OPT Finance Business Partner Jobs
Finance Business Partner jobs on OPT require employers to support your work authorization, whether through OPT extension as a STEM-eligible finance graduate or transition to H-1B visa sponsorship. Most roles sit inside mid-to-large companies where finance teams regularly hire international candidates with accounting, economics, or business analytics backgrounds.
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The Senior Finance Business Partner (FBP) is the key financial business partner providing consultative support for assigned McLeod operational groups creating a trusted and active partnership with both operations and finance. They spend extensive face time with executives and operational leaders to assess needs while consulting and providing real time support, financial analysis, and strategic support as trusted advisors to guide decision making. They lead Finance Department initiatives and ensure the development of consistent streamlined financial tools and analysis to be utilized across the enterprise.
Senior Finance Business Partners provide targeted strategic insights across departmental areas as well as enterprise wide. They base these insights on analysis of operational performance, industry dynamics, macro-economic trends and the competitor landscape. They are responsible for leveraging their foundational expertise in financial modeling, business planning, analysis, data visualization and exploration tools, general ledger, operational/clinical/technical workflows. They partner with operational leaders to improve facility and department level contribution to the overall system financial margin. This is accomplished by providing analysis and insight that links financial information/measures to business strategies and by developing effective procedures to ensure key operational and financial targets are delivered.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serves as a key financial advisor to senior leadership, delivering insights that support business growth, cost optimization, and long-term planning.
- Assist operational leaders in the annual operational and capital budgeting processes ensuring business and capital plans align with system wide financial targets and strategies.
- Participate and lead monthly financial reviews with operational leaders to understand performance drivers and collaborate on mitigation strategies to bring performance in line with key targets.
- Collaborate on complex business plans and business cases. Conduct complex analysis, including forecasting, sensitivity analysis, and scenario modeling in partnership with FBPs, operational leaders, and senior leadership.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned client groups for all financial topics by developing and maintaining trusted advisor relationships with operational leaders.
- Ability to apply the principles of independent logical, analytical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and recommend solutions to complex problems and issues.
- Demonstrate excellent communication, interpersonal, and trust building skills inspiring confidence of customers and colleagues.
- Mentors and guides junior finance team members, sharing expertise, fostering skill development, and ensuring the team’s success.
- Perform other duties as assigned to support the needs of meeting McLeod’s mission, their assigned operational groups, and the Finance team.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree, in Finance, Accounting, Business, Healthcare, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering or related areas.
- Six years of experience in Finance, Healthcare, Analytics, or related position.
- Advanced proficiency in excel and other analysis tools.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s degree in finance, Accounting Business, Healthcare, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or related area.
- Experience within a health system, physician practice, ambulatory, or hospital setting.
- CPA, CFA, HFMA certifications.
If you would enjoy working in a dynamic environment and are looking for an opportunity to become part of a stellar team of professionals, we invite you to apply online today. We are an equal opportunity employer.
Founded in 1906, McLeod Health is a locally owned and managed, not for profit organization supported by the strength of more than 900 members on its medical staff and more than 2,900 licensed nurses. McLeod Health is also composed of approximately 15,000 team members and more than 90 physician practices throughout its 18-county service area. With seven hospitals, McLeod Health operates three Health and Fitness Centers, a Sports Medicine and Outpatient Rehabilitation Center, Hospice and Home Health Services. The system currently has 988 licensed beds, including Hospice and Behavioral Health. The hospitals within McLeod Health include: McLeod Regional Medical Center, McLeod Health Dillon, McLeod Health Loris, McLeod Health Seacoast, McLeod Health Cheraw, McLeod Health Clarendon and McLeod Behavioral Health.
INTRODUCTION
The Senior Finance Business Partner (FBP) is the key financial business partner providing consultative support for assigned McLeod operational groups creating a trusted and active partnership with both operations and finance. They spend extensive face time with executives and operational leaders to assess needs while consulting and providing real time support, financial analysis, and strategic support as trusted advisors to guide decision making. They lead Finance Department initiatives and ensure the development of consistent streamlined financial tools and analysis to be utilized across the enterprise.
Senior Finance Business Partners provide targeted strategic insights across departmental areas as well as enterprise wide. They base these insights on analysis of operational performance, industry dynamics, macro-economic trends and the competitor landscape. They are responsible for leveraging their foundational expertise in financial modeling, business planning, analysis, data visualization and exploration tools, general ledger, operational/clinical/technical workflows. They partner with operational leaders to improve facility and department level contribution to the overall system financial margin. This is accomplished by providing analysis and insight that links financial information/measures to business strategies and by developing effective procedures to ensure key operational and financial targets are delivered.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serves as a key financial advisor to senior leadership, delivering insights that support business growth, cost optimization, and long-term planning.
- Assist operational leaders in the annual operational and capital budgeting processes ensuring business and capital plans align with system wide financial targets and strategies.
- Participate and lead monthly financial reviews with operational leaders to understand performance drivers and collaborate on mitigation strategies to bring performance in line with key targets.
- Collaborate on complex business plans and business cases. Conduct complex analysis, including forecasting, sensitivity analysis, and scenario modeling in partnership with FBPs, operational leaders, and senior leadership.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned client groups for all financial topics by developing and maintaining trusted advisor relationships with operational leaders.
