FP&A Decision Support Business Partner

Capital Blue Cross•Harrisburg, PA

1d•$57,020 - $105,890

About The Position

The FP&A Business Decision Support Partner provides financial planning, analysis, and decision support to a complex business division and broader corporate initiatives. The role partners with business leaders to interpret financial performance, manage budgets, evaluate business decisions, and identify opportunities to improve financial outcomes. The position supports annual budgeting and forecasting, budget-to-actual analysis, expense and allocation review, financial reporting, and ad hoc financial analysis. It also supports cost-benefit analyses for business initiatives and enterprise projects by assessing financial impacts, assumptions, costs, benefits, and overall business value. The role collaborates across Finance, Accounting, business operations, and project teams; documents financial processes; and supports standardized procedures and controls. It may perform other financial analyses and responsibilities as assigned. Travel may be required as needed for external training.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
Relevant experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, accounting, budgeting, or a related financial function.
Strong financial analysis, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
Strong attention to detail and ability to work accurately with large or complex financial datasets.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, financial modeling, data analysis, and reporting.
Experience with enterprise financial planning, ERP, or reporting systems.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a dynamic business environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to communicate financial concepts to non-financial audiences.
Ability to establish productive working relationships with Finance, business leaders, project teams, and other cross-functional partners.
Ability to work over 40 hours per week.
Occasional ability to lift and/or move up to 5 pounds.
Frequently required to sit, use hands and fingers, talk, hear, and see.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting business partners or operational areas with financial analysis.
Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and variance analysis.
Experience with Workday, Adaptive Planning, or similar planning platforms.

Responsibilities

Partner with business leaders and stakeholders to provide ongoing financial analysis and decision support.
Support annual operating budgets, forecasts, and other financial planning activities.
Perform monthly budget-to-actual analysis, investigate significant variances, identify trends, and communicate financial insights.
Develop recurring and ad hoc financial analyses in response to business needs, management requests, and emerging priorities.
Translate financial information into clear, actionable insights for financial and non-financial stakeholders.
Review and support appropriate financial coding of invoices and other expenses, including cost center, account, spend category, project, and other applicable financial dimensions.
Assist business partners with questions regarding expense classification, budget availability, and financial treatment.
Support expense allocation processes and analysis, including review of allocation methodologies, underlying financial data, and resulting impacts.
Support preparation and maintenance of cost-benefit analyses for business initiatives, strategic investments, and enterprise projects.
Gather and evaluate financial assumptions, implementation costs, ongoing operating expenses, potential savings, and other financial impacts.
Assist with updating financial models as project assumptions, timelines, costs, or expected benefits change.
Assist with administration and execution of financial planning processes within the organization's planning and budgeting systems.
Support routine financial and budget data loads, validation, reconciliation, and related planning activities.
Assist with maintaining planning structures, assumptions, reports, and supporting processes.
Identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, consistency, and accuracy of financial planning and reporting processes.
Provide financial analysis and documentation support for audits, financial sampling, and other financial review activities.
Assist with gathering, validating, and reconciling financial information for audit and compliance-related requests.
Provide backup and supplemental analytical support for specialized financial reporting and audit activities as needed.
Collaborate across Finance, Accounting, business operations, and project teams.
Document financial processes and support the development of standardized procedures and controls.
Perform other financial analyses and responsibilities as assigned.