Senior Director, Engineering FP&A

symplr; Montgomery (AL); Sur place; USD 190 000 - 210 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

symplr is seeking a Senior Director, Engineering FP&A to act as the executive finance partner for the Technology/R&D organization, building the financial operating system for engineering investment, workforce planning, capitalization discipline, productivity, and technology cost structure.

The role partners with the CTO, Engineering leadership, Product & Professional Services FP&A, Accounting, HR, Procurement, and Corporate FP&A to translate strategy, roadmap commitments, capacity, and cost

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive finance experience in Engineering/Tech or similar
• Experience partnering with senior executives
• Experience in PE-backed, growth or healthcare tech environments preferred
• Experience building or restructuring FP&A processes

Responsabilités

• Partner with Engineering/R&D leadership to translate priorities into financial plans.
• Maintain monthly CTO/Engineering financial review materials and variance narratives.
• Own Engineering/R&D planning, forecasting, and performance management.
• Own R&D capitalization and OpEx/CapEx discipline.
• Develop and manage the Engineering FP&A execution layer.
• Lead workforce model by team, location, and hiring status.

Connaissances

Financial modeling

Workforce planning

Scenario analysis

Variance analysis

Analytical thinking

Executive communication

Outils

BI tools

Planning systems

Analytical automation

Description du poste

Overview symplr is seeking a Senior Director, Engineering FP&A to serve as the executive finance partner for the Technology/R&D organization and to build the financial operating system for engineering investment, workforce planning, capitalization discipline, productivity, and technology cost structure. This role will partner closely with the CTO, Engineering leadership, Product & Professional Services FP&A, Accounting, HR, Procurement, and Corporate FP&A to translate engineering strategy, roadmap commitments, capacity, and technical cost drivers into clear financial insight and action. The right candidate is a hands-on, intellectually curious finance leader who can operate at executive altitude while going deep in workforce models, capitalization logic, cloud/tooling spend, contractor mix, location strategy, and investment trade-offs.

Duties & Responsibilities

STRATEGIC FINANCE & BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

Serve as the primary FP&A business partner to Engineering/R&D leadership, bringing financial discipline to one of symplr's largest investment bases. Translate engineering priorities, roadmap commitments, platform investments, security, technical debt, AI/platform work, and maintenance needs into financial plans and decision-ready analysis. Partner with Product & Professional Services FP&A on roadmap affordability, implementation implications, product commitments, and build-versus-buy economics. Maintain monthly CTO/Engineering financial review materials, variance narratives, investment trade-off analysis, and decision support.

PLANNING, FORECASTING & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Own Engineering/R&D planning, forecasting, and performance management in alignment with Corporate FP&A standards, calendars, templates, and forecast governance. Build and maintain the R&D workforce model by team, location, product/platform area, initiative, employee/contractor mix, and hiring status. Analyze R&D spend as a percentage of revenue, cost by product/platform/initiative, innovation versus maintenance capacity, location mix, and Bengaluru leverage. Provide timely, accurate, and explainable forecast submissions to Corporate FP&A and support consolidated enterprise forecast quality.

CAPITALIZATION, COST STRUCTURE & PRODUCTIVITY

Own R&D capitalization and OpEx/CapEx discipline in partnership with Accounting/CAO, ensuring clear linkage between engineering activity, accounting treatment, and forecast assumptions. Analyze cloud, tooling, vendor, contractor, and technology infrastructure spend tied to engineering productivity and cost efficiency. Support engineering productivity and capacity reviews, including trade-offs across hiring, contractors, location strategy, vendor spend, and roadmap commitments. Support vendor rationalization and build-versus-buy decisions affecting engineering capacity, cost structure, and long-term scalability.

WORKFORCE PLANNING & GOVERNANCE

Own the Engineering/R&D workforce model while operating within the enterprise workforce planning framework governed by Corporate FP&A. Partner with HR/People and Engineering leadership on hiring plans, attrition, geography, contractor strategy, and workforce governance. Ensure Engineering FP&A follows common FP&A definitions, KPI standards, model architecture, submission timelines, and quality-control expectations. Develop and manage the Engineering FP&A execution layer, including the U.S.-based Manager/Sr. Manager and Bengaluru-based analytics resource.

TEAM LEADERSHIP & FUNCTION BUILDING

Build a high-quality Engineering FP&A capability grounded in business partnership, analytical rigor, curiosity, and accountability for outcomes rather than outputs. Coach and develop team members to deeply understand Engineering/R&D operations, technology cost drivers, and financial decision criteria. Create a practical, scalable operating cadence that gives Engineering leaders a clear view of investment, capacity, productivity, and trade-offs.

SKILLS REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & BACKGROUND

10+ years of progressive finance experience, with meaningful experience supporting Engineering, Technology, Product, R&D, enterprise software, or similarly complex operating environments.

Demonstrated success partnering with senior operating executives and translating technical or operational complexity into clear financial insight.

Experience in PE-backed, growth, scaling, multi-product, healthcare technology, enterprise software, or operationally complex environments preferred.

Experience building, improving, or restructuring FP&A processes, including workforce planning, forecast governance, and executive operating reviews.

TECHNICAL & ANALYTICAL CAPABILITIES

Strong command of financial modeling, workforce planning, scenario analysis, variance analysis, and investment trade-off frameworks.

Working knowledge of R&D capitalization, OpEx/CapEx discipline, contractor/vendor analytics, cloud/tooling cost analysis, and technology cost structures.

Comfortable engaging with data architecture, BI tools, planning systems, and analytical automation to improve speed, quality, and repeatability of FP&A outputs.

Able to create clear metrics and decision lenses around R&D spend, engineering productivity, capacity, capitalization, and cost efficiency.

LEADERSHIP & WAYS OF WORKING

Intellectually curious, operationally sharp, and willing to ask why before accepting surface-level answers.

Credible with executives and equally comfortable in the details of a model, dataset, or operating review package.

Strong communicator who can translate complex engineering and financial trade-offs into clear, actionable recommendations.

Builder mindset with a bias toward practical governance, scalable process design, and continuous improvement.

MinUSD $190,000.00/Yr. MaxUSD $210,000.00/Yr.