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Senior Finance Business Partner
Autodesk
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Senior Finance Business Partner
Location: San Francisco, CA- United States
Job ID: 18WD29859
Position Overview
We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to support the Subscriber Platform Group (SPG) and Digital Business Platform (DBP) business units in the Digital Platform and Experience (DPE) division at Autodesk. SPG and DBP are the key organizations leading the engineering of the next generation platforms for Autodesk customers and employees. This role acts as the day to day adviser to the VP of SPG, VP of DBP and their staff on all finance and accounting related issues.
This candidate must effectively partner with business leaders, yet adhere to his/her fiduciary duties as a member of the finance organization. The right candidate for this role will demonstrate strong collaboration skills, financial aptitude, excellent business intuition, and the capability to work at multiple levels, including high level strategy and day-to-day financial details.
You will act as the “mini-CFO” for the two groups that you support and spend your time on these activities:
• Partnering – You’ll be embedded among the SPG and DBP leadership teams, providing counsel on how to allocate resources to achieve intended strategic outcomes
◦ Example: Advising business leaders on financial decisions/commitments that align with their most pressing priorities, in the face of various competing projects and limited resources
• Managing a sizeable spend portfolio - You’ll oversee budgeting, interim forecasting and execution of several spend portfolios
◦ Example: Identifying business’s needs, monitoring hiring/attrition in a large base of contingent workforce, creating and updating a 12-24 month spend plan/forecast, and guiding teams through execution
• Driving strategic projects and initiatives - You’ll lead cross-functional projects throughout the DPE organization
◦ Example: Collaborating with business leaders and corporate stakeholders to scope, secure budget and execute operations for the Digital Sales business, driving a shift in sales from the channel to eCommerce
Responsibilities
• Provide strategic and operational finance support to the SPG and DBP teams
• Collaborate and influence at the highest level
• Drive the annual business planning cycle in support of long term strategic objectives
• Manage the spend forecast (monthly), intermediate term spend budgeting (annually), and long-term financial planning (3+ year)
• Advise the VP of SPG, VP of DBP and the VP staff on all finance and accounting matters
• Provide analytical and tactical support to the SPG and DBP organizations
• Manage and direct the work of an analyst on tactical tasks supporting SPG and DBP
• Drive continuous process improvements to achieve better results
• Follow standards and ensure compliance with policies as defined by the company and Corporate Accounting
• Lead or participate in cross-functional, intra-divisional, and/or global finance projects
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree (finance, business, accounting or engineering), MBA preferred
• 8+ years of financial analysis and business partnering experience
• Big picture orientation coupled with attention to detail, accuracy, resourcefulness, analytical nature, and follow-through skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and strong influencing skills
• Ability to work in an ever-changing environment and be self-directed
• Engineering background will be a strong plus
• BPC/SAP, Business Objects and Workday experience preferred
• Very strong Excel skills, particularly with regards to financial modeling and managing large volumes of data
About Autodesk
With Autodesk software, you have the power to Make Anything. The future of making is here, bringing with it radical changes in the way things are designed, made, and used. It's disrupting every industry: architecture, engineering, and construction; manufacturing; and media and entertainment. With the right knowledge and tools, this disruption is your opportunity. Our software is used by everyone - from design professionals, engineers and architects to digital scientists, students and hobbyists. We constantly explore new ways to integrate all dimensions of diversity across our employees, customers, partners, and communities. Our ultimate goal is to expand opportunities for anyone to imagine, design, and make a better world.