Finance Manager - Cloud & AI Analytics

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department OverviewThe Global Product Finance Organization serves as the primary financial partner to engineering and product leaders. The organization is responsible for the financial management of the company's product portfolio spanning Motorola Solution's 4 business units - Command Center Software, Mobile Video, Fixed Video, and Land Mobile Radio.
Job Description

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical and strategic Finance Manager to join our Product Finance team. In this role, you will serve as the primary financial partner to engineering and product leaders, overseeing the financial management of our Cloud Infrastructure and AI portfolio.

You will play a critical role in optimizing technical spend, improving cost efficiency, and ensuring maximum return on investment (ROI) for initiatives and investments. The ideal candidate blends traditional Financial expertise with a strong understanding of technology costs and the product development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Strategy

• Forecasting & Budgeting: Lead the financial planning, budgeting, and long-range forecasting processes for global cloud and infrastructure expenses.
• Executive Narratives: Prepare and present financial dashboards and business reviews that translate technical operational data into clear financial insights for executive leadership.
• Unit Economics: Partner with product teams to identify and analyze the primary cost drivers of technical services and infrastructure.

Infrastructure & Cost Management

• Efficiency & Optimization: Partner with engineering teams to identify cost-saving opportunities, improve resource utilization, and eliminate unnecessary technical spend.
• Spend Governance: Collaborate with procurement and platform teams to manage vendor commitments, contract utilization, and budget adherence.
• Cost Attribution: Develop and maintain models to ensure technology expenses are accurately allocated to the appropriate departments or product lines.
• Variance Analysis: Monitor monthly spending trends and anomalies, providing actionable insights to technical stakeholders to maintain budget discipline.

AI & Technology Investments

• Investment Analysis: Develop financial models to evaluate the ROI on third-party AI tools and assess the margin profiles of technology-driven products.
• Pricing & Monetization: Support product management in establishing pricing strategies for software features and consumption-based products.
• Usage Governance: Track and monitor spend for AI and software tools, implementing internal controls to manage consumption-based or usage-based costs.
• Performance Tracking: Maintain consolidated reporting on the costs and realized savings of strategic technology initiatives, comparing actual performance against the original business case.

Additional Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
• Demonstrated experience managing technology, engineering, or cloud infrastructure budgets.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical cloud concepts into financial impacts for non-technical leadership
• Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills with a formidable attention to detail
• Ability to work collaboratively to drive cross-functional execution on business goals
• Proficiency in Google Sheets/Microsoft Excel (financial modeling) and presentation software.

Target Base Salary Range: $95,000 - $110,00 USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, and 5+ years experience

Travel Requirements10-25%
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced
Referral Payment PlanNo

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans

• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

• 401K with Company Match

• 10 Paid Holidays

• Generous Paid Time Off Packages

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Paid Parental & Family Leave

• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

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