KinderCare Learning Companies is an early childhood education provider recognized with the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award. The role of Field Finance Business Partner involves building partnerships with leadership to drive financial performance and accountability, while also evaluating performance and identifying trends to meet company objectives.
Responsibilities:
- SFBP will work closely with Field Leadership on the following:
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Actively communicate, assess feedback and resolve concerns
- Working with partners, research variances, develop forecasts and analyze trends to achieve budget
- Understand and communicate underlying causes of variances
- Partner and challenge to think of varieties of options in achieving plan
- Identify trends in data and prepare executive-level presentation materials
- Ad hoc projects, reporting, and modeling
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Finance or related field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar position with a medium to large sized company
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis
- Ability to develop and understand sophisticated financial models
- Good overall understanding of accounting principles and financial planning concepts
- MS Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint MS Access
- Experience with macros with exposure to various specialized functions and features and Visual Basic a plus
- Strong understanding of financial reporting software (ERP / Power BI, Hyperion Enterprise and Reporting software)
- Outstanding problem solving and analytical skills
- Detail orientation with high attention to quality and accuracy
- Ability to work independently and be self-motivated
- Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills
- Experience presenting to groups and conducting trainings
- Ability to interact with various levels of management and develop strong working partnerships
- MBA degree a plus