Sr. Director, FP&A (R&D)

About the Role

Confluent is seeking a seasoned Senior Director of FP&A to lead financial planning, analysis, and strategic decision support across R&D and G&A. This role requires a seasoned finance professional with a strong financial modeling, forecasting, and strategic planning background. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated individual who is intellectually curious, results-driven, and a crisp communicator with solid business and financial acumen. This role reports to the SVP Finance.

What You Will Do

• Lead FP&A support for R&D and G&A functions, partnering with senior executives to drive financial discipline and strategic decision-making
• Partner closely with Product and GTM teams on pricing strategy, providing financial frameworks and analytics to inform pricing decisions and monetization models
• Analyze and optimize Cloud gross margins and infrastructure costs, partnering across both internal teams and external vendors
• Drive operational support and modeling for key G&A initiatives, including recruiting capacity planning and real estate optimization
• Lead and develop a high-performing team, fostering career growth and operational excellence

What You Will Bring

• 10+ years of FP&A experience, with at least five years directly managing people and teams in a high-growth software company
• Experience partnering with the R&D function
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive clarity in complex environments
• Experience operating at all levels with the ability to be hands-on while also keeping an eye on the strategic big picture
• Experience managing and scaling finance teams

About Confluent

We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them. It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together. One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

Employment Details

• Salary: $282.7K - $303.3K
• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: FullTime

Come As You Are

Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment decisions are based on job-related criteria, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.