Global EA Finance Business Partner

Turner & Townsend • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Global EA Finance Business Partner delivers strategic financial insight and constructive challenge to senior leadership, leads initiatives to improve financial performance, and manages operational finance teams to promote consistency, compliance, and process excellence across assigned sub-regions. The role supports optimum performance, accountability, and clarity for the EA business globally and regionally, working with Regional EA Finance Business Partners.

The position provides finance business partnering and commercial support to senior commercial and operational leaders; develops and presents budgets, re-forecasts, forward-looking analyses, and scenario models; and supports financial planning, bid and commercial reviews, and variance analysis. It also helps ensure consistent application of accounting standards and financial controls, oversees contract financial integrity and accounting processes, and coaches contract accountants. SOX control responsibilities may apply where relevant.

Requirements

• Proven ability to translate financial data into clear insights and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Commercial awareness and ability to challenge constructively to support better decision-making.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, particularly in revenue recognition and contract accounting.
• Leadership and people management skills, including experience developing and motivating teams.
• Ability to manage a diverse portfolio of contracts and prioritise issues and interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide finance business partnering support, insights, and constructive challenge to senior commercial and operational leaders.
• Prepare, iterate, and present annual corporate budgets and periodic re-forecasts for managed accounts.
• Align global and regional EA budgets, forecasts, and actual performance.
• Review, challenge, and validate regional accounts’ assumptions about business activities.
• Produce forward-looking analysis, forecasts, and scenario modelling to support decision-making.
• Identify and prioritise initiatives to improve profitability, efficiency, or compliance.
• Work with the FP&A team on budgets, forecasts, bid and commercial reviews, and ad hoc analysis.
• Support the financial control team with monthly variance analysis and commentary.
• Help ensure accounting standards and financial controls are consistently applied.
• Oversee the financial integrity of contracts in the assigned sub-region or sector, ensuring compliance with policies and accounting standards.
• Drive standardisation and best practice in contract accounting processes.
• Coach, develop, and support contract accountants.
• Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.

Benefits

• A flexible working environment that promotes a healthy, productive work-life balance.
• An inclusive workplace that celebrates diversity and encourages applications from all sectors of the community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed