FP&A Manager - Product & Engineering

Summary

Join Tide's Commercial Finance and FP&A team as an FP&A Manager and become a strategic business partner to the Product and Engineering, Risk & Compliance, and Enablement teams. Lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis, providing actionable insights to support ambitious growth plans. Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to optimize resource allocation and maximize ROI on technology investments. Develop and maintain financial models, analyze key performance metrics, and support strategic financial projects. Manage IT software costs, implement cost tracking mechanisms, and review work completed by FP&A Analysts. Coach and mentor team members, and develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure financial integrity. This role requires a fast-paced environment, strong commercial mindset, and excellent relationship-building skills. Tide offers a flexible workplace model supporting both in-person and remote work.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in FP&A, finance business partnering, or a related field, preferably in a high-growth fintech or technology environment
• Experience working closely with Product and Engineering teams, understanding technical cost structures and investment drivers
• Proven experience in controlling IT software costs, vendor negotiations, and software expense optimization
• Strong financial modelling skills
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate financial insights into strategic recommendations
• Track record of developing process improvements that drive meaningful impacts for Finance and the business
• Sharp attention to detail, with an unwavering focus on cost control and financial discipline
• Personable and able to build trusting working relationships
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and can manage multiple priorities effectively
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills and experience working with dedicated financial planning software (eg. Anaplan) and data visualisation tools (e.g. Looker)

Responsibilities

• Leading all annual, quarterly, and long-range financial planning for the Global Product and Engineering (P&E), Risk and Compliance (R&C), and Enablement Areas
• Working closely with senior P&E leaders to develop, understand, and track execution plans against goals
• Business partnering - Acting as a trusted advisor to the business, you’ll be collaborating closely with area and unit leaders to monitor and improve financial performance
• Developing and maintaining financial models to evaluate product development costs, ROI on P&E investments, and unit economics
• Provide variance and key performance metrics analysis to drive accountability and operational efficiency
• Support scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and strategic financial projects to guide decision-making
• Managing IT software costs, including modelling out hosting and software usage costs, with a strong emphasis on cost control, ensuring efficient software procurement, optimizing software spending, and eliminating waste
• Implementing rigorous cost tracking mechanisms to monitor software licensing, subscription renewals, and compliance
• Reviewing reports, financial models, analysis, and other work completed by FP&A Analysts and the wider Finance team
• Coaching and mentoring Analysts on the FP&A team
• Developing and implementing policies, procedures, and controls to ensure completeness, accuracy, compliance and financial integrity
• Developing and implementing continuous process improvements
• Working with the FP&A and Transformation teams to successfully drive roadmap items for the recently implemented financial planning system (Anaplan)

Benefits

• Self & Family Health Insurance
• Term & Life Insurance
• OPD Benefits
• Mental wellbeing through Plumm
• Learning & Development Budget
• WFH Setup allowance
• 15 days of Privilege leaves
• 12 days of Casual leaves
• 12 days of Sick leaves
• 3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities
• Stock Options