Finance Business Partner - R&D / Engineering
Sustainability software specialist, AMCS, is headquartered in Ireland, with offices in Europe, the USA, and Australasia. With over 1,300 highly-skilled employees across 22 countries, we specialize in delivering technology solutions to facilitate a carbon neutral future.
Our innovative SaaS solutions increase efficiency and boost sustainability in resource-intensive industries. Over 5,000 customers across 23 countries already benefit from our Performance Sustainability software, ensuring we deliver practical solutions for improved profitability and environmental resilience across the globe.
AMCS offers team members more than just a job, but an opportunity to map out a career with a company that is growing, evolving and setting out new ways of working that are having a positive impact on the world around us.
We’re looking for a strategic and data driven R&D Finance Business Partner to join our dynamic team and partner with our R&D function.
Job Overview: As a Business Partner supporting the R&D function, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to optimise resource allocation in Product and Engineering.
This role requires a mix of data analytics and deep product and engineering operational understanding, enabling you to contribute meaningfully to product strategy and roadmap, operational processes and outcomes, investment decisions, return on investment, and the setting and delivery of targets.
Key Responsibilities
* Partner with R&D leadership to build long term product-led growth plans for AMCS and land these in actionable execution plans with clearly defined metrics for growth and return on investment.
* Provide a data-driven approach to evaluate investment decisions related to R&D initiatives, optimizing resource allocation to ensure maximum return on investment.
* Review and analyse product portfolios, focusing on gross margin performance, including cloud and other third-party costs.
* Drive efficiencies through effective negotiations on our largest cost lines for cloud infrastructure (including cloud providers, e.g. MSFT).
Required Experience & Skills
* 5+ years of experience in finance, business analysis, product ops, or a related field, within product-led, fast paced technology company.
* Proven experience partnering with R&D, product management, or operational teams is highly desirable. Understanding of product development processes and Agile methodologies is a plus.
* Strong financial modelling and data-analytical skills. Strong SQL skills would be advantageous. Proficient in Advanced Excel, BI Platforms and other modern financial analysis tools.
* Proven influencing and stakeholder management skills at leadership team level.
* Seeking out problems and working with the team on landing solutions.
* Driven to work with urgency – but balancing with a longer term strategic focus
AMCS is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.
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