Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pearson is hiring a Lead Specialist, Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial support to its US Higher Education Commercial Portfolio and Content teams. The role owns planning and reporting processes, develops financial models and analysis, and partners with business leaders on investment, pricing, channel, and growth decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own the annual operating expense budget and rolling forecast
• Own capital investment budget and forecasting, including risks, trade-offs and prioritization
• Build, maintain and present monthly reporting for business stakeholders
• Support revenue planning and analysis. Own the core revenue model
• Build and improve revenue, gross-margin and profitability models
• Provide ad hoc analysis that puts numbers around strategic and commercial decisions
• Partner directly with business leaders across investment, pricing, channel and growth decisions
• Use advanced Excel, data and AI-enabled approaches to improve speed, quality and insight

Skills

• Proven experience in FP&A, finance business partnering, corporate finance or comparable experience
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and business-planning experience
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability, including driver-based models
• Commercial curiosity and confidence working directly with business leaders
• Strong communication and financial storytelling for non-finance audiences
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership and autonomy
• Experience operating across multiple stakeholders in a matrix or global organization
• Practical experience using AI tools to improve finance work
• Education, publishing, subscription, platform or SaaS experience is helpful, not essential

Benefits

• Remote work in the United States; East Coast time zone preferred, but candidates in other US locations may be considered.
• Eligible to participate in an annual incentive program.

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