Senior BT Business Partner

faithtechnologies; Menasha (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Faith Technologies, Inc. in Wisconsin is seeking a Senior BT Business Partner to bridge Finance and Business Technology. You will guide analysis, simplify and automate initiatives to deliver value, and lead cross-functional efforts across departments.

The role emphasizes strong communication, planning, and roadmap development to support strategic goals. The ideal candidate has deep Finance/Accounting tech experience, 10+ years in IT leadership or related fields, and the ability to engage

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, finance, accounting or relevant field.
• 10+ years in IT leadership, business analysis or project management on large projects.
• Experience supporting Finance/Accounting functions with technology.
• Strong communication and collaboration across departments.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate relationships between Finance and Business Technology.
• Lead analysis, planning and initiative execution to meet objectives.
• Develop and communicate project roadmaps and value realization.
• Conduct business process mapping for Finance/Accounting value chain.
• Provide advisory input on initiative prioritization and scope.
• Coach stakeholders and manage expectations across projects.

Skills

Finance IT experience

Roadmap planning

Business process mapping

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Finance

Tools

Visio

Microsoft Office

Job description

You’ve discovered something special. A company that cares. Cares about leading the way in construction, engineering, manufacturing and renewable energy. Cares about redefining how energy is designed, applied and consumed. Cares about thoughtfully growing to meet market demands. And ─ as “one of the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America” ─ is focused on the mind/body/soul of team members through our Culture of Care.

The Senior BT Business Partner will facilitate the relationship between the business areas and the business technology function by providing high value consultative services to guide the understanding, simplification and automation to address business challenges and opportunities. The role will facilitate, lead, and drive the analysis and planning of initiatives to achieve company objectives through the effective use of technology. They communicate priorities, decisions and relevant information regarding business technology services, requests, projects and initiatives. This position may directly lead BT Business Partners.

The ideal candidate would have the following:

• Direct experience supporting all Finance/Accounting functions with technology. Deep understanding of processes such as AP/AR, FP&A, Financial Closeouts, Compliance, and Risk in order to implement, resource, and help make decisions on technology solutions.
• Fostering collaboration within Finance and across departmental and company boundaries.
• Building and analyzing strategic roadmaps and understand impacts across the departments
• Conduct Business Process Mapping related to Finance/Accounting value chain (e.g. ATR/RTR, OTC, PTP, etc.)
• Balancing effective situational leadership for planning, prioritizing and organizing work
• Balancing multiple demands and projects simultaneously
• Analyze business processes, technology solutions and vendor proposals to provide a recommendation to business on ideal approached
• Strong verbal, written, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in use of a PC, Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, and other productivity and communication applications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in information technology, finance, accounting or relevant field of study, preferred

or

Experience: Equivalent experience and training or a minimum of 10 years of experience in IT leadership, business analysis, and/or project management with large projects in dynamic organizations.

Travel: 15%

Work Schedule: Typical work hours are between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday. However, work may be performed at any time on any day of the week to meet business needs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Relationship and Planning

• Builds a trusted relationship with Finance at all levels throughout the company.
• Facilitates and leads sessions to understand, simplify, improve and automate business processes to focus on value realization aligned with departmental and company strategy.
• Communicates, understands and anticipates areas of need, opportunities and impacts to other business areas.
• Facilitates input from business and technology perspectives to jointly create recommendations in support of the business tactics, initiatives and strategies.
• Conducts data gathering and analysis to understand requirements.
• Coordinates or leads the Project Portfolio management process to ensure resources are allocated appropriately and projects are completed timely.

Leadership

• Provides advisory role on priority of initiatives and projects. Serves as escalation point when necessary.
• Represents business unit needs and priorities as well as departmental priorities, services, processes, procedures and roles.
• Facilitates cross-functional discussions to identify common needs and utilization of common solutions.
• Represents business technology department processes, roles, procedures to business groups.
• May directly lead BT Business Partners.

Consulting

• Leads the analysis and feasibility of improvement opportunities.
• Develops and facilitates the definition of project approach, scope, plan, technology, risks, cost vs. benefits, and resources.
• Transitions ideas and plans to project charters to a project team. Follows through on monitoring and advising with project sponsor to ensure value and scope of project is delivered through the project manager and other stakeholders.
• Possess deep understanding of Finance and Accounting function and department priorities.
• Assists in the business process redesign and documentation for new technology.
• Investigates, resolves and escalates business problems related to technology utilization.

Communication, Support, and Coaching

• Generates communication, process and educational plans as needed relevant to ideas and projects.
• Coaches and transfers subject matter knowledge to business and technology staff.
• Manages stakeholder expectations and satisfaction with projects and services.
• Supports reporting and recap of projects on regular basis.
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

The job description and responsibilities described are intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as a comprehensive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills or abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.

How Does FTI Give YOU the Chance to Thrive?

If you’re energized by new challenges, FTI provides you with many opportunities. Joining FTI opens doors to redefine what’s possible for your future.

Once you’re a team member, you’re supported and provided with the knowledge and resources to achieve your career goals with FTI. You’re officially in the driver’s seat of your career, and FTI’s career development and continued education programs give you opportunities to position yourself for success.

FTI is a “merit to the core” organization. We recognize and reward top performers, offering competitive, merit-based compensation, career path development and a flexible and robust benefits package.

Benefits are the Game-Changer

We provide industry-leading benefits as an investment in the lives of team members and their families. You’re invited to review the full list of FTI benefits available to regular/full-time team members. Start here. Grow here. Succeed here.

Faith Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – veterans/disabled.

Employment is contingent upon successfully passing a background and drug test