Director - Product Finance

From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

About The Role

Empower Engineering. Drive Strategy. Shape the Future.

Fivetran is looking for a bold, visionary Director of Product Finance to lead a high-impact team at the intersection of finance, technology, and product innovation. This is not a back-office role - it's a strategic seat at the table to help drive strategic decision making across our product org. You'll be embedded with our Engineering and Product leaders, serving as a trusted partner who transforms complex technical decisions into clear, data-driven financial strategies.

You’ll lead and grow a team of finance professionals, elevate operational rigor, and play a critical role in guiding R&D investments across the company. Your work will influence how Fivetran allocates capital, launches new products, and scales for the future.

This is a rare opportunity to drive real impact in an engineering-first company, where financial clarity accelerates innovation.

This full-time hybrid position is based in our Oakland, CA office. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.

What You’ll Do

• Own Strategic Financial Planning: Lead all budgeting, forecasting, and reporting activities for R&D and CoR, from monthly close to long-range planning.

• Champion Investment Strategy: Design and operationalize a VC-style R&D investment framework that sharpens our investment lens and unlocks engineering leverage.

• Drive Business Partnership: Act as the go-to finance leader for Product, Engineering, and Operations, bringing financial depth to resourcing, roadmapping, and cross-functional decision-making.

• Advance Product ARR Strategy: Partner with GTM finance to drive insights and analysis around Product ARR and revenue expansion.

• Lead with Influence: Build strong relationships across all levels of the organization, including senior executives and board-level stakeholders. Drive financial storytelling that informs critical decisions.

• Develop Talent: Manage and mentor a team of 3+ analysts, fostering ownership, growth, and strategic thinking.

• Build for Scale: Enhance and automate core financial models, systems, and reporting infrastructure to support a fast-growing business.

• Support Public Readiness: Contribute to earnings preparation, guidance modeling, and external reporting as we evolve as a public company.
  
  

Skills We’re Looking For

• Experienced Leader: 8–10+ years in investment banking, consulting, or buy-side investing coupled with operational experience at a fast-paced, scaling company.

• Tech-Savvy Strategist: Experience in high-growth SaaS or public tech companies, with a strong track record of evaluating R&D investments through a return driven framework.

• Analytical Storyteller: Proven ability to connect financial models to real-world business outcomes. Exceptional at turning complex data into actionable insight.

• Operator’s Mindset: Experience with investment frameworks, capital allocation, zero-based budgeting, and activity-based costing.

• Engineering Fluency: Familiarity with technical teams, product roadmaps, and the product development lifecycle, especially how they influence financial planning.

• Builder Mentality: Excited to improve systems, streamline processes, and scale infrastructure.

• Strong Communicator: Confident with senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners. Skilled in executive-level presentations and board materials.

• Tool Mastery: Advanced Excel/Sheets skills. Bonus points for Looker, NetSuite, Anaplan, Workday Adaptive, or Pigment.

  
  

At Fivetran, you won't just report on the numbers—you'll help write the future of our business. If you're ready to lead with purpose, build with passion, and bring financial insight to the heart of product innovation, we’d love to hear from you.

The pay range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the target position and level. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your location during the hiring process.

Oakland Pay Range

$192,920.93—$241,151.16 USD

Perks And Benefits

100% employer-paid medical insurance

Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off

RSU stock grants*

Professional development and training opportunities

Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities

Monthly cell phone stipend

Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.

*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information

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We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.

Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.

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