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About the Team
The Corporate FP&A team serves as the strategic co-pilot to Yahoo’s businesses. For CTO Finance, we partner deeply with Yahoo's Chief Technology Office and engineering leadership. We oversee the capital and operational investments powering Yahoo’s global digital platforms, infrastructure, data centers, and next-generation product initiatives. Our team combines rigorous financial governance with deep operational empathy to maximize technology ROI, drive cloud cost efficiency, and fund technological innovation at enterprise scale.

About the Role 

The Director of CTO FP&A will report to the VP of Corporate FP&A & Procurement. This role will be responsible for leading the financial planning and analysis function specifically for the Central Technology Organization. This role acts as a strategic finance partner who also thinks operationally to manage the financial health, planning, CTO allocation management, and technology investments for both Opex and Capital expenditures.

What You’ll Do

• Support the VP of Corporate FP&A with forecasting, annual budget planning, long-range planning, day-to-day financial and operations analysis, and executive presentations
• Serve as the trusted strategic advisor to the CTO and engineering leaders, delivering actionable financial guidance across engineering resource allocation, metrics, cloud infrastructure, software licensing, organizational design, and cost efficiencies
• Manage end-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annual Technology P&L review across the CTO pillars
• Oversee and manage cost budgets across the Central Technology Office, ensuring accountability and discipline
• Champion the adoption of AI-enabled analytics and predictive modeling tools to automate repetitive variance reconciliations, accelerate month-end close summaries, and improve forecast accuracy
• Leverage available operational data, market trends, and business dynamics to develop, inform, and maintain detailed and accurate short- and long-term financial projections
• Interface with leadership in providing meaningful insights and analytics that will help to deliver on the company's goals and objectives
• Partner with engineering leaders to assess the ROI and total cost of ownership (TCO) for foundational technology initiatives, including product development, generative AI infrastructure, model training/inference costs, cloud optimization, software, and high-performance compute investments

How You Work & Lead

• Driven to succeed. Agile, with a high comfort level with ambiguity and fluidity, and the ability to make decisions in a rapidly changing environment while achieving quality results
• Exceptional analytical, strategic, and critical thinking skills
• An authentic belief in the company’s vision, business model, and ability to succeed
• Self-aware with the ability to form and foster organizational harmony and correct existing pain points and gaps
• Ability to effectively lead critical conversations/presentations and has innate ability to influence and build efficacy amongst team stakeholders and leaders
• Relationship-driven, builds trusting relationships in a dynamic environment with a broad range of colleagues, executive stakeholders, and business partners

 What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field
• 10+ years of related finance experience, ideally including digital media industry experience 
• 5+ years of Management experience
• Proven experience in FP&A / Financial Operations with a focus on technology and cloud
• Strong understanding of cloud services business models, pricing strategies, and market trends
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills; attention to detail; problem-solving abilities
• Experience in Excel, Google sheets and reporting, while creating visual graphs/data to tell a cohesive story
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, lean organization amidst a shifting competitive landscape
• Hands-on experience leveraging modern AI-assisted productivity and analytical tools (e.g., enterprise generative AI, predictive forecasting modules, advanced financial modeling automation) to enhance workflow velocity and analytical depth

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome.

The compensation for this position ranges from $129,210.00 - $281,305.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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