Global EA Finance Business Partner

Turner & Townsend•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

The Global EA Finance Business Partner delivers strategic financial insight and constructive challenge to senior leadership, leads initiatives to enhance financial performance, and provides leadership to finance teams across assigned business areas. The role drives financial performance, develops talent, ensures strong financial governance, and supports strategic decision-making across the EA organization. It works closely with sector leadership and senior stakeholders to align financial objectives, forecasts, and operational performance. The position is suited to an experienced finance professional with at least seven years of progressive finance experience and at least two years of direct people-management responsibility, able to influence senior stakeholders and lead finance teams in a complex global environment. The role provides finance business-partnering and commercial support, including budgeting, reforecasting, performance analysis, scenario modelling, contract financial oversight, and collaboration with FP&A and Financial Control. It also leads and develops finance team members, supports succession planning and organizational change, and ensures compliance with financial controls, policies, and governance requirements. On-site requirements may change based on client needs. SOX control responsibilities may apply and must be adhered to where applicable.

Requirements

At least 7 years of progressive experience in finance, commercial finance, FP&A, finance business partnering, or related finance roles.
At least 2 years of direct people-management experience, including coaching, performance management, talent development, and leading high-performing teams.
Ability to translate complex financial data into clear insights and actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.
Strong commercial awareness and ability to provide constructive challenge to support business decisions.
Experience partnering with senior commercial and operational leaders in a complex business environment.
Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, scenario modelling, and performance reporting.
Strong understanding of financial reporting, contract profitability, revenue recognition principles, and financial controls.
Ability to manage a diverse portfolio of contracts and prioritize issues, risks, and interventions effectively.
Experience driving process improvement, standardization, and financial governance across multiple business areas.
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience working across multiple countries, regions, or global business functions.

Responsibilities

Provide finance business-partnering support to senior commercial and operational leaders, offering financial insight and constructive challenge.
Prepare, review, and present annual corporate budgets and periodic reforecasts for assigned accounts.
Align global and regional EA budgets, forecasts, and actual performance.
Review, challenge, and validate account assumptions about business activity and financial outcomes.
Support decision-making through forward-looking analysis, forecasting, scenario modelling, and risk assessment.
Identify and prioritize initiatives to improve profitability, efficiency, compliance, and business performance.
Work with FP&A on budgets, forecasts, bid and commercial reviews, and ad hoc financial analysis.
Support Financial Control in producing monthly variance analysis and management commentary.
Ensure financial controls and accounting policies are applied consistently in partnership with Financial Control.
Oversee the financial integrity of contracts within the assigned sector and ensure compliance with company policies and accounting requirements.
Drive standardization, simplification, and best practices in contract accounting and financial management.
Influence strategic and operational decisions through financial analysis, performance insights, and recommendations.
Build relationships with stakeholders across finance, commercial, and operational functions.
Ensure accurate and timely reporting of financial performance, risks, and opportunities.
Lead, manage, and develop finance team members, setting clear objectives and performance expectations.
Foster accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer focus within the finance team.
Coach and mentor team members and provide development opportunities to build capability and support career progression.
Drive succession planning and talent development for a sustainable, high-performing finance function.
Support organizational change initiatives and adoption of new processes and ways of working.
Ensure compliance with internal policies, financial controls, and governance requirements.
Support internal and external audit activities as required.
Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.