Director, Finance & Business Analytics

Summary

Join Scaled Agile, Inc. as their Director of Finance & Business Analytics, reporting to the CFO. You will drive financial strategy, planning, and data-driven decision-making, combining financial leadership with business intelligence expertise. This role involves overseeing financial planning and a team of analysts, ensuring data is effectively leveraged for strategic decisions. You will manage budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning across multiple regions and business units, partnering with various departments to refine forecasts and provide strategic financial insights. The position requires strong analytical skills, experience managing teams, and proficiency with financial and data visualization tools. This is a highly visible role impacting executive-level decision-making.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in FP&A, business analytics, or financial leadership roles
• Strong analytical skills with expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and scenario planning
• Experience managing finance and data analytics teams with a focus on collaboration
• Deep understanding of GAAP, revenue recognition, and key financial metrics
• Proficiency with financial systems, including Salesforce, Netsuite, and general ledger tools
• Hands-on experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Looker, Power BI), and automation technologies
• Strong executive communication skills—able to translate complex financial data into strategic insights to various audiences
• Comfort and experience presenting to the executive team, board of directors, bankers, etc
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment and manage multiple priorities
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning across multiple regions and business units
• Manage financial modeling, reporting, and compliance while integrating real-time data insights
• Oversee the FP&A and Business Analytics team, ensuring financial strategy is supported by strong data governance and predictive modeling
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to refine forecasts, track performance, and provide strategic financial insights
• Collaborate with the Controller to ensure accurate financial reporting, compliance, and alignment between finance and business intelligence
• Enhance financial systems and automate reporting through tools like RPA, Python, or Alteryx
• Leverage business intelligence tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker) for financial visualization and data-driven decision-making
• Manage data architecture, ETL processes, and cloud-based data solutions (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery) to optimize financial analytics
• Present financial insights and recommendations to executives, investors, and key stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with ETL processes and cloud-based data platforms (Snowflake, AWS, Redshift) is a plus
• Knowledge of SQL is highly beneficial for data extraction, transformation, and analysis
• Experience in the technology or education industries is a plus
• Understanding of SAFe methodologies and Agile financial planning is beneficial

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, optional insurance products including identity protection and pet insurance
• 401K with a match
• Flexible paid time off
• Company paid sabbatical after six years of service
• Bonus plan
• Equity options
• Remote work