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