Senior Finance Business Partner

Overview

We are looking for a driven Senior Finance Business Partner to join our Aerospace Connectivity Business Unit team in Georgetown, TX to support our business unit finance team.

A successful candidate will build relationships with key partners working to identify and drive opportunities and strategic initiatives. This role will focus on performing financial reporting, planning & analysis responsibilities, as well as the responsibilities of a finance business partner, supporting various business analysis and decision making. This position is best suited for an individual who possesses strong economic and critical thinking skills and thrives in collaborating with a broad range of individuals and capabilities.

This role will report directly to the Director FP&A.

• Financial Reporting, Planning & Analysis
  • Assist with monthly forecasting and closing activities including preparation of pre-close estimates, validation and analysis of monthly results, sales commission analysis, assessing and revising monthly forecasts, and preparing financial commentary.
  • Support timely preparation of periodic and ad-hoc management reporting for various customers including business and division management, Corporate Finance and C-level executives.
  • Analyze financial data and create financial models for decision making.
  • Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendation for improvements.
  • Recommend actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analysis; study proposed changes in methods and materials.
• Finance Business Partnership
  • Analyze and review profitability of our products and initiatives, partnering with Product Managers, Product Focus Teams, Engineering, Sales, and IT to understand return on investments and strategies.
  • Develop good working relationship with the business and support the business by responding to various ad hoc requests for data, analyses, and presentations.
  • Proactively drive creative destruction and continually look for ways to improve processes and create additional value for customers.
  • Research and provide market insights (e.g. competitor analysis, market trends) to support strategic initiatives of the business.
  • Provide continuous finance training (e.g., financial metrics, decision-making framework) to business partners.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business related fields
• 5+ years of experience in accounting, financial reporting, or financial analysis
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Organization skills to anticipate, plan, organize and self-monitor workload
• Effective verbal and written communication skills demonstrating the ability to express ideas and exchange information clearly and concisely across functions and levels within organization

• Systems and Tools savvy:
  You have experience in
  • Working with SAP, One Streams or other large ERP,
  • Sourcing large volumes of data from multiple systems, performing analysis and developing a point of view,
  • Advanced MS Excel capability (e.g. Pivot Tables, V & H Lookups, creating charts and tables, data modeling, financial returns, forecasting, graphs, charts, macros)
  • Business analysis and data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL)
• Transformation focused:
  You are flexible and able to prioritize your work in a dynamic environment, embrace and lead change, and seek to improve processes.

At ADS Finance, every team member is viewed as an owner and entrepreneur, taking initiative and responsibility for the success of the locations and businesses they support. We foster a culture where priorities are guided by value creation, and continuous coaching is provided to enhance capabilities and drive innovation.

Success in this role is achieved by cultivating and maintaining trusted business partnerships. You will leverage a strong analytical mindset to challenge and improve existing processes, driving value and efficiency. Your role also involves coaching our business partners, empowering them with the insights needed for sound economic decision-making and providing…