Position summaryThe Senior Finance Business Partner (SFBP) supports the operational management of the company in achieving project profitability and billability through the provision of financial information, and the financial management of client projects. The SFBP is responsible for managing, tracking, and forecasting the financials of the business pillar, ensuring client financial requirements are delivered and accurate financial information is recorded. In addition to these duties, I am responsible for the line management of the finance team that supports the pillar assigned, this includes Finance Business Partners (FBP) and Project Finance Accountants (PFA). Part of my role involves reviewing my team’s work, what they are delivering to the business and any additional ad hoc needs.

• Line Manager to one Finance Project Accountant.• Lead UAT team responsible for testing and implementing new financial system (Maconomy & Oracle) as well as training the entire company on the product.• Partner with Client Services team of leading global healthcare communications company to provide financial management and reporting for projects, which includes managing project revenue recognition forecasts (by month).• Analyze operational versus financial percent complete of projects to evaluate reasonableness of revenue recognition and billings.• Prepare budgets on a quarterly basis and manage over $13 million in revenue.• Reconcile accounts including billings, net revenue, and direct non-labor costs; prepare journal entries to maintain data integrity.• Perform monthly review and analysis of forecast versus actual variances and prepare respective commentaries to report to management.• Check the accuracy of monthly accruals, revenue close, and variance analysis.• Perform monthly financial close tasks that include analyzing and reviewing general ledger and balance sheet accounts to ensure financial transactions are recorded accurately.• Prepare client invoices and ensure they are sent on a timely basis per the terms of the relevant agreement, Service Order, or Purchase Order.• Coordinate with the Accounts Receivable and Project Management teams to ensure payment is received from the client within terms.• Provide year-end support for auditor requirements, which may include research and reconciliation.

Developed, modified, maintained and continuously improved reporting processes using a variety of reporting and analysis tools.Combined data from disparate databases to create and manage metrics and reporting.Reviewed, evaluated, designed, implemented and maintained reports and analyses to support current business initiatives.Met daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting deadlines for the Operations team.Supported department needs for ad hoc reporting.Provided technical and analytical expertise in responding to complex, specialized report requests requiring sophisticated data analyses and data management experience.Analyzed and validated reporting results for accuracy and business requirements.Researched issues to determine source of discrepancies and identify solutions for preventing future discrepancies.Conducted cross-organizational training.

Provided high-level financial support to Program Management, including, without limitation, analysis of project budgets, Oracle task-level cost reviews, weekly status reports, and monthly action item reports.Attended monthly financial calls with Finance in order to analysis and provide resolution on project financials.Reviewed and red-lined A&E drawings.Responsible for building strong relationships and coordinating project/program deliverables with multiple internal teams, including Sales, Leasing Operations, Compliance, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Site Development, Construction, and Program Management. Participated in a collaborative cross-functional team to effectively support the processes to initiate, plan, execute and monitor all phases of projects or sub-projects.Managed document uploads and performed internal audit functions to ensure all required documents were uploaded to the shared system prior to closing out a project.Responsible for logging purchase orders, invoicing customers, processing vendor setups, preparing cost transfers, purchase order creation, processing check requests and preparing project/task closures.Attended deployment calls and worked closely with Program/Project/Construction Manager to maintain milestone completion dates in the project tracker and system databases; maintained organized project files and ensured that databases contained only pertinent project files.Proactively provided and communicated solutions of problems and production issues to key internal stakeholders, including Program/Project/Construction Managers, Network Development and Program Management leadership.