Director Finance Business Partnering

Role Summary

Responsible for leading all financial activities related to Virtual Schools wide portfolio of products and services. Will work closely with the Strategy and Innovation, Sales and Product Management departments to establish and maintain new business model guidelines and frameworks to be applied in order to meet business and corporate objectives.

• Develop business cases for potential new business models
• Support potential M&A and strategic investment initiatives
• Monitor, report, and assess competitor financial performance
• Develop creative solutions for non-standard deals that optimize profitability for the deal at hand as well as the rest of the portfolio and align to company strategy
• Monitor and maintain the overall deal financials by business area enabled by Virtual Schools corporate vision (including standard deal parameters for the sales organization)
• Coordinate with internal functions to develop data-driven analysis to support pricing and commercial business decisions (e.g., customer value, unit cost, competitive intelligence)

Qualifications and experience required:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Multiple years of experience working in a finance role at a service-oriented company with demonstrated successes and a strong track record
• Experience working in a multi-national matrix organization
• Competence in all aspects of financial planning and analysis
• Awareness of multiple business models and experience of working with more than one
• Understanding of finance specialist areas: financial control, tax, M&A, compliance, corporate governance and ability to utilize proper judgement to involve them as necessary
• In addition, the ideal candidate will have experience in education and public education funding/reporting

Required Skills:

• Comfortable in ambiguous situations: Resilient and able to handle complex situations effectively, understands organizational flux, anticipates issues
• Strategic Thinking: working beyond the current role to look at the big picture and shape the future.
• Communication: strong verbal and written skills within finance, across the organization and with external parties.
• Influence: presence and confidence to interact with senior management. Ability to leverage influence across teams and cultures.
• Emotional Intelligence: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, social skill and the ability to apply it to work successfully in a matrix environment.
• Collaboration: with other internal teams and third party providers.
• Decision Making: understanding materiality, complex and uncertain situation, prioritization
• Performance focused: self & others

Expected Results:

• Strong communication between all leadership team
• Strong performance against agreed KPIs and targets
• Accurate and timely delivery of business cases
• Improved forecasting and planning deal process

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 Colorado, California, Washington State, New York State, and New York City laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The minimum full-time salary range is between $160,000 - $180,000.

This position is not bonus eligible, and information on benefits offered is here..

What to expect from Pearson

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At Pearson, we add life to a lifetime of learning so everyone can realize the life they imagine. We do this by creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real-life impact. We are on a journey to be 100 percent digital to meet the changing needs of the global population by developing a new strategy with ambitious targets. To deliver on our strategic vision, we have five business divisions that are the foundation for the long-term growth of the company: Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Workforce Skills and Higher Education. Alongside these, we have our corporate divisions: Digital & Technology, Finance, Global Corporate Marketing & Communications, Human Resources, Legal, Strategy and Direct to Consumer. Learn more at We are Pearson.

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Job: FINANCE

Organization: Virtual Learning

Schedule: FULL\_TIME

Req ID: 14753

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