Job Description

Senior Finance Manager - Product & Engineering, Hybrid, Heathrow Approach

Please note this is a 12 month contract

The Opportunity

As Senior Manager, FP&A for Product & Engineering, you'll be at the heart of strategic decision-making, partnering directly with the Chief Product Officer (CPO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO) to drive performance, investment, and transformation across IRIS's product portfolio.


This is more than a finance role. You'll be the analytical engine behind multi-million-pound initiatives, from next-gen product development to platform evolution. Using advanced reporting tools and data insights, you'll help senior leaders understand the health of our product ecosystem and unlock new opportunities for growth, efficiency, and value creation.

Main Responsibilities:

Strategic Partnership: Establish a strong working relationship with the CTO and CPO to help define long-term product and engineering strategies. Lead investment case development and performance evaluations that support innovation and commercial outcomes. Financial Leadership: Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling for Product & Engineering, maintaining accuracy and alignment with broader business objectives. Value-Focused Analysis: Provide comprehensive analysis of product profitability, development costs, and ROI across engineering projects, supporting data-driven decision-making and business growth. Transformation Support: Play an integral role in major strategic initiatives, such as new product launches and platform transformations, contributing to sustained value creation. Governance & Compliance: Ensure rigorous financial oversight of capitalised development costs, adhering to all relevant accounting standards and audit requirements. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Facilitate alignment between FP&A, commercial finance, and other finance teams to ensure consistency with group-wide reporting and objectives. Reporting Innovation: Promote ongoing enhancements in reporting and analytics by leveraging technologies such as Power BI to improve transparency and inform decision-making. AI Integration: Drive AI adoption within FP&A functions, streamlining routine activities and enabling more efficient, intelligent workflows. Team Leadership: Mentor and develop a high-performing team consisting of a Senior Finance Manager and Finance Associate, fostering a culture of excellence through coaching and empowerment.

Experience and qualifications required to be successful:

Professional Certification: ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified, with several years post-qualification experience (PQE) in financial planning and analysis, ideally within a technology-led or software business. Industry Experience: Proven track record in senior finance roles within SaaS, software, or managed services environments. Exposure to recurring revenue models and product-centric finance is essential. Private Equity & M&A Exposure: Experience operating in a private equity-backed business is highly desirable. Candidates should have supported or led financial workstreams during M&A transactions, including due diligence, integration, and post-acquisition value creation planning. Strategic Finance Leadership: Demonstrated ability to partner with senior executives (e.g., CTO, CPO) to drive strategic planning, investment cases, and performance reviews. Experience supporting long-term transformation initiatives and product innovation programs is key. Capitalised Development & R&D Reporting: Strong understanding of capitalised development cost accounting, R&D tax credit reporting, and compliance with audit standards. Ability to interpret and apply IFRS/UK GAAP in a product development context. Advanced Financial Modelling & Analytics: Expertise in building and reviewing complex financial models, including ROI analysis, scenario planning, and KPI dashboards. Proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and NetSuite is required; familiarity with AI tools like Copilot and Claude is a plus. Commercial Acumen: Ability to translate financial insights into actionable recommendations for product and engineering teams. Experience in pricing strategy, product profitability analysis, and cost optimisation. Leadership & Team Development: Proven experience mentoring and developing finance professionals. Ability to foster a high-performance culture and lead through change. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Comfortable working across FP&A, commercial finance, product, engineering, and executive leadership teams. Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills. Change Management & Systems Thinking: Experience driving continuous improvement in reporting, analytics, and financial systems. Ability to assess and redesign BAU processes for efficiency and scalability.

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible.



INDHIGH


As one of the UK's largest privately held software companies, IRIS Software Group exists to simplify the lives of businesses, schools and organisations.


IRIS provides software solutions and services that substantially enhance operational compliance, efficiency and accuracy, empowering the users of our technology to look forward with certainty and confidence.


Over 4 million parents use our software to connect with their child's school, 18% of UK employees are paid via an IRIS payroll solution, 50,000 SMEs use IRIS cloud bookkeeping and 21,000 firms rely on us for legislative compliance.


Our operational software is the invisible but essential beating heart of our customers' businesses, supporting them in a range of objectives, from maintaining legislative compliance to boosting engagement with stakeholders and enhancing productivity.


It's vital these mission-critical functions work first time, every time.


That's why IRIS helps businesses run the tough stuff, stay compliant and get operational tasks done right first time, every time - so they can focus on productivity and growth.


IRIS is a company built on hiring the best people; our people are our greatest assets.


They enable us to be the innovative, market-leading, and high-performing company that we are today.


We're delighted to be certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Women.


These accolades confirm that our employees have a consistently positive experience at IRIS, with the certifications considering employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, trust in management, effective communication and recognition/reward.


IRIS is committed to engaging, rewarding and empowering our employees, and this is central to what we do.


This is why we work to create an environment where employees feel like they are part of a team.

Email:

IRIS.HR@iris.co.uk

Phone:

0344 815 5500