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Senior Manager, FP&A Business Partner

Trading Technologies25 open roles

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$127,000 – $155,000 a year
Where
IL
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Hybrid
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  4. 21.6%14 days
  5. 36.2%30 days
  6. 59.0%60 days
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The Sr. Manager, FP&A Business Partner will serve as the strategic finance partner to Trading Technologies’ Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, and Service Management leadership. This role will own financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis for these organizations, connect service delivery costs to service revenue, and lead contribution margin reporting by line of business, giving leadership a clear view of where TT creates value and where to invest. The ideal candidate combines strong financial modeling skills with the business judgment and communication skills to influence technical, product, and service leaders. This is a senior individual contributor role that reports to the VP Finance & Accounting and partners closely with Product, Engineering, Service Management, Operations, and Accounting teams, as well as PE stakeholders and the Board.

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary finance business partner to Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, and Service Management leadership, providing financial insight that guides product strategy, roadmap prioritization, and investment decisions
  • Own the Product & Engineering budget, rolling forecasts, and monthly variance analyses, including headcount, contractor, cloud/hosting, and third-party software spend
  • Partner with the Service Management team to connect service delivery costs (support, implementation, hosting operations, managed services) to service revenue, building visibility into service margins and cost-to-serve
  • Build and maintain contribution margin reporting by line of business, including revenue, direct costs, and allocation methodologies that are clear, consistent, and auditable
  • Develop business cases and ROI analyses for new product initiatives, build-vs-buy decisions, and capacity investments; track realized returns against plan
  • Partner with Engineering leadership on R&D capitalization, cost allocation, and resource planning to ensure spend aligns with strategic priorities
  • Analyze unit economics and gross margin drivers (hosting, infrastructure, data, support costs) and recommend actions to improve profitability
  • Contribute to the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and long-range plan by delivering Product & Engineering and line-of-business inputs, scenarios, and sensitivities
  • Prepare clear, concise materials for executive, investor, and Board reporting that translate product and cost performance into strategic narratives
  • Identify opportunities to automate reporting and improve data quality across planning, ERP, and BI tools

What does success look like?

The Sr. Manager, FP&A Business Partner will be successful in this role when they can start executing the following strategic tasks/responsibilities after their first 100 days with the company:

  • Develop a deep understanding of Trading Technologies’ product portfolio, lines of business, engineering and service organizations, and key cost drivers
  • Take ownership of the Product & Engineering budget, forecast, and monthly variance review process
  • Establish a trusted partnership with Product, Engineering, and Service Management leaders as their go-to finance advisor
  • Deliver a contribution margin by line of business framework, with agreed allocation methodology and recurring reporting
  • Map service delivery costs to service revenue streams and establish baseline service margin reporting
  • Identify initial opportunities to optimize R&D and infrastructure spend and improve the accuracy of product- and service-related forecasts

Required Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field (MBA or CFA preferred)
  • 7+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or business partnering roles, with direct support of Product and/or Engineering organizations
  • Experience in PE-backed or high-growth SaaS/software environments strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated experience building line-of-business or product-level P&Ls and contribution margin analyses, including cost allocation methodologies
  • Strong understanding of R&D cost structures, software capitalization, cloud/hosting economics, and SaaS metrics (ARR, gross margin, Rule of 40, etc.)
  • Experience analyzing service delivery economics, cost-to-serve, and professional/managed services margins
  • Proven ability to influence senior technical and product leaders and explain the “what” and “why” behind the numbers
  • Advanced financial modeling skills, including business cases, scenario analysis, and driver-based forecasts
  • Expertise in planning and forecasting tools (e.g., Abacum, Adaptive, Planful), ERP systems (NetSuite), and BI platforms (Domo, Tableau, Power BI); advanced Excel
  • Self-starter comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor with high ownership and limited oversight
  • Exceptional attention to detail, problem-solving and critical thinking skills

Benefits

Competitive Benefits & Perks We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

  • Health & Financial Security:Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Accounts (HSA) 401(k) retirement plan Pre-tax transit and parking benefits
  • Time Off & Flexibility:Enjoy the best of both worlds: the energy and collaboration of in-person work, combined with the convenience and focus of remote days. This is a hybrid position requiring three days of in-office collaboration per week, with the flexibility to work remotely for the remaining two days. Our hybrid model is designed to balance individual flexibility with the benefits of in-person collaboration, enhanced team cohesion, spontaneous innovation, hands-on mentorship opportunities and strengthens our company culture. 22 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year, with the option to roll over unused days. One dedicated day per year for volunteering. Two professional development days per year to allow uninterrupted professional development. An additional PTO day added during milestone anniversary years. Robust paid holiday schedule with early dismissal. Generous parental leave for all parents (including adoptive parents).
  • Work-Life Support & Resources:Budget for tech accessories, including monitors, headphones, keyboards, and other office equipment. Backup child and pet care, as well as tutoring services. Milestone anniversary bonuses.
  • Wellness & Lifestyle Perks:Stipend and subsidy contributions toward personally-owned cell phones Contributions for gym memberships and health/wellness initiatives. Discounted healthcare premiums. Healthy meal delivery program subsidies

Trading Technologies (www.tradingtechnologies.com) is a global capital markets platform services company providing market-leading technology for the end-to-end trading operations of Tier 1 banks, brokerages, money managers, hedge funds, proprietary traders, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), commercial hedgers, and risk managers. With its roots in listed derivatives, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company delivers “multi-X” solutions, with “X” representing asset classes, functions, workflows, and geographies. This multi-X approach features trade execution services across futures and options, fixed income, foreign exchange (FX), and cryptocurrencies, augmented by solutions for data and analytics, including transaction cost analysis (TCA); quantitative trading; compliance and trade surveillance; clearing and post-trade allocation; and infrastructure services. The award-winning TT platform ecosystem also helps exchanges deliver innovative solutions to their market participants and technology companies to distribute their complementary offerings to Trading Technologies’ clients.

Trading Technologies is backed by leading global investment firms Thoma Bravo, one of the world’s largest and most experienced software investors, and 7Ridge, a global growth equity firm focused on technology-enabled businesses.

This investment supports Trading Technologies’ continued focus on product innovation, platform scalability, and long-term growth for customers and partners worldwide.

Trading Technologies (TT) is an equal-opportunity employer. Equal employment has been, and continues to be, a required practice at the Company. Trading Technologies’ practice of equal employment opportunity is to recruit, hire, train, promote, and base all employment decisions on ability rather than race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender orientation, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, parental status, veteran, or any other protected status. Additionally, TT participates in the E-Verify Program for US offices

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