Finance Business Partner

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Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is seeking a Finance Business Partner for the Services business unit at DEPCOM Power. This position will be based in Scottsdale or Wichita and report to the DEPCOM VP of Finance. If you are an ambitious business leader with capability in business finance, and a passion to engage with all areas of the business this could be an excellent role for you.

This role provides an opportunity to further prepare you for additional responsibility within finance or advance your journey to lead a business or capability. This role is not eligible for VISA Sponsorship. As a valued member of the DEPCOM Services leadership team you will work directly with business leaders as a thought‑partner / strategic advisor to advance the business vision.

You will bring the necessary economic and financial knowledge to the leadership team, improve decision making, and maximize value creation for customers, suppliers, shareholders and other constituents. A successful candidate will be a Principled Entrepreneur who provides creativity and a contribution mindset to vision development and long‑range planning processes and assists in the development of clear strategies and priorities to capture opportunities that increase long‑term profitability.

This will be accomplished by the personal application of our management framework, Principle Based Management (PBM) and by influencing its application throughout the business.

• Build strategic partnerships throughout the organization to align priorities, improve decision making, act, and hold others accountable to outcomes
• Partner with the broader finance and accounting organization to provide financial domain expertise
• Apply knowledge from other industries and business models to analyze current business performance, to develop vision and strategies and to originate ideas
• Understand and be able to effectively articulate business objectives, insights and market drivers
• Drive application of PBM frameworks, dimensions, principles, economic tools (marginal analysis, DMF, opportunity cost, risk optimization etc.) and key financial metrics (EVA, NPV, ROCC, NIAT etc.) to improve decision making and results throughout the business
• Develop usable economic models that improve the day‑to‑day decision making of the team
• Promote the integrated business team concept by connecting business leaders to the key drivers of current performance and the levers to improve future outcomes
• Provide economic and financial leadership and challenge that increases the speed and quality of business decisions, informs strategies, and drives prioritization and execution

• Experience in business analysis, finance, accounting, business strategy, sales, procurement, planning, engineering, project execution, or other business capability roles with responsibilities that included improving the financial performance of the business
• Experience, passion and capability in analyzing and communicating periodic financial performance (monthly, quarterly, annual results), near‑term financial forecasts (next year), long‑range strategic planning (3‑5‑year outlooks), and key financial improvement bets throughout these time frames
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (storytelling) including using effective charts and graphs that can connect to all levels of the organization
• Ability to simplify and advance decision making with highly ambiguous business analysis

• Applicable experience in business capabilities outside of Finance & Accounting
• Three statement financial modeling experience
• Experience in electrical generation utility or construction services markets
• Demonstrated experience leading cross‑functional initiatives as well as partnering with senior leaders in a business team environment to communicate business strategy, articulate economic value of alternative options, and/or seek investment authority from senior leadership

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