Let's begin! Finance Business Partner

Moody's•Charlotte, NY

About The Position

The Finance Business Partner serves as a strategic financial partner to technology stakeholders, corporate functions, and enterprise priorities at Moody’s. The role provides independent financial ownership, decision support, forecasting, investment governance, and operational follow-through. It partners with technology and cybersecurity leaders and other cross-functional stakeholders to align planning, resource allocation, investment priorities, and business outcomes. The position supports monthly forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-range planning in partnership with business stakeholders and the central Financial Planning and Analysis team. It monitors performance against budgets, forecasts, efficiency commitments, and investment objectives; develops financial models and scenario analyses; and delivers recommendations based on operating expenses, technology and cybersecurity investments, software and SaaS spend, vendor costs, contractor spend, headcount, and organizational changes. It also supports accurate accounting treatment for capitalizable projects and prepares executive-level reporting and business cases, using Power BI and other reporting tools to communicate financial and operational insights. The role contributes to process improvement through simplification, automation, standardization, and adoption of new technologies. The Finance Business Partnering team uses AI to accelerate financial analysis and uncover insights in support of decision-making across Moody’s technology portfolio and enterprise priorities. For US-based roles, the anticipated hiring base salary is $98,800–$164,050, depending on factors including experience, education, level, skills, and location. The role is eligible for incentive compensation in addition to base salary.

Requirements

6–9 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, or related financial analysis roles.
Advanced proficiency in Excel.
Experience with data visualization and business intelligence tools, including Power BI.
Ability to independently design, build, validate, and maintain robust financial models with limited supervision, and interpret dashboards to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, scenario planning, and investment analysis skills.
Ability to translate stakeholder and corporate planning targets into clear assumptions, risks, and recommendations.
Strong understanding of accounting principles and the financial impacts of operating expenses, capitalization, headcount, contractor spend, resource planning, and enterprise-wide initiatives.
Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, including developing executive-ready materials, influencing decisions, constructively challenging assumptions, and building partnerships across organizational levels.
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment, manage competing priorities independently, and exercise sound judgment when escalating risks, issues, or key decisions.
Demonstrated proficiency in artificial intelligence concepts and hands-on experience using AI tools to streamline workflows and improve operational efficiency.
Proven ability to implement AI-powered solutions to solve business challenges.
Growing awareness of AI risk management and commitment to responsible and ethical AI use.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related quantitative field.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting technology stakeholders, corporate functions, enterprise initiatives, or complex matrixed organizations is preferred.
Graduate degree or professional certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as a Finance Business Partner to technology stakeholders, providing independent financial ownership, decision support, and operational follow-through for assigned business areas, corporate functions, and enterprise priorities.
Partner with technology leadership and cross-functional leaders to align financial planning, resource allocation, investment priorities, and business outcomes.
Support monthly forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-range planning with business stakeholders and the central Financial Planning and Analysis team, including maintaining accurate and current data packs.
Monitor financial performance against budgets, forecasts, efficiency commitments, and investment objectives, and identify risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
Develop and maintain financial models, forecasts, and scenario analyses that translate business assumptions, technology roadmaps, strategic initiatives, efficiency commitments, investment requirements, and corporate planning targets into actionable recommendations.
Provide financial analysis and reporting on operating expenses, software and SaaS spend, cybersecurity and technology investments, contractor spend, headcount, and organizational changes.
Partner with Accounting and business stakeholders to support accurate financial treatment and reporting of capitalizable projects, resource plans, and other significant investments.
Analyze technology and cybersecurity vendor contracts, renewals, and true-ups; partner with technology, security, and procurement teams to assess usage trends, licensing and tooling costs, and the financial impact of platform and tooling decisions.
Prepare executive-level presentations, reporting, and business cases for leadership reviews, planning discussions, and key decision-making forums, using Power BI and other reporting tools to communicate financial and operational insights.
Drive continuous improvement through process simplification, automation, standardization, and adoption of new technologies.
Independently manage priorities, resolve issues, and support implementation of enhanced finance reporting capabilities.