Senior Finance Business Partner, Product & Technology

Elite Technology is a trusted automation platform for law firm operations, delivering a cloud-native SaaS platform that unifies financial and data management. They are seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner for Product & Technology to drive company growth and profitability by partnering with the Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer, focusing on financial analysis and investment decisions related to product initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary finance partner to Product Management, Engineering, and Technology leaders
• Support product roadmap planning with rigorous financial analysis, scenario modeling, and investment prioritization
• Translate product and technology strategy into clear financial outcomes, tradeoffs, and decision frameworks
• Lead financial evaluation of new product introductions (NPIs), platform investments, and major feature initiatives
• Develop and review business cases, including TAM assumptions, pricing models, cost structures, and payback analysis
• Establish and track ROI metrics, ensuring accountability from initial approval through post-launch performance
• Conduct post-investment reviews to assess variance vs. plan and recommend corrective actions
• Own financial oversight of Microsoft Azure spend, partnering with Engineering, Cloud Ops, and Security
• Build and maintain cloud cost models, forecasts, and optimization plans
• Monitor and analyze consumption drivers (compute, storage, data, networking) and identify cost-efficiency opportunities
• Support FinOps initiatives, including cost allocation and usage governance
• Manage customer-level and product-level cloud margins, including COGS attribution and profitability analysis
• Partner with GTM, Product, and Engineering to improve software gross margin and scalability
• Analyze pricing, packaging, and usage patterns to ensure margins improve with
• Support strategic decisions around build vs. buy, architecture changes, and platform investments
• Own product and technology operating forecasts, including headcount, cloud spending, and capitalized development costs
• Create executive-ready reporting that highlights financial performance, risks, and investment outcomes
• Provide ad-hoc analysis to support leadership decisions, M&A diligence, and long-range
• Influence stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Cloud, and GTM teams
• Help establish financial discipline while maintaining speed and innovation
• Perform other duties as assigned to support departmental and company objectives

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field
• 9–12 years of progressive experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance, or Finance Business Partnering roles
• Extensive experience partnering with Product and Engineering teams in a SaaS, cloud, or technology-driven environment
• Strong understanding of cloud economics, preferably with firsthand experience managing Microsoft Azure spend
• Proven experience building and managing business cases, ROI analysis, and unit economics
• Advanced financial modelling and analytical skills
• Ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly to technical and nonfinancial stakeholders
• Experience with product capitalization, software COGS, and gross margin analysis
• Strategic thinking with strong execution discipline
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and fast-moving environments
• Strong influencing and storytelling skills
• Deep curiosity about product, technology, and customer value
• Balance of financial rigor and business pragmatism
• Ability to travel up <10% as business needs require
• Role requires the following physical capacity: Sedentary: primarily desk/computer work
• Must be legally authorized to work in United States; Elite does not provide employment sponsorship for this position
• MBA preferred but not required
• Experience in enterprise SaaS or platform-based technology businesses
• Familiarity with FinOps practices, cost optimization tools, and cloud billing structures