Product Finance Director

We are excited to be working with a private equity backed global enterprise software business to appoint a new Product Finance Director. The business is investing heavily in its finance function as part of a wider transformation.

As Product Finance Director, the successful candidate will lead the move of R&D from a cost function to a strategic investment function, giving the business a clear view of where every pound goes, why it goes there and when it should be redeployed.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious finance leader to shape product investment across the whole group, partner closely with divisional and product leaders, and build a high performing team in a fast paced, high exposure environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Build an investment framework linking R&D spend across core products, platform and early-stage bets to customers, revenue, churn risk and ROI
• Introduce a rolling investment plan with a clear review cadence, triggers and owners to keep, stop or redeploy spend
• Develop the policies, frameworks and communication that enable fast decisions and allow spend to pivot at pacePartner with divisions and product leaders on product, pricing and development, ensuring finance input shapes decisions
• Create one trusted view of product investment and returns across the entire business, including AI
• Lead and develop the Product Finance team from cost control to strategic partnering, including a further hire to build capability
• Articulate and drive the change across the wider business, not just within finance

Candidate Profile

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
• Track record of moving an R&D or product finance function from cost focus to strategic investment focus, either leading the change or as a key member of the team that delivered it
• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to link top-line performance to investment decisions
• Confident influencing and challenging senior stakeholders, with skilful upward management
• Experience leading and developing a finance team
• Curious and collaborative, comfortable operating at pace and under pressure

Advantageous but not essential:

• Experience in software, SaaS or technology businesses
• Exposure to private equity backed or high growth environments
• Experience with portfolio based investment approaches (stage-gating, rolling forecasts, kill/continue decisions)
• Familiarity with AI or innovation investment

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