Here’s a summary of the role:
As a Finance Business Partner, you will act as a strategic financial support to business units across the Americas portfolio, using financial data and insights to support decision-making, improve performance, and drive business growth.
Working closely with functional leaders, you will drive cross-functional collaboration, challenge the status quo and in turn ensure robust planning, reporting, and decision support that aligns the Americas with wider business goals.
Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll do (not all of it, just the important stuff):
- Build strong relationships between the finance department and business leaders, acting as a strategic business partner to support growth efficiency, and profitability.
- Provide insightful financial analysis to support strategic and operational initiatives.
- Lead the preparation of budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans for the Americas including the US Regional business as well as the US Tech business, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
- Monitor and report on expenditure and resource allocation, highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Support the month-end close process, preparing variance analysis and commentary for the US Regional and US Tech businesses in the monthly reporting pack.
- Evaluate investment cases and business proposals within the Americas (e.g., technology, people initiatives, facilities projects).
- Develop and maintain financial models to support scenario planning and cost–benefit analysis.
- Partner with department leads to help them understand financial results and make informed decisions.
- Ensure that quarterly commission accruals and sales bonuses are performed with accuracy.
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying process efficiencies and automation opportunities within reporting and planning.
- Ensure that financial KPIs and metrics for the Americas are well understood, tracked, and aligned with business objectives.
- Support ad hoc analysis and reporting requirements from functional leaders and senior management.
These are the essentials you’ll need to get an interview:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- CPA designation, CFA charterholder or candidate, MBA with a finance concentration is preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive experience in financial planning & analysis, or business partnering roles.
- Experience working in a commercial, high growth or tech environment is an advantage.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to simplify complex data for executive audiences.
- Proven ability to work independently, take initiative, and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with OneStream, NetSuite, Adaptive, Salesforce and Power BI. #LI-MA1
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