy
• You will support the corporate forecasting process for R&D/product spend and present results to R&D leaders. Regularly participate in corporate FP&A meetings such as executive corporate forecast reviews and budget vs. actuals reviews
• You will support the company-wide Strategic Portfolio Planning Process by assisting in the creation of Investment Business Cases for new Products & Strategic initiatives and in doing so the role will collaborate cross functionally and will have full P&L exposure
• The position will also support Product teams in their holistic analysis of market and P&L performance for key Product Segments and contribute with data, KPIs and analysis

Skills

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Business analytics

Cross-functional leadership

Data analysis

Tech SaaS

Manufacturing

Communication skills

Independent work

Entrepreneurial spirit

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Axon is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join our Finance team, collaborating across the organization to drive forecasting, analytics, and strategic decision support. This role focuses on cost control, headcount planning, and investment cases for new products, with cross-functional partnerships to optimize product roadmaps and profitability.

You will partner with engineering, product, and leadership to model scenarios, support budgeting, and present insights to drive Axon's strategic