Job Description Summary
The Finance Support Leader serves as a strategic commercial partner, providing critical financial oversight and decision-support for the Support P&L leader. This role balances rigorous P&L Finance Support with commercial finance deal governance, ensuring profitability while driving robust financial reporting and operational excellence across the organization.Job Description
Support P&L Management & Strategy
- Financial Ownership: Manage the Support P&L end-to-end, including Orders, Sales, costs, and Gross Margin, ensuring operational drivers are clearly connected to financial outcomes.
- PLC Implementation: Work with Commercial and Product teams to implement Product Life Cycle (PLC) strategies and capture pricing value.
- Strategic Reviews: Facilitate monthly reviews with the Support leadership team to drive growth and cost productivity, including the integration of AI tools while managing associated costs.
- Forecasting: Lead revenue, margin, and license forecasting related to the Support P&L.
- RPO Management: Maintain ownership of RPO (Remaining Performance Obligation) consolidation and reporting, ensuring high-quality data.
- Centralization: Lead the centralization of Support estimates, pacing, and budgets to improve consistency and efficiency.
Commercial Finance & Governance
- Business Partnering: Partner closely with Sales and leadership to provide actionable financial insights that drive better business decisions.
- Deal Review: Lead financial reviews of commercial opportunities, assessing pricing, deal structures, and convertibility against GA&S controllership guidelines.
- Commercial Challenge: Constructively challenge pricing, discounting, and contract terms to protect value and profitability.
Operational Excellence
- Continuous Improvement: Identify recurring issues through data analysis and implement sustainable, long-term solutions.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Finance, Operations, and Commercial teams to deliver shared business objectives and ensure financial reporting remains robust and aligned with strategic goals.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college or relevant experience
- Minimum 6 years of experience in FP&A and/or Project Controlling
- Demonstrated experience in financial analysis, forecasting, and business partnering
Desired Characteristics
- Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to clearly explain complex financial information.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems using sound professional judgment.
- Minimum 8 years of documenting, planning, and executing financial processes and programs.
- High attention to detail, strong ownership, and ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to develop consensus and influence stakeholders across functions and countries.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No