Senior Lead, Finance Business Partner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +2 more locations.

📋 Description

• Oversee financial operations for Pearson's K12 Assessments portfolio, which includes School Assessment, GED, and Evaluation Systems.

• Act as a trusted financial advisor and independent challenger to the Managing Director of K12 Assessments.

• Develop commercial strategies, contract approaches, pricing models, investment plans, and strategic decisions.

• Manage bid and renewal economics, encompassing revenue, cost-to-serve, pricing, and analysis of scope expansion.

• Deliver forward-looking analyses on state funding, policy shifts, demographic changes, pipeline developments, and competitor activities.

• Take ownership of monthly performance narratives, forecasting, variance analyses, and reporting on leading indicators.

• Proactively escalate risks and opportunities to the US K12 Executive Partner in Finance.

• Supervise financial governance for the GED joint venture, manage intercompany services, royalties, and partner reporting.

• Maintain the state contract portfolio while assisting with major renewals and pursuits in new states.

• Lead the annual operating and long-range planning processes, including capital allocation and investment decisions.

• Establish and monitor commercial performance metrics across the entire portfolio.

• Create financial frameworks, methodologies, tools, and automation, including AI-enabled workflows.

• Build and manage the K12 Assessments finance team, focusing on talent development and succession planning.

• Collaborate with the US K12 Business Unit Finance, Group Finance, and shared corporate functions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Possession of a professional finance qualification.

• Extensive experience in senior finance business-partnering roles with significant commercial exposure.

• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders, provide independent challenges, and shape strategic decisions.

• Expertise in financial planning, forecasting, investment analysis, and managing commercial performance.

• Capability to translate complex analyses into clear, actionable insights.

• Proficient in communicating performance, risks, and opportunities to higher management with clarity and precision.

• Strong understanding of materiality with the ability to prioritize effectively across competing agendas.

• Skilled at identifying business risks early and implementing mitigation strategies.

• Demonstrated ability to build and nurture high-performing, cross-cultural teams.

• Possess an enterprise mindset and comfort in operating across organizational boundaries within a matrixed environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Participation in an annual incentive program.

• Opportunities for personal growth and professional development.

• A workplace that fosters inclusivity and diversity.