Senior Finance Manager, Technology & Innovation at IDEXX · Westbrook

Senior Finance Manager, Technology & Innovation Location: Westbrook, ME IDEXX is seeking a Finance Manager to provide strategic financial leadership and decision support across key Technology and Innovation functions, including Global Information Technology and Research & Development. This role partners closely with senior leaders to support planning, investment prioritization, portfolio management, and operational performance, while strengthening financial insight, governance, and resource alignment in support of enterprise priorities. As a trusted finance business partner, the Finance Manager will lead financial planning, forecasting, reporting, analysis, and modeling across a dynamic portfolio of functional and investment activities. This role combines strategic support with strong operational execution and will help enhance enterprise-wide spend visibility, investment discipline, and business performance across supported areas. Location: This role is required to be onsite 8 days per month at our Westbrook, Maine headquarters. What You Will Be Doing: You will serve as the primary finance business partner to leaders across Global Information Technology and Research & Development, providing financial insights and decision support to advance strategic priorities. You will lead and support core finance processes, including monthly close, forecasting, annual budget, and strategic planning. You will develop financial models, business cases, and investment analyses, including cost-benefit analysis, NPV, ROI, IRR, payback, and risk-adjusted value assessment. You will improve enterprise-wide visibility into Technology and Digital spend, including software, SaaS, AI, and functionally embedded technology investments. You will support value-based investment prioritization and portfolio optimization across Commercial, Operations, and Innovation initiatives. You will establish and enhance financial governance for AI and digital investments, including tracking business value, productivity gains, and variable consumption costs. You will partner on vendor and external partner economics, including make-versus-buy analyses, benchmarking, contract value realization, and scale efficiencies. You will improve transparency across run, improve, and transform activities to support self-funding of digital and AI transformation. You will create and maintain dashboards, reporting tools, and data platforms; prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting packages with clear variance analysis and commentary. You will drive process improvement, capital expense management, internal control support, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen financial discipline and decision-making. What You Need to Succeed: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required; Master’s degree or equivalent preferred. Progressive experience in finance, including financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, analysis, and business partnering. Experience supporting technology, IT, R&D, engineering, software, digital, or other innovation-focused functions preferred. Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving capabilities. Strong knowledge of investment evaluation methodologies, including NPV, ROI, IRR, payback, scenario analysis, and broader return modeling. Ability to operate effectively at both a strategic and detailed level in a dynamic environment. Strong business partnership, communication, and relationship-building skills, including the ability to influence senior leadership. Strong knowledge of data analysis, reporting, and financial systems, with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office. Experience with Power BI, SharePoint, OneStream, and other reporting, planning, or portfolio management tools preferred. Knowledge of AI capabilities and emerging digital tools, including their financial implications, productivity opportunities, and cost structures, preferred. What You Can Expect From Us Base salary of $130k+ (based on experience) Opportunity for an annual bonus and equity Health, dental, and vision benefits effective on Day One 5% matching 401(k) Additional benefits including financial support resources, pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock purchase opportunities, foundation donation matching, and more Why IDEXX? We’re proud of the work we do, because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people. So, what does that mean for you? We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement. Let’s pursue what matters together. IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws. #LI-CB1