Executive Partner, Finance Intelligence

Pearson•United States,

15d•$250,000 - $300,000•Remote

About The Position

This is a senior enterprise role responsible for leading the evolution of Pearson Finance’s tools, systems, analytics, and insight capabilities. You’ll play a central role in shaping how finance supports decision-making across the organisation, ensuring it is scalable, efficient, and increasingly driven by data, automation, and AI. Operating at a strategic level, you will partner across Finance, Technology, Data, and business teams to align financial systems and processes with organisational priorities. The role focuses on strengthening data foundations, modernising reporting and analytics, and embedding emerging technologies into core finance activities. You will act as the bridge between business needs and enabling capabilities, ensuring finance has the tools, governance, and operating discipline required to support enterprise performance at scale. Alongside this, you’ll lead a high-performing team and drive a culture of continuous improvement and innovation across finance.

Requirements

Significant experience in senior finance partnering roles, with exposure to commercial functions
Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and shape strategic decisions at enterprise level
Deep expertise in financial planning, investment analysis, data analytics, and financial systems
Strong understanding of reporting, planning, and performance management frameworks
Experience driving finance transformation, including systems, processes, and operating model improvements
Ability to operate across organisational boundaries with an enterprise-wide mindset
Strong leadership capability, with experience building and developing high-performing teams
Collaborative approach to working across Finance, Technology, Data, and business functions
Experience working with or implementing AI, automation, or advanced analytics within finance environments

Responsibilities

Define and deliver the strategic roadmap for finance systems, reporting, analytics, and planning capabilities
Lead the evolution of finance tools and processes to improve efficiency, scalability, and effectiveness
Identify and implement opportunities to leverage AI and machine learning to enhance forecasting, reduce manual reporting, and improve insight generation
Partner across Finance, Technology, Data, and business teams to align capability development with enterprise priorities
Influence investment decisions in finance systems, data, and reporting capabilities to maximise business value
Drive standardisation and consistency across business units to enable scalable and comparable finance processes
Lead end-to-end finance transformation initiatives, from business case through to delivery and adoption
Translate business requirements into clear priorities, delivery plans, and measurable outcomes
Track and realise benefits from transformation activity, improving efficiency, control, and output quality
Deliver enhanced reporting, dashboards, and KPI frameworks to support decision-making and performance management
Improve the accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of financial and operational reporting
Enable integrated performance views across planning, reporting, and analysis processes
Optimise finance data structures, systems, and workflows to increase reliability and efficiency
Deploy automation and analytics solutions to reduce manual effort and enhance insight generation
Establish governance frameworks for finance capability changes, including requirements, testing, and controls
Ensure strong change management, documentation, and user adoption across initiatives
Maintain compliance with internal controls and data governance standards
Lead and develop a high-performing team, setting clear objectives and expectations
Build capability across systems, data, reporting, and analytics within the team and wider finance function
Foster a culture of innovation, including adoption of AI-assisted workflows across finance and analytics