Finance Business Partner

The Finance Business Partner 1 acts as a strategic partner globally to our Sales and Marketing departments. The role combines financial planning and analysis data-driven decision support and process improvement to help drive revenue growth margin expansion and operational efficiency to elevate finance impact to the business.

Strategic Performance Analysis & Insight Generation

• Leverage deep knowledge of global strategy and financial objectives to evaluate performance forecasts and plans ensuring financial results align with organizational priorities.
• Conduct root-cause analyses to explain not only what changed in financial performance but why; identify drivers across revenue margin operating expenses and commercial metrics. Design build and continuously enhance data models dashboards and visualizations (e.g. Power BI) to enable self-service insights faster decisions and greater transparency.
• Analyze financial results and performance trends clearly communicating key variances and underlying drivers to stakeholders.
• Assess historical profitability and commercial performance by market channel customer segment and product portfolio and recommend optimization actions.
• Deliver proactive data-driven financial insights and recommendations that guide senior leaderships strategic and operational decisions.
• Distill complex financial analyses into concise recommendations highlighting risks opportunities and actionable next steps.

Forecasting Planning & Close Support

• Lead end-to-end forecasting for assigned business unitsproducing revenue margin and expense projectionsand perform data-driven variance analysis to boost forecast accuracy and deliver actionable insights leveraging automated data-integration and reporting tools.
• Drive monthly and quarterly close cycles supplying timely financial analysis forecast updates and key management metrics with exceptional accuracy.

Commercial Programs & Incentive Analysis

• Evaluate sales-incentive compensation programs to measure effectiveness financial impact and alignment with business objectives.
• Pinpoint and execute process-improvement and automation initiatives that streamline financial workflows strengthen data integration and upgrade reporting.
• Design and deploy solutions with Power Query Power Automate advanced Excel and emerging AI technologies to cut manual effort raise accuracy and accelerate insight generation.
• Modernize FP&A by introducing new tools broadening data accessibility and continuously enhancing dashboards and analytics to boost efficiency scalability and decision quality.

Collaboration & Projects

• Act as a support to other Finance team members sharing best practices and guidance as relevant.
• Leads or supports projects or workstreams that require coordination across stakeholders.

Data Integrity & Executive Reporting

• Safeguard data integrity by reconciling and validating financial information in partnership with Accounting and Operations; apply expertise in management (internal business-line) vs. statutory (external compliance) reporting and in standard costing within a manufacturing environment.
• Develop and deliver insightful financial analyses and presentation materials for executive leadership board meetings and external stakeholders.

• Degree in Finance/Accounting or related field is required.
• Minimum of 5 years strategic finance experience supporting key business leaders and initiatives.
• CPA CMA MBA or other applicable advanced certifications preferred.
• Strong business acumen and proven ability to rapidly develop a deep understanding of commercial functionsrevenue drivers pricing levers demand planning operating-expense structures and workforce cost components.
• Advanced analytical mindset strong business curiosity and enthusiasm for leveraging modern analytics automation and visualization tools to amplify Finances impact.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills (English); able to translate complex data into clear compelling narratives and influence stakeholders at all levels.