Senior Manager, Product Finance

About this role

WHAT WE DO MATTERS:

At The Knot Worldwide, we champion celebration - and that starts with celebrating our people. Our employees are passionate dreamers, thoughtful doers, and lifelong learners who power meaningful moments for millions around the world. We’re united by authentic connection, shared purpose, and a deep commitment to the global community we serve. Here, flexibility and belonging go hand in hand with high performance. Driven by our core values, we believe the best ideas come from empowered teams: those who consistently collaborate with intention to design solutions, spark ideas, and drive impact. Our people are at the heart of our success.

ABOUT THE ROLE AND OUR TEAM:

The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team at The Knot Worldwide is the financial engine that partners with executive leadership to drive growth by providing comprehensive financial advice that enables informed, high-impact decision-making across our entire expansive family of brands and business models (2-Sided Marketplaces, eCommerce, Advertising, and Media).

This highly strategic senior finance role partners with the Chief Product Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and their leadership teams to drive financial decision-making across all product, platform, and technology investments while leading comprehensive FP&A for the entire Product organization. This leader will develop and maintain financial models covering the financial impact of product roadmap investments and define key metrics to evaluate performance, conversion, and efficiency. This role also leads Technology & Operational Finance (FinOps), optimizing cloud and infrastructure costs, managing technology CapEx, and enabling cost-aware engineering decisions through real-time visibility and cross-functional collaboration.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Product Strategy & Financial Viability

• Strategic & Business Planning: Act as a strategic partner to members of the senior leadership team, leading the development and evaluation of comprehensive business and financial plans to align with long-term company goals.

• Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer Business Partner: Serve as the finance partner to the Leadership Team, providing strategic insights and recommendations to support business growth and financial targets.

• Product Roadmap Financial Modeling: Build, own, and maintain comprehensive financial models (NPV, ROI, TCO) to evaluate the business case for new product launches, feature development, and major technology investments.

• Metrics & Reporting: Define, track, and report on key product-related financial and operational metrics, including R&D efficiency.

Technology & Operational Finance (FinOps)

• Cloud Cost Management (FinOps): Partner closely with Engineering to drive accountability and optimization particularly related to cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP). Provide real-time cost visibility to empower engineers to make cost-aware architectural decisions.

• Technology Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for the entire R&D function, including headcount, software licensing, and dynamic infrastructure spend.

• Investment Analysis: Model the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and long-term financial benefits for major technology investments (e.g., platform migrations) to justify expenditures to the executive team.

• CapEx Management: Manage and forecast capital expenditure related to technology and product development.

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) & Reporting

• Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the annual budgeting and long-range planning process for supported functions and product lines.

• Variance Analysis: Track performance against plan, providing detailed analysis of variances with actionable insights and recommendations for corrective action to leadership.

• Reporting & Automation: Prepare and present financial reporting for management and the Board. Take initiative to automate management reporting and improve business processes.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Effectively collaborate with the Accounting team on monthly/quarterly closes and the incorporation of actual results into the rolling forecast.

SUCCESSFUL SENIOR MANAGER, PRODUCT FINANCE CANDIDATES HAVE:

• Relevant Background: 8+ years of increasing responsibility in highly analytical roles such as Strategic Finance, Product Finance, Go-to-Market Finance, Investment Banking, Private Equity, Data Science, or Management Consulting (or 6+ years showing rapid career acceleration).

• Education: MBA and a Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, STEM, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, Statistics).

• Strategic Acumen: Deep understanding of competitive dynamics and the broader industry landscape; ability to connect daily operational decisions to long-term strategic goals.

• Model Building: Proven ability to build, refine, and maintain sophisticated financial models for existing products and new offerings

• Analytical Excellence: Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the capacity to think creatively and critically about unstructured problems.

• Strategic Storyteller: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; capacity to translate complex technical analysis into a clear, compelling narrative that effectively influences C-level executives and non-finance stakeholders.

• Leadership Presence: Confidence and skill to present effectively, describe complex deliverables, and communicate effectively with Senior Leadership.

• Collaboration: Highly collaborative team player with strong relationship-building skills and a positive contributor to the team environment.

• Entrepreneurial Drive: High-energy self-starter who is dedicated to driving toward goals and seeks new ways to assess and visualize data/performance that scales effectively.

• Adaptability: Thrives in constant change and is able to work independently to manage multiple prio

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