FPA Manager, Paymode

Role:

The FP&A Manager, Paymode will serve as a key finance partner for one of Bottomline’s most critical products, providing financial insight, planning support, and decision guidance in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment. This role will support the Paymode business by analyzing key economic drivers, including revenue performance, customer adoption, transaction volume, pricing dynamics, margin trends, retention, and growth opportunities, and translating those insights into clear recommendations for business leaders. 

Reporting to the Director, FP&A Paymode, this is a high-impact individual contributor role for someone who can operate independently, partner effectively with senior stakeholders, and grow into broader leadership responsibilities over time. The successful candidate will bring strong FP&A experience, with payments or fintech experience strongly preferred, sound judgment, and the ability to balance multiple competing priorities with urgency and attention to detail. We are looking for a proactive, collaborative finance partner who builds trust quickly, takes ownership, and is energized by working in a private equity-backed, performance-driven environment. 

How you will contribute: 

• Lead forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning activities for the Paymode business. 

• Analyze Paymode-specific business drivers, including transaction volume, payment volume, customer adoption, revenue yield, pricing, implementation timing, customer profitability, and margin trends. 

• Partner with business leaders to deliver financial insights that drive profitable growth and operational efficiency. 

• Build and maintain complex financial models supporting revenue, expenses, investments, and strategic initiatives. 

• Develop decision-support analyses, including ROI analyses, business cases, scenario planning, sensitivity analyses, pricing strategies, and trade-off recommendations to support product investments, customer initiatives, and strategic decisions. 

• Monitor business performance through monthly close, forecast reviews, QBRs, leadership business reviews, KPI dashboards, variance analysis, and board or PE reporting as needed; identify trends, risks, and opportunities and provide actionable recommendations to leadership. 

• Translate large amounts of data into clear, concise financial narratives for executive stakeholders. 

• Drive continuous improvement in reporting, forecasting accuracy, planning processes, and financial discipline. 

• Partner closely with Product, Sales, Customer Success, Operations, Accounting, BI/Data, and broader Finance teams to connect financial performance to key business priorities and execution. 

• Successfully manage multiple high-priority deliverables while maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines. 

Required Technical Skills and Competencies: 

• Demonstrated success partnering with senior business leaders and influencing decision-making. 

• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with strong forecasting, budgeting, analytical, and decision-support capabilities. 

• Experience developing executive-ready PowerPoint materials and financial narratives for senior leadership, board, or private equity audiences. 

• Ability to partner effectively with Accounting on actuals review, accruals, variance explanations, and forecast accuracy. 

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment. 

• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills. 

• Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities with a strong sense of ownership and accountability. 

• Self-motivated "go-getter" mindset with a bias toward action. 

Preferred Skills: 

• Experience supporting recurring revenue, SaaS, fintech, payments, or technology businesses with exposure to revenue, volume, retention, pricing, and margin drivers strongly preferred. 

• Experience with BI, planning, or ERP tools preferred. 

• Prior experience working in a private equity-backed organization preferred. 

Education & Experience: 

• 5–7+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, or related roles, with experience supporting SaaS, fintech, payments, or recurring revenue businesses preferred. 

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field. 

• MBA, CPA, CFA, or other relevant advanced degree or certification preferred, but not required.