Sr Director, Finance Business Partner

Fairygodboss; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Fairygodboss is seeking a Senior Director, Finance Business Partner based in Alpharetta, Georgia. This role will drive financial strategies and solutions, providing vital insights to senior management and aligning financial strategies with business priorities.

The ideal candidate will possess 12+ years of finance experience and be a trusted advisor to various stakeholders. Emphasis will be placed on communication skills, strategic planning, and operational excellence in a dynamic environment.

Join us to leverage your expertise at Fairygodboss and make impactful business decisions!

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in a similar role.
• Demonstrated experience as a trusted advisor.
• Experience presenting to senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with key stakeholders to align on business priorities.
• Drive financial best practices throughout the organization.
• Create annual operating plans aligned with strategic plans.

Skills

Executive presence

Conflict management skills

Negotiating skills

Communication expertise

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or equivalent

Tools

Hyperion

Job description

ADP is hiring a Senior Director, Finance Business Partner

• Are you an experienced finance leader, highly skilled at partnering with stakeholders to align on business priorities and develop strategies to drive growth and margin improvements?
• Do you have expertise in providing financial and strategic decision support to senior management and employing fact‑based data analysis to provide insights that help solve complex business problems?

Well, this may be the role for you.

In this critical role, the Senior Director, Finance Business Partner will provide financial and strategic decision support to the business to ensure achievement of short and long‑term financial goals. This role will support the PEO (Professional Employer Organization) BU – over $6BN in annual revenue. Partnering with management, the Senior Director will facilitate the understanding of key business dynamics, including productivity analysis, margin improvement, pricing, etc.

Driving financial best practices, the Senior Director will optimize financial opportunities regarding revenue and expense management throughout the organization. In addition, the Senior Director acts as a support function for the operating plan, forecast process, and management reporting/financial close activities. Other areas of focus will include FP&A and P&L Management, requiring knowledge of and/or coordination with operational experts.

Insightful Expertise is a core value at ADP and in Corporate Finance, our colleagues around the world depend on us for that. Whether it’s a new product in development, a new technology under consideration, a new business acquisition or a new office opening – Corporate Finance plays a critical role in ADP's growth. We are a passionate partner committed to ADP's success – and are looking for like‑minded individuals who want to be part of our winning team.

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What you'll do

• Business Partnering: Partners with Key Stakeholders and Business Partners to align on business priorities and drive effective solutions/execution. Constructively communicates compelling arguments based on facts and data and obtains necessary buy‑in to deliver on business objectives. Partners with senior/general management in setting direction and managing key priorities such as client profitability and retention, competitive position, expense management, product enhancements and other business opportunities. Acts as the Finance business partner to functional partners for decision making.
• Business Analysis: Commands deep understanding of objectives, issues and root causes to provide insightful, fact‑based data analysis to help solve complex problems. Provides financial and strategic decision support to senior management to ensure achievement of short‑ and long‑term financial goals. Assists management in understanding the business dynamics which includes productivity, relationships, model, trends, leading indicators and business statistics.
• Strategic Planning and Initiatives: Partners with business leadership to develop strategies and initiatives to drive growth and margin improvements. Executes on strategic initiatives such as product launches, tech enhancements, and process improvement efforts. Develops business cases and recommends strategies to ensure business growth/market presence and margin improvement. Maintains an awareness of general economic, competitive, business and financial conditions and communicates impact on business operations to key stakeholders.
• Operating Planning and Forecasting: Creates annual operating plan that is aligned to the strategic plan and performs forecasting to provide visibility into business results to enable business decisions. Provides consultative input or business analyses to support operating planning and forecasting.
• Financial Operational Policy: Establishes and maintains consistent financial operational policies and procedures to govern related practices. Drives identification of best practices related to financial operations policies and procedures; recommends modifications as needed. Ensures continued compliance with all policies and practices such as Loss Reporting/Technical Lost Business.
• Management Reporting and Financial Close Activities: Produces and distributes recurring and ad hoc management reports. Responsible for financial reporting accuracy; partners with shared services organizations and ensures adequate control environment to mitigate financial and business risks in collaboration with process owners. Leverages recurring and ad hoc management reporting to identify trends, build business cases, highlight opportunities and risks, and drive business decision making.

Experience

You have 12+ years of experience in relevant skills gained and developed in the same or similar role.

TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE

• Executive presence
• Demonstrated experience as a trusted advisor to business partners. Recognized by business partners as Finance and Business SME.
• Demonstrated expertise in communicating the story behind the numbers and making a compelling case to a range of audiences.
• Experience effectively challenging others' assumptions and redirecting thinking.
• Excellent conflict management and negotiating skills.
• Experience presenting to senior leaders.
• You’ll have a bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or equivalent.

For additional comfortability in the role

• MBA / EMBA
• Graduate of Finance Leadership Development Program
• Consulting or investment banking experience
• Experience with Hyperion

YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN

• Have courageous team collaboration. Courage comes from how associates are willing to have difficult conversations, speak up, be an owner, and challenge one another's ideas to find the best solution.
• Deliver at epic scale. We deliver real user outcomes using strong judgment and good instincts. We're obsessed with the art of achieving simplicity with a focus on client happiness and productivity.
• Be surrounded by curious learners. We align ourselves with other smart people in an environment where we grow and elevate one another to the next level. We encourage our associates to listen, stay agile, and learn from mistakes.
• Act like an owner & doer. Mission-driven and committed to leading change, you will be encouraged to take on any challenge and solve complex problems. No tasks are beneath or too great for us. We are hands‑on and willing to master our craft.
• Give back to others. Always do the right thing for our clients and our community and humbly give back to the community where we live and work. Support our associates in times of need through ADP's Philanthropic Foundation.
• Join a company committed to equality and equity. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions.

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