Director FP&A - Automations and AI

Job Title: Director, Finance Technology & Analytics

Role: COE – Tech Team

Location: Bengaluru

Job Summary:

We’re seeking a strategic and driven Director, Finance of Technology & Analytics, to join our dynamic Global Finance Team. This is more than a numbers role – it’s a chance to shape the financial future of a fast-growing company. The successful candidate will lead the technology, systems, data, analytics, and transformation agenda for the FP&A organization. This role will serve as the strategic bridge between Finance, Data, Engineering, and IT, with accountability for the FP&A technology roadmap, platform strategy, data governance, automation, analytics, and transformation delivery.

The Director will lead the FP&A technology team and drive scalable, reliable, and well-controlled capabilities across planning, forecasting, reporting, and decision support, enabling FP&A to operate more efficiently and deliver stronger business insights.

This is your chance to be part of a high-impact team where your insights will shape strategy and fuel growth. We value innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning—and we’re excited to grow with you.

Key Responsibilities:

• FP&A Technology Strategy: Own and execute the FP&A technology and transformation roadmap, aligning investments and priorities with Finance and business objectives.

• Planning Systems: Provide strategic ownership and governance of Workday Adaptive Planning and related planning capabilities supporting budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, workforce planning, and scenario analysis.

• Analytics & Reporting: Lead the FP&A analytics strategy across Power BI, OfficeConnect, Adaptive reporting, and other BI tools, enabling executive reporting, actionable insights, and governed self-service analytics.

• Data & Integration: Partner with Data and Engineering teams to strengthen FP&A data architecture, governance, taxonomy, integrations, and data flows across Snowflake, Adaptive, ERP/HCM/CRM platforms, and reporting solutions.

• Automation & AI: Identify and deliver automation, AI, advanced analytics, and workflow opportunities that reduce manual effort, improve controls, accelerate planning/reporting cycles, and enhance decision support.

• Transformation Leadership: Lead strategic FP&A transformation initiatives from business case and solution design through implementation, adoption, and benefits realization.

• Architecture & Governance: Establish standards for solution architecture, system access, data quality, testing, change management, documentation, controls, and production releases.

• Stakeholder Partnership: Act as the senior FP&A technology partner to Finance leadership and collaborate closely with IT, Data Strategy, Engineering, Accounting, HR, and other business teams.

• People Leadership: Lead, develop, and mentor the FP&A technology, BI, systems, and analytics team while building strong technical capability, succession, and operational resilience.

• Adoption & Enablement: Drive user adoption, training, documentation, knowledge sharing, and data literacy to enable effective and controlled self-service across Finance.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, or a related quantitative discipline and MBA, master’s in finance/Analytics/Information Systems, or equivalent advanced degree preferred. 

• 10+ years of progressive experience across FP&A, financial systems, analytics, data, or finance transformation, including leadership of teams and complex cross-functional initiatives.

• Strong executive communication and ability to translate Finance requirements into scalable technology solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to influence and partner across Finance, IT, Data, Engineering, and senior leadership.

Technical Skills & Competencies:

• Planning and Performance Management: Workday Adaptive Planning or comparable EPM platforms; budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, scenario modelling, and management reporting.

• Analytics and Visualization: Power BI, Tableau, Metabases, OfficeConnect, Adaptive reports, or comparable reporting technologies.

• Data and Cloud Platforms: Snowflake, Azure, enterprise data warehouses, relational databases, and modern Finance data architectures.

• Data Integration: SQL, ETL/ELT, APIs, integration mappings, workflow orchestration, reconciliation, and data-quality controls.

• Automation and Advanced Analytics: Python or comparable automation technologies; predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and appropriately governed AI solutions.

• Enterprise Applications: Exposure to Salesforce, Dayforce/Ceridian, ERP, CRM, HCM, and other operational systems that provide inputs to FP&A.

• Financial Modelling: Advanced Excel and a strong understanding of financial models, hierarchies, allocations, drivers, assumptions, and reporting structures.

Preferred Attributes:

• Strategic thinker with the ability to connect FP&A priorities with technology, data, and transformation opportunities.

• Strong business and financial acumen, with a clear understanding of how technology can improve planning, forecasting, reporting, and decision support.

• Proven change leader who can simplify complex processes and drive adoption of new systems, automation, and ways of working.

• Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across Finance, Data, Engineering, and IT.

• Technology-forward and analytically curious, with a practical approach to automation, AI, and emerging capabilities.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing technical and analytics teams.

• Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking mindset, with the ability to balance immediate business needs with scalable long-term solutions.

• Highly collaborative, accountable, and execution-focused, comfortable operating in a fast-paced, global, matrixed environment.

• Strong focus on data quality, governance, controls, scalability, and operational excellence.

• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes and executive-level recommendations.

Why Join Us?

At Bottomline, we are transforming the way businesses pay and get paid. As a global leader in business payments and cash management, we provide secure, comprehensive solutions that modernize payments for businesses and financial institutions worldwide. With over 35 years of expertise and more than $16 trillion in payments processed annually, we are committed to delivering innovative financial solutions that add to the bottom line.

Bottomline is a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, one of the largest software private equity firms in the world, with more than $166 billion in assets under management. Our success is driven by our passionate, motivated, and resourceful team members who collaborate, innovate, and push boundaries to create world-class financial products and experiences.

We operate as One Global Team, empowering one another through our Guiding Principles, which shape our culture and drive our customer-centric approach. By joining us, you will be part of a dynamic environment where ideas are valued, leadership is encouraged, and your contributions help reshape the future of business payments.

• Be part of a high-growth FinTech company disrupting the industry with innovative solutions.

• Work closely with global leadership and gain cross-functional exposure.

• Lead a high-performing FP&A team and shape the financial strategy of the organization.

• Competitive compensation and career growth opportunities.