Senior Business Partner Financial Planning & Analysis

About the role

The Senior Business Partner Financial Planning and Analysis acts as a Finance lead within NSF Business Units. Sr. Business Partners provide financial and operational analysis, drive business strategy, deliver proactive information through analytics, and lead financial business processes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Strategy and Innovation to lead the financial portion of portfolio framework process for their global business unit or function(s)
• Significant effort driving and supporting the forecast, annual budget, and strategic plan within the global business units
• Collaborate with the business to establish common global KPI's
• Develops business case for any initiative driven by the global business unit or function
• Drive continuous improvement with the global business unit and/or division
• Follows the consistent processes established within the finance function
• Interacts and educates with global business unit or function leaders on how to read and interpret management reports and gathers feedback on enhancements to management reporting
• Analyzes the operational metrics to the monthly financial statement to properly interpret what is happening within the business
• Led discussion with the business or function leaders to tell the financial story from a variance to budget, forecast and prior year
• Provides ongoing education to global business unit or function leadership to increase business acumen
• Supports month end close with variance analysis and collaborates with general ledger team to improve month end process
• Prepares executive decks and presents to business and senior leaders

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• 7-10 Years of experience
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills - ability to perform in a matrixed environment
• Demonstrated ability as a self starter with the ability to make sound business decisions with minimal guidance
• Able to develop forward-looking forecasts and budgets
• Proven ability working with large-scale and/or high-impact financial planning within area of responsibility
• Experience influencing and advising at the executive level to ensure high quality financial decisions are made in the global business unit / function - must be comfortable proposing ideas, and actively brainstorming with business leadership
• Proven ability to prepare and present accurate monthly summary of expenses to senior level leader
• Proven ability to present complex analyses with clarity and to work in a deadline driven environment
• Proficiency to provide objective financial advice that positively impacts the global business unit/ function and/or provides efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of services
• Previous experience with coaching and training leaders to improve financial confidence and competence
• Demonstrated ability to work with senior leaders to develop medium and long term business plans and appropriate targets and metrics
• Proficiency to ensure decisions made are aligned with technical accounting guidelines
• Demonstrated people leader
• Advanced Excel skills

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA with a focus in finance
• Experience leading a project or project team
• Experience with Oracle Financials
• Experience with budget and reporting software (Hubble, Planful, Oracle, Tableau)