Finance Manager, Field Analysis - Emerging Tech Sales

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Position Overview

Autodesk is seeking a Finance Manager to support Field Analysis of the Emerging Tech Sales organization. Emerging Tech includes a portfolio of high-growth businesses that represent Autodesk’s strategic bets to advance its mission of empowering everyone, everywhere to design and make anything.

As an individual contributor, this role owns top-line forecasting, reporting, and analytical insights across ACV, Billings, and Revenue. The position partners closely with FBPs supporting Global Expansion Sales and Renewals, as well as Corporate Forecasting & Planning teams, to ensure forecast accuracy, messaging consistency, and alignment to enterprise processes.

The role requires a strong financial acumen, proclivity for proactivity, deep systems capability (Anaplan, Power BI, Snowflake), and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate combines analytical rigor with process leadership, systems fluency, and a continuous improvement mindset – including leveraging AI tools to drive efficiency and scale.

Responsibilities

Forecast & Planning

• Own and manage weekly top-line forecast submissions (ACV, Billings, Revenue) for Emerging Tech Sales, utilizing connected planning tools such as Anaplan, and coordinating insights between field teams

• Drive forecast accuracy through deep analysis of business trends, pipeline insights, forecast drivers, and scenario modeling, proactively identifying risks, upside, and key performance inflection points

• Actively support annual planning and long-range planning cycles in partnership with Corporate Finance

Reporting & Insights

• Develop, maintain, and utilize scalable reporting frameworks and executive-ready dashboards using data visualization tools (Power BI and Sigma)

• Deliver clear, data-driven insights to Sales and Finance leadership recurring deliverables, highlighting trends, risks, opportunities, and business implications

Systems & Data Process Leadership

• Partner cross-functionally with technical teams (Data Engineering, Business Architecture), functional teams (Revenue Accounting, Commissions) and other stakeholders to streamline data flows and improve forecasting inputs

• Serve as a subject matter expert for the financial data used in forecasting and reporting tools, troubleshooting data issues and implementing process improvements that enhance forecast scalability, reduce manual effort, and improve data integrity

• Leverage Snowflake to harmonize financial data across systems, while elevating data literacy among Emerging Tech FBPs and Sales leaders

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Build strong relationships across global Emerging Tech FBPs, Sales, Corporate Finance, Accounting, and operational teams

• Support quarter-end close and other time-sensitive deliverables as needed.

• Act as a fiduciary steward of the business, ensuring objectivity, integrity, and sound financial judgment

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field

• 5+ years of progressive finance experience, supporting forecasting and reporting for SaaS sales organizations

• Strong experience with Anaplan, or other connected planning tool, and BI reporting tools used in dashboard development (Power BI, Sigma)

• Experience querying and working with data in Snowflake (or similar cloud data platforms using SQL)

• Advanced Excel skills and strong financial modeling capability

• Proven ability to operate independently and manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence at multiple organizational levels

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, CFA, or MBA

• Experience supporting high-growth or emerging product businesses

• Experience working across multi-product, global sales environments

• Familiarity with Salesforce CRM data structures and report building.

• Demonstrated experience applying AI tools to enhance financial analysis and process automation

• Experience driving system integration or reporting transformation initiatives

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About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For Canada-BC based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $95,000 and $139,700. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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