Senior FP&A Partner, NA Growth - AI-Enabled Finance

IFS North America, Inc.; Itasca (IL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ultimo, an IFS company, is seeking a senior FP&A business partner for North America to shape budgeting, pricing and growth decisions in a fast-moving SaaS environment. You will partner with regional leaders and bring financial insight early in the planning process.

From day one you will own forecasting for Ultimo and FSI, build project-level reporting, and help scale Finance with AI and automation while collaborating with teams across Europe, North America and Sri Lanka.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of FP&A, commercial finance or business partnering experience, ideally within SaaS and/or professional services
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with the ability to move confidently from detailed project economics to executive-level conversations
• Based in the United States within the Eastern Time Zone. This is required to ensure real-time collaboration with North American leadership and our European Finance team
• Advanced Excel skills, from complex financial modeling to efficient analysis and data handling
• A strong understanding of professional services economics, including revenue recognition, utilization and margin drivers
• A self-starter mindset: comfortable working independently, challenging assumptions and turning analysis into action
• Curiosity about AI and automation, with an interest in applying new tools to scale and strengthen FP&A

Responsibilities

• Lead forecasting and annual budgeting for North America across Ultimo and FSI
• Build strong project-level reporting and provide clear insight into project margins and services revenue recognition
• Drive utilization, capacity and resource planning for the services organization
• Turn monthly performance data - including revenue, ARR, gross margin, services margin and operating costs - into actionable business insight
• Partner closely with North American leadership, Sales and Services on pricing, hiring, investment and other key business decisions
• Champion practical opportunities to use AI and automation to improve the speed, quality and scalability of Finance processes

Skills

Financial modeling

Analytical skills

Advanced Excel

SaaS experience

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Finance, Accounting, Economics

Job description

Ultimo, an IFS company, is seeking a senior FP&A business partner for North America to shape budgeting, pricing and growth decisions in a fast-moving SaaS environment. You will partner with regional leaders and bring financial insight early in the planning process.

From day one you will own forecasting for Ultimo and FSI, build project-level reporting, and help scale Finance with AI and automation while collaborating with teams across Europe, North America and Sri Lanka.