Job Description

The Finance Business Partner (FBP) is a trusted partner to our commercial teams, responsible for end-to-end business planning, forecasting, and budget submissions for the teams supported. They ensure key assumptions, dependencies, risks, and opportunities are understood, articulated, and managed to deliver accurate and timely financial reporting. Operating in a culture of accountability and continuous improvement, the FBP leverages their commercial insight and passion for problem-solving to deliver “right first time” insight and analysis.

Key Responsibilities

Budgeting and Long-Range Planning:

• Prepare timely, accurate and commercially focused budget and 3 Year Plan
• Challenge commercial team on business issues and revenue/cost assumptions
• Develop granular, zero-base cost budgets to ensure proper resourcing 
• Anticipate likely review questions and answer them in advance with supporting analysis

Monthly Close and Reforecasting:

• Provide accurate and timely revenue and expense journals to shared services team
• Prepare variance commentary for key movements vs the latest forecast – revenue, expense, HC
• Update monthly rolling forecast with guidance from Finance Director

Other Responsibilities:

• Manage on financial analyst direct report

• Model pricing strategies – discounts, rate tiers, revenue optimization

• Prepare financial plans in support of product launches and capital expenditures

• Provide decision support around staffing changes, sales resource planning/commissioning, etc.

• Ensure accurate weekly sales reports prepared and distributed on time

• Other ad-hoc reporting and analysis as required

Qualifications

Our Ideal Candidate has

• Firm grasp of financial processes and systems including Enterprise-level ERP systems (Oracle, SAP), CRM systems (salesforce), and Microsoft Excel
• Strong analytical skills; evaluates problems from both tactical and strategic perspectives
• Excellent communication; influences business stakeholders at numerous levels and senior leaders around their performance
• Attention to detail; able to apply technical accounting and finance expertise pragmatically, while maintaining high levels of accuracy and complying with corporate policies
• Professional qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance with at least 5-7 years subsequent experience; MBA preferred

Additional Information

Employee experience is very important to us at Informa. On top of joining a supportive, diverse and ambitious team that welcomes all types of candidates. We are also flexible with different working patterns and prioritises promotions internally. Our benefits include: 

• Learning and development plan to assist with your career development  
• 15 days PTO plus 10 national holidays, 4 days for volunteering and a day off for your birthday!  
• Competitive Benefits with 401k match 
• Paid parental leave 
• Commuters benefit 
• Work with a high quality of specialist products and service  
• Bright and friendly staff who are all “expert’s experts” and additional training and development for helping you achieve your career aspiration  
• Employee Stock Purchase Program - become a shareholder  
• Regular social events and networking opportunities

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed.  As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under federal, state or local law.  

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.