Product Finance Manager

• Silvus is seeking a Product Finance Manager who will report to the FP&A Director on the Finance team
• The successful individual in this role will act as a business partner to the Product Management leadership team, ensuring stakeholders are supported with complete, timely, and accurate data to make informed decisions for product development and commercial strategies
• This position is based at Silvus Technologies’ headquarters in the heart of vibrant West Los Angeles, CA, and is on a hybrid schedule
• Product Lifecycle Partnership: Act as the business partner to the Product, R&D, and Engineering teams, with a primary focus on providing finance support for new product integrations and conducting financial analysis to advise on decisions throughout the product lifecycle, including R&D, launch, pricing actions, margin improvement, and end-of-life strategies
• Business Case Execution: Implement business cases and commercial plans by collaborating with Product, Engineering, R&D, Sales, and Operations
• Strategic Pricing: Serve as the finance leader on pricing
• Forecasting: Lead the forecast process for the new product lines, producing order unit, revenue, and cost forecasts for supporting the Commit View (CV) and Long Range Planning (LRP)
• Performance & Variance Analysis: Report actual product performance, performing variance analysis compared to historical benchmarks and forecasted results, and decompose key business/financial drivers to create operating leverage
• Dashboarding & Metrics: Develop and operationalize financial dashboards and key performance reporting metrics using accurate, high-quality data
• Process Improvement: Drive forecasting data accessibility opportunities, scale initiatives to enable the Product Finance and wider Finance team, and implement best practices
• Department Cost Management: Manage department costs for the Product, R&D, and Engineering teams
• Cross-functional Process Optimization: Drive process efficiency by fostering collaboration between Finance, Product, R&D, and Operations; standardize the framework for planning and analyzing the business while streamlining data integration and handoffs across the new product lifecycle

Benefits

• Flexible work models
• Paid time off
• Paid parental and family leave
• Health care benefits
• Global wellness resources
• Employee assistance programs
• Rotation programs
• Mentor relationships
• Learning and development opportunities
• Retirement benefits
• Employee bonuses
• Stock grants & employee stock purchase plans

• Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets/Microsoft Excel with familiarity in building complex financial models and manipulating large datasets
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a highly related field
• All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test
• Minimum of 8 years of total experience in public accounting, corporate finance, or strategic finance at a high-growth startup or well-established company, with specific experience supporting product finance and new product integrations
• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, or U.S. Permanent Resident) due to clients under U.S. federal contracts
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to do the following:
• Lift equipment up to 20 lbs. for the set-up of demonstrations and testing
• Office environment:
• If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team
• Leadership: 2+ years of supervisory, people management, or function management experience in managing multi-site teams and/or operations
• Prior exposure to and experience with Oracle, NetSuite, Oracle Smart Views, and/or other accounting/ERP systems
• Proficiency with Spreadsheets, Presentations, and Ghant Charts, or a strong willingness to learn
• Ability to exercise good judgment, flexibility, and comfort working under time constraints with multiple operating constituents
• Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills with a formidable attention to detail