Finance Business Partner, R&D

About the role
The FP&A and Business Operations Finance team is responsible for enterprise level planning, budgeting, forecasting, analysis and capital allocation. Team members in R&D Finance partner closely with business leaders in Engineering, Infrastructure, Product, and Strategy and cross-functionally with G&A and Sales & Marketing Finance teams. Members of this team possess excellent analytical, critical reasoning, interpersonal, communication, influencing and leadership skills and are passionate about both problem solving as well as building high quality repeatable processes that scale with our rapid growth. Our role extends beyond analyzing and reporting; we take pride in helping to design and implement solutions to the different challenges that can arise in our high growth environment.
What you'll do

• Be a thought partner to business leaders helping to resolve competing business priorities and determine optimal investment allocation by function.
• Prepare financial analysis, business insights and presentation materials for regular financial and business updates to R&D business leadership.
• Partner with accounting to support month-end close, flux review processes, and deliver high-quality financial reporting.
• Design, automate, and optimize flexible finance processes to meet the needs of a dynamic and fast-growing business environment.
• Work with cross-functional teams to support the company's growth initiatives.
• This role reports to the R&D Finance leader and does not have any direct reports.

Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• High proficiency with financial systems and tools. Anaplan, Netsuite, RevPro, Salesforce and Tableau experience is a plus.
• High proficiency in building integrated models from scratch, in Excel or in other planning applications.
• Strong executive presence and interpersonal skills with proficiency in distilling complex business information into consumable and actionable takeaways.
• Intellectually curious with problem solving orientation. Strong analytical capabilities and business acumen with ability to apply rigorous logic and sound methods to solve multi-faceted problems.
• BA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Economics or quantitative field

Nice-to-Have Skills

• MBA or Masters degree

Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan.
Benefits
Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave