Director, Product & Platform Central Finance

Autodesk

Director leading product and platform central finance at Autodesk. Partnering with C-Level executives to shape strategy and improve financial processes.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California, Massachusetts, Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $149,000 - $267,410 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive consistent industry and product level topline reporting, forecasting, root cause analytics to support timely performance insights and decision making
Drive product and platform financials and insights for QBRs
Design and maintain a consistent portfolio approach to optimize our allocation of product investments
Develop and provide consistent unit economics reporting and insights by industry and product
Develop and align on allocation principles and methodologies
Work with peer and technology teams to evolve data availability and reporting
Establish and evolve pricing and packaging analysis playbooks to support pricing and promotion decisions
Ensure access to relevant cost and topline data
Share findings with executives and influence decision making
Develop process and templates supporting Autodesk’s financial long-range and annual planning by industry and product
Mange the product and platform finance calendar
Evolve the product hierarchy for internal and external reporting addressing both internal needs and investor expectations
Drive automation of all repeatable product and platform finance processes
Contribute to the Board and CEO-Staff materials for the key milestones of our strategic and annual planning process
Develop playbooks for the product and platform finance teams to conduct financial modeling and evaluation of potential deals
Centralize, standardize and automate headcount and spend processes
Design organizational structure, capacity and capabilities needed
Attract, retain and develop a team of top performing finance professionals

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of experience in strategic finance roles
Proven experience in product and go-to-market/corporate FP&A
Proven experience in partnering with C-Level executives at large public companies
Experience in finance support of M&A deals
Experience in both SaaS and Consumption business planning, operating, reporting and pricing & packaging
Strong accounting and financial planning process and systems leadership experience
Skilled at working across multiple levels, including high level strategy and insights thinking to disciplined processes leadership of complex planning cycles
Solution-driven, innovative, and creative mindset
Zero-defect and principles-first mindset
Ability to be hands-on where needed
Proven track record of financial systems, process & tools improvement/automation
Strong people leader with proven experience managing global teams and a demonstrated track record of building & elevating high performing teams
Excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills with a proven ability to work collaboratively & influence across all levels of leadership
Ability to travel approximately 20% of the time
Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, accounting, economics; MBA preferred
Background in management consulting, investment banking, or equity research preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health and financial benefits
Time away
Everyday wellness

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial planningfinancial modelingdata analyticscost analysisunit economicsM&A finance supportSaaS business planningfinancial systems improvementautomation of finance processespricing analysis

Soft Skills

strategic thinkingsolution-driven mindsetinnovative mindsetcollaborative influencepeople leadershipcommunication skillspresentation skillsfacilitation skillsteam developmentcapacity building

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in financeBachelor’s degree in businessBachelor’s degree in accountingBachelor’s degree in economicsMBA