Senior Director, Finance Business Partner

Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.

Job Description

We are looking for a strategic and commercially minded Senior Director, Finance Business Partner to support the Global Chief Technology Officer (GCTO) organization within Technology & Innovation (T&I). You will be a trusted advisor to senior technology leadership, guiding financial strategy, investment governance, cost optimization, and performance management across a complex global technology landscape.

You will partner with technology organizations, promoting data-driven decision-making while balancing innovation, risk management, and value creation.

This is a hybrid role out of the New York City office. You will report to the Head of T&I Financial Management.

You'll have the opportunity to:

Strategic Partnership

• Be the lead finance partner to the Group Chief Technology Officer (GCTO) and the T&I senior leadership team.
• Shape and influence the financial strategy for global technology investments, including infrastructure, cloud, platforms, data, and engineering.
• Translate business and technology strategies into actionable financial plans and investment roadmaps.
• Provide clear, forward-looking insights that drive prioritization and capital allocation decisions.

Planning & Performance Management

• Lead annual planning, long-range planning (LRP), and rolling forecast processes for the GCTO organization.
• Oversee operating expense and capital investment budgets of significant scale and complexity.
• Manage KPIs and dashboards that link technology spend to business outcomes and value realization.
• Identify risks and opportunities, recommending mitigation and optimization actions.

Investment Governance & Value Realization

• Drive financial rigor around business cases, ROI modeling, and post-investment tracking.
• Establish and enhance governance frameworks for large-scale technology programs and transformation initiatives.
• Ensure alignment of spend with priorities and enterprise financial commitments.

Cost Optimization & Transformation

• Partner with technology leaders to improve cost transparency, benchmarking, and unit economics (e.g., cloud cost management, run vs. change analysis).
• Identify efficiency opportunities while maintaining operational resilience and innovation capacity.
• Support transformation initiatives, including automation, modernization, and vendor optimization.

Stakeholder Management & Leadership

• Present financial insights and recommendations to executive leadership and enterprise finance.
• Influence stakeholders including Product, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Procurement, and Strategy.
• Lead and develop a finance team, encouraging a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related area preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive finance experience, including experience supporting technology organizations.
• Track record partnering with senior executives (SVP/EVP/C-level).
• Experience in technology finance, capital investment planning and governance, financial modeling and scenario analysis, and large-scale budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience translating complex technical concepts into financial insights.
• Executive presentation skills.

Additional Information

Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's people first, inclusive and purpose driven culture is multi award-winning; World's Best Workplaces™ 2025 (Fortune Global Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 26 countries to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or explore our Careers Site to understand why.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets. The base pay range for this position is listed above. Within this range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors such as job-related skills, experience, and education. You will be also eligible for a variable pay opportunity.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all groups protected under applicable federal, state and local law, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

Benefits/Perks:

• Great compensation package and bonus plan
• Core benefits including medical, dental, vision, and matching 401K
• Flexible work environment, ability to work remote, hybrid or in-office
• Flexible time off including volunteer time off, vacation, sick and 12-paid holidays
• Explore all our exciting benefits here: https://myexperianbenefits.com/