Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Partner II
Job Description
The Senior Finance FP&A; Partner is a key member of the Support FP&A; team. In this role, you will play an integral part in the forecasting, planning, and reporting of operating expenses and headcount for the segment. This role goes far beyond just reporting the numbers; you will interpret the story the data tells to ensure strategic alignment across the company.
The Support FP&A; team is a fast-paced, high-performing group that executes financial reporting, planning, and analysis. You will partner closely with leaders across the entire Nielsen organization to improve reporting packages, planning processes, financial models, KPIs, and workforce analytics. Strong financial acumen, specifically in expense management, budgeting, variance analysis, and operational strategy, is required.
Responsibilities
• Corporate Expense Forecasting & Modeling: Drive the execution of the end-to-end expense forecasting process. Build sophisticated models to predict recurring expenses, monitor vendor contracts and software/tool usage, and lead detailed headcount and labor cost forecasting.
• Strategic Partnership: Serve as a finance advisor to internal corporate support teams (Communications, EIT, Exec, Finance, HR, Legal, and Marketing). Provide the data-driven "why" behind variance gaps and deliver actionable insights to help leaders optimize their budgets and resource allocation.
• Systems & Analytics Optimization: Leverage enterprise tools to improve corporate reporting packages, automate planning processes, and elevate the maturity of our financial KPIs
• Problem Solving & Innovation: Interpret complex internal or external business issues, take a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions, and recommend financial best practices.
• Independent Execution: Work autonomously, requiring minimal guidance on day-to-day operations and executing core deliverables independently, seeking direction only in the most complex, ambiguous situations.
• Project Leadership: Act as a project leader or champion for functional initiatives with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
Requirements
Department: Finance
Experience Level: Not Applicable