Finance Business Partner

A Business Partner oversees financial operations navigating business within a specific geographic region (or other strategic elements as Domain, Service, Strategic accounts), acting as a valuable partner to regional (or North-America wide functional as Domain, Service, Strategic Accounts) leadership to align financial performance with local business goals and corporate policies down to the Branch level.
Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A): Develop Regional-Branch budgets, forecasts, and financial plans (incl. derived budgets for Domains, Strategic Accounts and Service); provide insights to optimize regional performance including decentralized P&Ls.                                           
• Reporting: Prepare & review financial reports with Branch and Regional, including Domain and Strategic Account Management. Support Corporate Controlling in their reporting needs.        
• Cost Control, Profitability and NWC: Monitor Regional-Branch costs (incl. utilization, variances) incl. derived views for Domains, Strategic Accounts and Service - follow up on defined measures to achieve targets / support pricing strategies to enhance profitability.  Monitor Regional-Branch Net Working Capital - follow up on defined measures to achieve targets / support strategies for improvements.                    
• Business Partnering: Collaborate with Regional-Branch to drive operational and strategic initiatives.                                         
• Strategic Decision and Support: Provide financial insights and internal support for corporate initiatives (e.g., M&A, Strategic Business Reviews).
• Risk Management: Mitigate Region-Branch specific financial risks (e.g., local customer, economic challenges). Applies also to Domain, Strategic Accounts and Service view.
• Leadership and Oversight: depending on qualifications, develop the Commercial Project Manager role responsible for projects considered as rather risky or very large in volume and collaborate closely with such role if applicable for the region of responsibility.
• Other duties as assigned to support all financial aspects of the company.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience: preferred 8 years - min 5 years - of progressive experience in finance or project accounting, ideally with a few years in a leadership role (e.g., Regional Controller, Domain Controller, Group Lead Project Accounting, Branch Lead FP&A).
• Local Market Knowledge: Deep understanding of the specific industry and operational drivers, domains, service and strategic accounts incl. expertise in regional regulations
• Operational Focus: Hands-on approach to Regional-Branch-Project financial processes.
• Problem-Solving / Adaptability: Flexibility to navigate Regional-Branch market dynamics.
• Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze regional financial data for actionable insights.
• Communication and Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills to work with Regional-Branch stakeholders and translate corporate goals locally.
• Strategic thinking: support strategic planning and local risk management.
• Change Management: Drive FP&A standardization, provide best in class-learning & adaption incl. technology adoption.
• System Savvy: Advanced experience with Project Accounting and Accounts Receivables software applications, and reporting solutions (i.e. PowerBI, Data Lake)
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA certification and/or PMP certification highly preferred.  
• Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency with an ERP system(s), (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics MD365 preferred, SAP, Coins) Power BI, and Microsoft Office including advanced Excel and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Multi-Entity/Multi-Location Experience: Specific experience managing the finances and consolidation for multiple regional entities, business units, or international operations.
• Project Management Professional (PMP): Essential for a financial Business Partner, as it shows a deep understanding of project management methodologies, allowing the Business Partner to better align with project managers.

Physical Demands: In general, the following physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Must be able to effectively communicate, (i.e. see, hear, speak and write clearly) in order to communicate with employees and/or customers; manual dexterity required for frequent reaching, and lifting of small objects,  and operating office equipment.

Working Conditions: In general, the following conditions of the work environment are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• The office is clean, orderly, properly lighted and ventilated.  Noise levels are considered low to moderate
• Travel may be required.      

Pay Rate: $109,000- $140,000 DOE