Finance Business Partner Jobs in Michigan

INTRODUCTION

NSF is looking to add a dynamic Business Partner Financial Planning and Analysis to our Finance Team to support NSF Food equipment and Food Advisory divisions. The Business Partner FP&A will provide all business insight aspects on a global program/project that spans multiple global divisions & functions.

Responsibilities

- Leads weekly program/project financial review.
- Drives and supports the forecast, budget and business plan process.
- Collaborate with the business / functions to establish common global KPI's.
- Develops business case for any program/project initiative driven by the global division or function.
- Drives continuous improvement within the program/project.
- Always looking for ways to improve the business.
- Sharing any ideas and wins with all divisional, regional, and functional FP&A teams.
- Follows the consistent processes established within the finance function.
- Interacts and educates with global division or function leaders on how to read and interpret management reports and gathers feedback on enhancements to management reporting.
- Analyzes the operational metrics to the monthly financial statement to properly interpret what is happening within the project/program.
- Leads discussion with the business or function leaders to tell the financial story from a variance to budget, forecast and prior year.
- Provides ongoing education to global division or function leadership to increase business acumen.
- Support month end close with variance analysis and collaborate with FP&A and general ledger teams to improve month end process.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelors Degree
- Minimum of 5 Years of Finance experience.
- Advanced Excel Skills (Modeling, Macros, Pivot Tables, etc.)
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills.
- Demonstrated ability to develop forward-looking forecasts, budgets & business plans.
- Demonstrated ability to prepare and present accurate monthly summary of P&L to senior level leadership.
- High proficiency in establishing and maintaining effective relationships across the business to understand the business drivers and goals.
- Ability to drive the development and reporting of operating metrics that ensure financial performance.
- Demonstrated ability to support presentation of complex analysis with clarity and to work in a deadline driven environment.
- Proficiency to ensure decisions made are aligned with accounting guidelines.
- Ability to work onsite a minimum of three days per week.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- MBA
- Experience leading a project or project team
- Experience with Budget & Reporting Software (Oracle, Power BI, Oracle Hyperion, Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), OneStream, Hubble, Tableau, etc.)

About us

With a legacy spanning more than 80 years, NSF leverages science and innovation to improve human and planet health. We provide science-driven, independent testing, inspection, certification, and advisory services and develop the very standards that drive the food, water, and life sciences industries worldwide. We empower our clients to navigate shifting regulations to improve consumer health, safety, and quality of life.

One of our core values is We Are One NSF. This means that while we’re one team, we embrace the cultural, ethnic, language, and demographic diversity that reflects the societies in which we live and work.

Come join a team that makes a difference in the world. More information about NSF can be found at nsf.org.

NSF is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or disability.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Please note that NSF is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies/search firms for this role. Resumes submitted to an NSF employee by a third-party agency without a valid written & signed search agreement between NSF and said third-party agency will become the sole property of NSF. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

ABOUT THE TEAM

We are the guardians of NSF’s assets. We are the keepers and providers of accurate and useful financial information which empowers careful and rational decision making. We do this so NSF may better advance its public health and safety mission.