Lead Financial Analyst

The Opportunity

Join Adobe’s world-class FP&A organization as a Lead Financial Analyst, partnering with Adobe Technology Services (ATS) and Procurement. In this role, you’ll operate at the intersection of finance and software, crafting how Adobe invests in and optimizes its enterprise software ecosystem, including AI platforms and developer tools. You’ll drive financial strategy focused on usage optimization and cost efficiency. This fast-paced role offers the opportunity to collaborate with technology and procurement leaders to influence how software scales across the company.

What you'll Do:

Enterprise Software & AI Strategy

• Take ownership of and develop reporting for Adobe’s enterprise software portfolio, covering spend management, usage trends, vendor concentration, and risk insights

• Lead financial oversight of strategic AI tools and platforms (e.g., Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude), tracking adoption, and cost efficiency

• Strengthen the operating model across Finance, ATS, and Procurement for new software agreements, renewals, and commercial negotiations

• Evaluate and recommend efficient cost allocation models (e.g., centralization vs. chargeback) to improve transparency, accountability, and scalability

ATS Finance Leadership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to ATS leadership, delivering actionable insights to inform strategic decisions and drive business outcomes

• Lead end-to-end forecasting, budgeting, and financial reporting for the ATS organization

• Coordinate monthly and quarterly close processes in partnership with the India FP&A team, including variance analysis, risk and opportunity identification, and headcount reporting

What you need to succeed

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

• 7+ years of FP&A or related financial analysis experience.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to simplify complex concepts.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. 

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more.

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AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:
Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

Expected Pay Range:

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans.  Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices:

California:

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Colorado:

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If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

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It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.