Senior Director, Finance & FP&A

ScienceLogic is redefining IT operations for the modern enterprise with its AIOps platform, enabling Autonomic IT—self-healing, self-optimizing systems aligned with business outcomes. The company focuses on hybrid and multi-cloud environments, automation, AI, and analytics to drive digital transformation, efficiency, and innovation.

About the Role

The organization is seeking a Senior Director, Finance & FP&A to serve as a strategic finance leader and trusted advisor to executive leadership. This role spans corporate FP&A, strategic finance, board and investor reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial operations, and cross-functional business partnerships.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on finance executive capable of operating at both the strategic and operational levels. This individual will lead global company-wide planning processes, support executive decision-making, oversee financial reporting and analysis, improve finance systems and processes, and drive initiatives that enhance growth, profitability, scalability, and operational performance.

This role will partner closely with the CFO, CEO, ELT, Sales, Product, Customer Success, Operations, and Accounting teams to deliver actionable insights and ensure financial accountability across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Finance & Executive Partnership

• Act as a strategic advisor to the CFO and executive leadership team on financial performance, business strategy, investments, and profitability improvement initiatives.
• Lead financial modeling and scenario planning to support global growth initiatives, pricing decisions, organizational changes, and investment opportunities.
• Develop executive-level insights and recommendations that drive informed decision-making.
• Evaluate business performance against strategic objectives and identify opportunities to improve operational and financial outcomes.

FP&A Leadership

• Own the annual operating plan, long-range planning process, and rolling forecasts.
• Lead monthly and quarterly business reviews, including variance analysis and performance reporting.
• Partner with business leaders to establish financial targets and accountability measures.
• Maintain and enhance financial models supporting revenue, ARR, bookings, headcount, operating expenses, cash flow, and profitability.

Board & Investor Reporting

• Lead preparation of board materials, investor presentations, lender reporting, and executive financial communications.
• Develop clear, concise narratives explaining financial performance, key trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Support fundraising, refinancing, M&A, and strategic transactions as needed.

Financial Reporting & Governance

• Partner with Accounting to ensure consistency between operational reporting and financial results.
• Establish KPIs and management reporting frameworks that provide visibility into business performance.
• Support financial controls, governance processes, and data integrity initiatives.
• Collaborate with Financial Reporting and Accounting teams on month-end and quarter-end analytics.

SaaS Metrics & Revenue Analytics

• Own measurement and reporting of key SaaS performance indicators, including:
• ARR
• Bookings
• Revenue growth
• Net revenue retention
• Gross retention
• Customer expansion
• CAC and payback metrics
• EBITDA and operating leverage
• Translate operational and customer metrics into actionable financial insights.

Systems & Process Transformation

• Drive automation initiatives leveraging AI, analytics, and modern finance technologies.
• Improve forecasting accuracy, planning efficiency, and management reporting capabilities.
• Champion finance transformation initiatives that create scalability as the company grows.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a small team of finance professionals.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and business partnership.
• Provide coaching, mentorship, and career development support.

Qualifications

Required

• A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including FP&A and strategic finance leadership.
• Experience supporting executive leadership, boards of directors, and senior stakeholders.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex financial topics to non-financial audiences.
• Experience in software, SaaS, technology, or recurring revenue business models.
• Advanced Excel and financial systems expertise.

Preferred

• An MBA and/or CPA.
• Experience in private equity-backed organizations.
• Experience supporting M&A, fundraising, debt financing, or strategic transactions.
• Expertise with planning platforms such as Workday Adaptive, Netsuite, Salesforce, etc.
• Experience implementing finance automation, AI-enabled workflows, and data visualization platforms.