- Ability to apply the principles of independent logical, analytical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and recommend solutions to complex problems and issues.
- Demonstrate excellent communication, interpersonal, and trust building skills inspiring confidence of customers and colleagues.
- Mentors and guides junior finance team members, sharing expertise, fostering skill development, and ensuring the team’s success.
- Perform other duties as assigned to support the needs of meeting McLeod’s mission, their assigned operational groups, and the Finance team.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree, in Finance, Accounting, Business, Healthcare, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering or related areas.
- Six years of experience in Finance, Healthcare, Analytics, or related position.
- Advanced proficiency in excel and other analysis tools.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s degree in finance, Accounting Business, Healthcare, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or related area.
- Experience within a health system, physician practice, ambulatory, or hospital setting.
- CPA, CFA, HFMA certifications.
If you would enjoy working in a dynamic environment and are looking for an opportunity to become part of a stellar team of professionals, we invite you to apply online today. We are an equal opportunity employer.
Founded in 1906, McLeod Health is a locally owned and managed, not for profit organization supported by the strength of more than 900 members on its medical staff and more than 2,900 licensed nurses. McLeod Health is also composed of approximately 15,000 team members and more than 90 physician practices throughout its 18-county service area. With seven hospitals, McLeod Health operates three Health and Fitness Centers, a Sports Medicine and Outpatient Rehabilitation Center, Hospice and Home Health Services. The system currently has 988 licensed beds, including Hospice and Behavioral Health. The hospitals within McLeod Health include: McLeod Regional Medical Center, McLeod Health Dillon, McLeod Health Loris, McLeod Health Seacoast, McLeod Health Cheraw, McLeod Health Clarendon and McLeod Behavioral Health.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship in Finance Business Partner
Target STEM OPT-eligible degree paths
Finance Business Partner roles often qualify for STEM OPT extension if your degree is in a STEM-designated field like financial engineering, econometrics, or business analytics. Confirm your CIP code with your DSO before applying to roles with short OPT timelines.
Focus on companies with established H-1B track records
Large corporations in financial services, healthcare, and tech routinely sponsor Finance Business Partners for H-1B visas. Search USCIS disclosure data to verify which employers have filed H-1B visa petitions for this specific job title in recent years.
Lead with business impact, not just finance credentials
Finance Business Partners are hired to influence decisions, not just report numbers. Quantify how your analysis drove cost savings, improved forecasting accuracy, or supported a strategic initiative to differentiate yourself from candidates with purely technical backgrounds.
Address OPT timing proactively with recruiters
Recruiters in FP&A and commercial finance expect candidates to clarify work authorization early. State your OPT end date and STEM extension eligibility in the first conversation so hiring managers can confirm sponsorship capacity before investing time in interviews.
Build financial modeling and business intelligence skills
Employers hiring Finance Business Partners on OPT expect proficiency in Excel, Power BI, or Tableau alongside core FP&A skills. These technical competencies reduce perceived hiring risk and strengthen your case for H-1B sponsorship after your OPT period ends.
Network within finance functions at sponsoring employers
Internal referrals significantly accelerate hiring decisions for Finance Business Partner roles. Connecting with FP&A analysts, controllers, or finance directors at companies known to sponsor visas increases your chances of reaching hiring managers before a role is publicly posted.
Finance Business Partner OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as a Finance Business Partner on OPT?
Yes, F-1 students with OPT authorization can work as Finance Business Partners, provided the role is directly related to your degree field. Finance, accounting, economics, and business analytics degrees typically satisfy this requirement. If your degree is STEM-designated, you may also qualify for a 24-month STEM OPT extension, giving you up to three years of total OPT work authorization.
Do Finance Business Partner employers commonly sponsor H-1B visas?
Yes, particularly at large corporations in financial services, technology, healthcare, and consumer goods. Finance Business Partners are specialty occupation roles that qualify for H-1B sponsorship because they require at minimum a bachelor's degree in a specific field. Mid-sized and regional employers are less predictable, so verifying H-1B filing history before accepting an offer is worth the effort. Migrate Mate lists Finance Business Partner roles filtered by sponsorship history to help you identify the right employers.
Does a Finance Business Partner role qualify as a STEM occupation for the OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not the job title. The STEM OPT extension is tied to your CIP code at graduation, not the role itself. If your degree in financial engineering, quantitative finance, or business analytics carries a STEM-designated CIP code, you can apply for the extension regardless of what the job is called. Confirm your eligibility with your designated school official before your standard OPT period ends.
What should I include in my application to signal I'm a strong Finance Business Partner candidate despite needing sponsorship?
Lead with quantifiable business impact: forecast accuracy improvements, cost reduction initiatives, or revenue analysis that supported a strategic decision. Finance Business Partners are evaluated on commercial judgment and communication skills, not just technical finance knowledge. Demonstrating that you can translate data into recommendations for non-finance stakeholders makes sponsorship concerns a secondary consideration for most hiring managers at larger employers.
Where can I find Finance Business Partner jobs that offer OPT and H-1B sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students searching for roles at employers willing to support work authorization. You can browse Finance Business Partner listings filtered by sponsorship openness, saving time you would otherwise spend manually researching each company's H-1B filing history. The platform is designed around the specific constraints OPT students face, including STEM extension timelines and cap-subject H-1B deadlines.