Finance Manager

The Finance Manager will be responsible for overseeing the R&D Function day-to-day financial operations, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. The role will partner closely with the R&D leaders to provide actionable financial insights, improve financial discipline, and support strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate will combine strong accounting fundamentals with commercial and analytical capabilities and will be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment. Essential Duties and Responsibilities • Own the annual planning cycle for the function end to end, including the calendar, templates, cost definitions, and the consolidated plan submitted to the Head of Finance and Strategy. • Build the scenario and sensitivity models that inform investment, headcount, and procurement decisions, and frame the trade-offs for the leaders who decide. • Challenge the business assumptions behind functional plans with R&D and Product leaders, and quantify the financial consequences of the alternatives. • Judge which variances matter, decide how they are investigated, and take the resulting recommendations to functional leadership. • Set the reporting standards, cost definitions, and analytical tooling that the function's recurring reporting and analysis are produced within. • Resolve non-routine costing and accounting treatment questions where no established precedent applies, and document the position taken. • Raise the standard of financial analysis across the function by reviewing the work of others and mentoring less experienced colleagues. • Advise on the financial structure of new initiatives and programs, including how they will be measured once approved. • Represent the function's financial position to stakeholders outside finance, including at leadership forums. • Improve the control environment, data integrity, and automation for the function's planning and reporting, agreeing changes with the accounting team. PLEASE NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and requirements of the position described above. Other functions may be assigned and management retains the right to add or change duties at any time. Minimum Qualifications, Education and Experience • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field (required) • CA, CFA, MBA, or equivalent qualification (Required) • Experience o 10+ years of overall finance or accounting experience (required) o 3 years of financial planning and analysis experience, including ownership of a planning or forecast cycle (required) o 2 years supporting an R&D, engineering, or product organization (required) • Skills, Knowledge, Abilities o Scenario and sensitivity modeling that frames decisions for leaders outside finance (required) o Judgment on non-routine costing and treatment questions that have no established precedent (required) o Setting reporting standards, cost…