FP&A Decision Support Business Partner

Capital Blue Cross•Harrisburg, PA

13h

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. This role serves as a financial partner to business leaders, helping them understand 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, 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 performs other financial analyses and responsibilities as assigned. The employee frequently sits and uses hands and fingers, and talks, hears, and sees; must be able to work over 40 hours per week; and occasionally lifts or moves up to 5 pounds. 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.
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.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting business partners or operational areas with financial analysis.
Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and variance analysis.
Experience with enterprise financial planning, ERP, or reporting systems; experience with Workday, Adaptive Planning, or similar planning platforms is preferred.

Responsibilities

Partner with business leaders and stakeholders to provide ongoing financial analysis and decision support.
Support development of annual operating budgets, forecasts, and other financial planning activities.
Perform monthly budget-to-actual analysis, investigate significant variances, identify trends, and communicate financial insights to business partners.
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.
Prepare and maintain 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.
Update financial models as project assumptions, timelines, costs, or expected benefits change.
Assist with administration and execution of financial planning processes within 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.
Gather, validate, and reconcile financial information required for audit and compliance-related requests.
Provide backup and supplemental analytical support for specialized financial reporting and audit activities as business needs require.
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.