Senior Business Partner, Finance

Nightingale College is focused on higher learning in healthcare professions, and they are seeking a Senior Business Partner in Finance to connect strategy, operations, and finance. This role will influence decision-making across the institution by translating operational priorities into actionable financial models and insights, empowering leaders to make data-informed decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with function leaders to review and analyze budget-to-actuals, monthly spends, FTE allocations, and resource utilization
• Identify and communicate reforecasts, variances, pulls, pushes, saves, and misses in operating budgets
• Translate operational strategies and resource needs into inputs for FP&A models, ensuring accuracy and alignment
• Collaborate with the Controller’s office to ensure accurate reporting and alignment between actuals and forecasts
• Work with the Transformation Office (Operational Effectiveness team) to ensure financial resources are aligned with institutional outcomes and value creation
• Provide scenario analysis to evaluate options, prioritizing those that deliver the greatest impact and efficiency
• Support decision-making for new initiatives, staffing models, and investments by connecting financial implications with expected outcomes
• Support and facilitate monthly budget review conversations with executives and functional leaders
• Establish repeatable processes for variance analysis, reforecasting, and FTE modeling
• Document and communicate agreed-upon financial assumptions to ensure alignment between historical reporting (Controller) and forward-looking projections (FP&A)
• Provide financial literacy coaching to operational leaders on budgets, forecasts, and financial concepts
• Develop simple tools/templates for functions to manage their operating resources
• Serve as a trusted partner and 'single source of truth' for budget owners and executives

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 5+ years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, or business operations, ideally within higher education
• Strong understanding of budget management, forecasting, and FTE/staffing models
• Experience working cross-functionally with operations, finance, and transformation/strategy teams
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to influence and build trust with executives and functional leaders
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with an ability to connect operational activities to financial outcomes
• Master's or CPA
• Proficiency in financial systems (e.g., Sage Intacct, Anaplan, Banner/Ellucian, Workiva)