Finance Business Partner - North America
$130,000–$160,000 year
HybridBroomfield, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Develop and manage accurate financial forecasts, budgets, and long-term plans aligned with regional objectives. Analyze financial performance against targets to highlight trends, risks, and opportunities while partnering with Sales, Marketing, and Category leaders to drive profitable decision-making. Interpret data to strengthen commercial choices, evaluate pricing and promotion impacts, and build financial business cases for demand-generation initiatives. Challenge assumptions to protect gross margins, conduct evaluations for regional projects, and implement process improvements that streamline operations. Prepare timely, compliant financial reports for North America leadership and present insights to global counterparts.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance/ Accounting or other relevant field
- Professional accounting qualification (e.g., CPA, CMA, or equivalent)
- 5-7 years of experience in commercial finance or finance business partnering, ideally supporting sales, marketing or commercial teams
- Hands-on experience in managing budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis
- Proven ability to manage costs, identify savings opportunities, and improve profitability
- Past customer exposure, with experience partnering with or supporting customer-facing, sales or commercial teams
- Strong understanding of financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting
- Ability to align financial strategies with business objectives and provide actionable insights to drive growth
- Proficiency in analyzing large datasets to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for decision-making
- Familiarity with North America-specific regulations, tax laws, and financial reporting standards (including US GAAP and relevant federal and state regulatory requirements across North American markets)
- Expertise in financial software (e.g., SAP, Power BI, Microsoft Dynamics, or regional ERP systems) and advanced Excel skills
Desired Qualifications
- Background in the outdoor, sporting goods or adventure-gear industry
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