finance
Posted 3 weeks agoFinance Manager, R&D Finance & FinOps
at Zapier
Remote
Responsibilities
- Lead forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis for R&D spend, including headcount, cloud infrastructure (AWS), tooling, and AI-related costs. - Model and manage cloud & infrastructure economics.
- Build and maintain models that explain cloud costs, key usage drivers, unit economics, and scaling behavior; partner with technical teams to improve cost visibility and efficiency. - Analyze and support AI investments.
- Evaluate and track AI-related spend (internal and vendor-based), assess ROI and trade-offs, and support decision-making as AI usage scales across the product and internal operations. - Drive strategic insights for R&D leadership.
- Identify trends, risks, and optimization opportunities across R&D spend, translating complex cost drivers into clear recommendations for leadership. - Develop scalable, decision-ready models.
- Build flexible models to support scenario planning, capacity planning, and long-term investment decisions tied to product growth and technical architecture. - Support executive and board-level reporting.
- Prepare clear, concise materials that explain R&D performance, cloud and AI cost dynamics, and forward-looking implications for company strategy. - Improve tools, processes, and data quality.
Requirements
- So if you’re using AI tools while applying here - that’s great! We just ask that you use them responsibly and transparently.
- Check out our guidance on How to Collaborate with AI During Zapier’s Hiring Process https://zapier.com/l/jobs/ai-at-zapier, including how to use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or others during our hiring process - and when not to.
- Our team combines deep analysis with a strong understanding of our business priorities to help shape decision-making, evaluate new investments, and drive efficient capital allocation.
- A background in Big 4 Accounting, Investment Banking, or Management Consulting with meaningful ownership of operating expense areas - ideally R&D or technical cost structures, is a plus. - You understand financial modeling well. You have
- experience building bottoms up and high level financial models. - You understand how modern R&D organizations operate.
- Experience writing SQL is a plus. - You care about the nitty gritty.
- You’re comfortable driving cross-functional alignment and take pride in delivering high-quality work with minimal oversight. - You actively experiment with AI.
- You think critically about where automation and AI can meaningfully improve financial analysis, forecasting, and decision support. - You use AI in your work today — not occasionally, but as part of how you operate at a high level.
- experience — while intentionally applying AI for the right outcomes, setting a high bar for outputs, and taking ownership of what ships.
- Enhance forecasting accuracy, automate reporting where possible, and improve how R&D, cloud, and AI cost data flows into FP&A systems and decision-making.
- Please be sure to answer each question; the resume and CV fields are optional.
Experience
- You have 4-6+ years of accounting/finance-specific experience, with 2+ years of working with R&D orgs.
Benefits
- HOW TO APPLY At Zapier, we believe that diverse perspectives and experiences make us better, which is why we have a non-standard application process designed to promote inclusion and equity.
Contact
- AI AT ZAPIER At Zapier https://zapier.com/about, we build and use automation every day to make work more efficient, creative, and human.
- Location: This role is fully remote, and we’re excited about candidates interested in working within the North America time zones (Pacific Time - Eastern Time) - Our Commitment to Applicants https://zapier.com/jobs/our-commitment-to-applicants/ - Culture and Values at Zapier https://zapier.com/jobs/culture-and-values-at-zapier/ - Zapier Guide to Remote Work https://zapier.com/learn/remote-work/ - Zapier Code of Conduct https://zapier.com/jobs/zapier-code-of-conduct/ - Diversity and Inclusivity at Zapier
Additional details
- Job Posted: 6/25/26 Location: Americas ABOUT THE TEAM: Strategic Finance at Zapier is responsible for addressing some of our most business-critical challenges.
- We strive to be a trusted thought partner that enables sustainable growth and drives strategic outcomes across the company.
- ABOUT THE ROLE: We’re looking for a dedicated Finance Manager (aka Finance Business Partner / FinOps leader) to support our R&D organization and join Zapier’s Strategic Finance team.
- This person will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Infrastructure leaders to drive financial accountability, improve investment visibility, and enable better decision-making across our R&D portfolio.
- The ideal candidate has done this before, you've served as a finance partner to R&D or product teams and know how to translate technical roadmaps into financial frameworks.
- While R&D partnership is the core of this role, you'll also contribute to broader corporate finance efforts including board materials, competitive intelligence, and strategic planning.
- You can translate engineering, product, and infrastructure inputs into clear financial implications and trade-offs. - You’re energized by owning a process from A-Z.
- You take initiative, thrive in ambiguity, and enjoy seeing things through from scoping and modeling to execution and follow-through. - You’re resourceful.
- You love a challenge and always question the status quo.
- You are highly adaptive and enjoy getting creative to solve new problems. - You love data.