Remote Finance Business Partner — Strategic Advisor

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Full-time employment

Strategic exposure

Job summary

Remote is seeking a Finance Business Partner to act as a strategic financial advisor to the Academic/GFN segment and Sales/Marketing teams. You will own financial performance, provide accurate reporting and forecasts, and partner with senior executives to drive informed decisions.

You will oversee budgeting, ARR validation, financial planning, and performance monitoring, while identifying opportunities to improve processes and controls in a technology-driven, global research ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in finance business partnering across cost and revenue functions.
• Experience leading budgeting and forecasting for defined business areas with timely delivery.
• Strong understanding of ARR, commercial sales processes, and revenue recognition principles.
• Excellent financial modeling and analytical skills with ability to translate data into recommendations.
• Ability to work with imperfect data to form robust financial conclusions.
• Experience communicating financial implications to senior stakeholders.
• Commercial mindset with ability to challenge assumptions and influence decisions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with reporting tooling familiarity.
• Proactive, inquisitive, collaborative, and owning initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Month-End Reporting and Financial Analysis: review accounts, explain performance drivers, prepare monthly reports.
• Revenue and ARR Management: monitor revenue, validate ARR, track renewals and non-recurring revenue.
• Budgeting and Financial Forecasting: lead revenue, cost, and headcount planning across areas.
• Performance Monitoring: provide monthly forecasts and early risk warnings with clear explanations.
• Strategic Decision Support: deliver analyses and recommendations on pricing, product cases, and restructuring.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: act as primary finance partner for Academic/GFN and Sales/Marketing functions.
• Financial Process Improvement: identify efficiency and reporting improvements; promote best practices.
• Systems, Controls, and Automation: improve controls and automate processes where possible.

Skills

Finance partnering

Forecasting

Financial modeling

ARR understanding

Stakeholder management

Strategic business partnering

Communication

Education

Professional finance qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA/CPA)

Tools

NetSuite

Anaplan

Job description

Remote is seeking a Finance Business Partner to act as a strategic financial advisor to the Academic/GFN segment and Sales/Marketing teams. You will own financial performance, provide accurate reporting and forecasts, and partner with senior executives to drive informed decisions.

You will oversee budgeting, ARR validation, financial planning, and performance monitoring, while identifying opportunities to improve processes and controls in a technology-driven, global research ecosystem.