Senior/ FP&A Business Partner

Purpose of the Job:

The Sr./FP&A Business Partner, Assistance Services Americas, will drive key elements of the budgeting, forecasting, and reporting cycles of the Americas ABL, and be a key contributor to the preparation of financial presentations for Senior Leadership. Actively collaborate with business partners to assess needs to identify and share short and long-term opportunities for improved financial performance and strategic decision making.  The right candidate for this role will have excellent leadership, communication, analytical, and teamwork skills.

Location:

• This is a hybrid role, based in our Blue Bell, PA office. There will be times that incumbent may need to be flexible with coming into office as business needs may dictate.  #Americas

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• The role will be specifically responsible for the following:

• Consolidation and reporting of all sub-locations within the Assistance Services Americas Region’s monthly/quarterly/annual financial performance
• Full business partner to the Heads of Assistance Services Americas HQ and Site Functions, including the Marketing, Commercial Services, HR, IT, Legal, General Affairs.
• Full business partner to Head of National Accounts team; financial planning on sales, gross profit and resource needs
• Support business partnering of Americas Operations.
• Provide guidance to 1 FP&A analyst to ensure all related financial planning and analytics are accurately and timely completed.
• Ensure that the centralized financial systems and related financial models present accurate data.
• Ensure that the month-end close processes are executed correctly – validating the general ledger and invoicing activity to identify necessary adjusting entries and accruals.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities (cont.):

• Track and report all P&L activity for the Region’s HQ, Site, and Operations, ensuring accurate variance analysis at the cost center level.
• Support the forecasting and budgeting process –building forecasts for each relevant function.
• Partner with Accounting and Sales functions to ensure general ledger accuracy and completeness, as well as identify and implement opportunities for improvement of close processes.
• Provide support and assistance as needed to the Accounting teams, including providing cost center coding for non-routine/one-off expense items, required accruals, account balance research and other ad-hoc requests.
• Perform financial analysis and provide support to decision making processes throughout the company related to financial performance.
• Identify and implement process improvements, within both finance and operational environments.
• Lead projects related to system/process improvements and automation.

Qualifications:

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• Demonstrated success in advanced financial modeling and analysis, including annual budget, rolling forecast, capital budgeting, and long-term strategic planning.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with data-intensive financial analysis.
• Familiarity with IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) and Power BI a plus.
• Ability to demonstrate required skill set to be part of a high performing team.

Required Work Experience:

• At least 3-5 years of experience in Financial Analysis and reporting; preferably in a large multi-national organization.
• Familiarity with generally accepted accounting principles and their application to the business

Required Education:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• MBA or experience in a Big Four public accounting firm highly preferred.

Qualifications (cont.)

Required Competencies:

• Build partnerships with internal stakeholders and peers in accounting and finance.
• Highly analytical, with proven ability to manage and analyze large amounts of data.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and find creative solutions to challenges.
• Comfortable with tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and business demands.