Platform Finance Business Partner

Responsibilities

• Develop a strong business and financial management partnership with the platform leader and leadership team, platform finance peers, and global accounting services and shared services teams.
• Drive robust financial planning, forecast and execution.
• Direct the implementation of 80/20 and Lean frameworks with the business lines.
• Communicate business line plans that deliver against financial targets, including contingency and countermeasure plans with Root Cause analyses.
• Develop and communicate financial projections and forecasts for Revenue, Orders, Expense, Income and Cash Flow results.
• Support period-end closing activities to ensure revenue recognition is properly documented.
• Drive working capital management and efficiency projects.
• Provide analysis to easily understand Revenue and Margin changes and associated cash flow impact period over period and as compared to forecast.
• Model, measure and report on productivity initiatives.
• Lead preparation and management of platform/business line operational and functional expenditure budgets to ensure cost containment and spend management.
• Prepare, present and deploy platform Annual Operating Plan and team budgets.
• Prepare and manage annual Capital and Operating Expense budgets and spending.
• Prepare and present platform Monthly Business Review (MBR) and Quarterly Operating Review (QOR) materials.
• Support the formulation of platform long/short term strategies and associated Strategic Agenda items and initiatives.
• Develop models and associated projections to assess and confirm planned growth and financial targets are achieved.
• Communicate and receive buy-in of these models with the platform leadership team.
• Assist and co-lead M&A platform projects as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Finance, Accounting, or Economics (MBA preferred).
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in finance planning and analysis or finance leadership role within a diverse global organization in an industrial B2B operating environment.
• Knowledge of Percentage of Completion (POC) project revenue and cost recognition methods and processes.
• Liaison with Internal Audit and Accounting Services and Shared Services teams.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and IFRS.
• Solid computer skills in MS products, including Excel and PowerPoint, supporting planning, modeling, and analysis.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally (up to 50%).