Pearson
Finance Business Partner - Marketing
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $110K - $130K
💻 Marketing
🗓️ February 28th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Pearson is hiring a Finance Business Partner - Marketing. The role involves overseeing financial planning and investments for the global Pearson Marketing division, acting as a financial lead and partner to senior marketing leaders, and ensuring accurate financial reporting and control. Responsibilities include ensuring appropriate returns on marketing investments and providing strategic financial planning leadership, while coordinating activities across multiple finance teams.
Highlights
- Oversee financial planning and marketing investments.
- Lead financial quantification for service expansion investments.
- Track financial performance and provide variance insights.
- Ensure accurate financial forecasts and strategic alignment.
- Utilize shared resources for effective financial service delivery.
- Manage financial risks and ensure controls are in place.
- Communicate findings effectively to facilitate executive decisions.
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance required.
- Compensation ranges from $110,000 to $130,000 annually.
Finance Business Partner - Marketing Full Description
Finance Business Partner - Marketing
USA
Job: FINANCE
Schedule: FULL_TIME
About the role
This role will oversee the financial planning and investments into the newly consolidated global Pearson Marketing division. This individual will be the financial lead & partner to senior marketing leaders and their leadership teams overseeing these areas and as such will ensure accurate and insightful financial reporting, that there exists an appropriate financial control environment, support the business to ensure there is appropriate return on marketing investment, provide strategic and financial planning leadership. This individual will also work across multiple finance teams and coordinate & organise planning, allocation and reporting activities.
The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to successfully operate in a complex matrix environment with high levels of change, strong core financial skills and an analytical thinker with strong communication, influencing and interpersonal skills.
Key responsibilities
- Work with senior management to translate strategic plans into operational plans that align to targets, including investment prioritization activity.
- Lead the financial quantification of investments that are intended to expand & improve service offerings, support growth & profitability.
- Track financial performance of investments and operational plans. Flag and provide insight on any variance on costs or benefits.
- Take accountability to ensure that reported financials and financial projections are accurate, and risks and opportunities are well understood. Work with other finance teams across the organisation to ensure alignment.
- Effectively utilise shared financial service resources, to deliver on stakeholder expectations and ensure no surprises.
- Across all locations ensure aspects of financial risk have been considered and controls are in place.
- Effectively articulate findings and outcomes through high quality communications and facilitate executive decision.
- Provides senior management with a broader view on functional topics (non-financial)
- Ensure divisional marketing allocations are timely and accurate.
- Drive to deliver exceptional performance and shift priorities as the needs of the organization change.
What we are looking for:
The ideal candidate will have an undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance, complemented by a professional accountancy qualification or substantial experience in a commercial finance role. Additionally, experience working in and with Marketing is essential.
As a trusted business partner, the candidate will excel at building collaborative relationships across teams, providing strategic financial insights, and driving impactful decision-making to support business growth in addition to the following:
- Management experience working in a global matrix organisation and adapting through periods of change.
- Proven communication skills at senior levels, with a strong commercial emphasis.
- Track record of execution and influencing across the organisation.
- Experienced in analysing large & complex data sets and presenting recommendations & findings to senior management.
- Strong core financial skills across opex and capex.
- Enjoys asking the what if and why questions.
- Demonstrates integrity & delivers what is promised.
- Thinks creatively, using insights to improve work.
Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maryland, New York State, New York City, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:
The minimum full-time salary range is between $110,000 - $130,000.
