About the role
Role: Director, Finance Business Partner – Technology Infrastructure Location: O'Fallon, Missouri Work Arrangement: Hybrid – Must be onsite at least 4 days per week Salary Range: $150,000–$160,000 Signing Bonus: Negotiable Relocation: No relocation package
At HV Talent Group At HV Talent Group, we connect talented professionals with leading organizations and direct-hire opportunities aligned with their experience, career goals, and long-term growth. Our client, a globally recognized leader in digital payments and technology, is seeking a Director, Finance Business Partner – Technology Infrastructure to join its senior finance organization.
Reporting to the VP, Finance Business Partner, this high-impact leader will serve as a strategic finance partner to Technology leadership, overseeing budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, financial performance, investment analysis, complex agreements, and business-case development. The role will also leverage Technology Business Management (TBM) principles, drive process improvements, manage risk, and partner with global cross-functional teams to optimize technology investments and business performance.
The ideal candidate will bring strong Finance Business Partner experience within a Technology organization, advanced financial planning and analytical skills, executive-level communication abilities, and experience leading and developing finance teams. Advanced Excel, Oracle, and Hyperion skills are preferred, with Apptio and Agile IT experience a plus. Compensation for O'Fallon, Missouri is $150,000–$160,000 USD, plus potential bonus and comprehensive benefits.
Position Overview Our client is seeking an experienced Director, Finance Business Partner – Technology Infrastructure to serve as a strategic finance partner to senior technology leadership.
This is a highly visible, hands-on finance leadership position supporting a large and complex technology organization. The Director will provide financial leadership across budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, strategic investments, portfolio management, business cases, contract and deal evaluation, financial performance, and process improvement.
The successful candidate must bring a strong background in technology finance, significant hands-on FP&A experience, and experience owning or supporting a large financial portfolio.
This is not a role for someone who has moved completely away from the details of FP&A. The Director must be comfortable operating strategically with executives while remaining hands-on with financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and business-partnering activities.
The role reports to the VP, Finance Business Partner and also includes responsibility for managing and developing finance professionals.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead financial planning and reporting activities for a designated area within a large technology organization. * Own and support: * Annual budgeting * Forecasting * Long-range planning * Strategic planning * Target setting * Financial reporting * Management reporting * Provide senior technology leaders with meaningful financial insights that support business decisions and improve financial performance. * Perform detailed financial analysis and translate complex financial information into clear recommendations for executive leadership. * Identify and recommend meaningful financial and operational metrics to measure performance and business success. * Partner across technology, finance, sourcing, business units, regional teams, and corporate functions. * Develop, analyze, and validate new business and investment opportunities. * Serve as a trusted financial advisor to senior business and technology leaders. * Conduct detailed variance analysis and effectively communicate the drivers behind financial performance. * Identify risks, opportunities, trends, and financial implications affecting business performance. * Support and execute large and complex agreements using strong financial and commercial judgment. * Evaluate ongoing deals, contracts, business cases, and other strategic opportunities. * Provide financial counsel and analysis related to business agreements and investment decisions. * Support contract management, deal management, pricing, and product-management activities from a finance perspective. * Apply Technology Business Management (TBM) principles to technology-cost allocation and product P&L management. * Partner with sourcing and other cross-functional teams to identify efficiencies and ensure financial performance aligns with established targets. * Identify opportunities to improve financial processes and reporting. * Develop strategies and procedures for process-improvement initiatives and lead implementation. * Support compliance with Enterprise Risk Management and internal-control requirements. * Participate in control testing when required. * Complete ad hoc financial analyses, strategic projects, and new business cases.
People Leadership This position has direct people management responsibilities. The Director will: * Manage and develop finance professionals. * Establish goals and performance expectations. * Conduct performance reviews and appraisal processes. * Coach and develop employees. * Identify and develop high-potential talent. * Motivate and lead finance professionals within a complex organization. * Help develop a high-performing finance function. * Lead effectively across diverse and multifunctional teams.
Candidates should have proven experience managing and developing employees, not simply project or dotted-line leadership.
Required Experience
Technology Finance
Candidates must have strong experience serving as a Finance Business Partner within a technology organization or supporting significant technology/infrastructure functions.
The individual should understand how finance supports large technology investments, infrastructure, operating expenses, business cases, and technology portfolios.
Hands-On FP&A
Strong, current, hands-on FP&A capability is required.
Candidates should have substantive experience with:
* Budgeting
* Forecasting
* Annual operating plans
* Long-range planning
* Financial modeling
* Variance analysis
* Management reporting
* Strategic planning
* Financial performance analysis
* Business cases
* Executive financial presentations
Candidates who have moved completely away from hands-on FP&A to work may not be appropriate for this position.
Large Portfolio Ownership
Candidates must have experience owning or providing financial leadership for a large and complex financial portfolio.
The recruiter should understand:
* Size of portfolio managed
* Annual spend/revenue supported
* Number of cost centers/business areas
* Complexity of organization
* Technology investments supported
* Level of financial ownership
Business Partnering
Must demonstrate experience advising senior business and technology executives and influencing financial decisions.
Strong candidates should have experience:
* Challenging assumptions
* Providing financial recommendations
* Identifying risk and opportunity
* Supporting investment decisions
* Translating financial information for non-finance leaders
* Influencing senior stakeholders
Matrixed Organizations Experience working across a large, complex, cross-functional or matrixed organization is highly valued.
Candidates should be comfortable partnering with multiple functions, regions, executives, and business units simultaneously.
Systems & Technical Skills Candidates should have advanced working knowledge of:
* Microsoft Excel
* Oracle
* Hyperion
Experience with the following is preferred:
* Apptio
* Technology Business Management / TBM
* Agile IT methodologies
Accounting & Controls
Candidates should possess a solid working knowledge of:
* General accounting principles
* Internal controls
* Risk management
* Financial governance
* Control environments
Executive Communication
Strong executive presence and communication skills are important for this position.
Candidates must be comfortable:
* Presenting financial information to executives
* Developing executive-level presentations
* Explaining complex financial concepts clearly
* Making recommendations
* Defending financial assumptions
* Communicating financial risks and opportunities
* Influencing business decisions
Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.
Leadership & Organizational Skills
The successful candidate should demonstrate:
* Strong financial and analytical judgment
* Strategic thinking
* Hands-on execution
* Executive presence
* People leadership
* Cross-functional collaboration
* Change management
* Process-improvement leadership
* Strong organizational skills
* Ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives
* Ability to operate effectively in a complex global or matrixed environment
Education A Master's Degree in Finance, Business, or a related field is preferred.
Relevant experience and demonstrated capability should also be carefully evaluated.
Preferred Experience Strong candidates may also have experience with:
* Technology infrastructure finance
* Technology investment management
* Technology Business Management
* Product P&L management
* Financial cost allocation
* Large technology portfolios
* Contract and deal management
* Pricing
* Business-case development
* Global finance organizations
* Complex management reporting
* Transformation initiatives
* Change management
* High-risk financial issue resolution
What Success Looks Like The successful Director will be able to operate at two levels simultaneously:
Strategically: Partnering with senior technology executives, influencing investment decisions, managing a major portfolio, identifying financial risks and opportunities, and helping shape strategy.
Hands-On: Personally, understanding and working through budgets, forecasts, variances, financial models, business cases, reporting, and detailed FP&A analysis.
The ideal candidate combines: Technology Finance + Hands-On FP&A + Large Portfolio Ownership + Executive Business Partnership + People Leadership