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 manages operational finance teams to maintain consistency, compliance, and process excellence across assigned sub-regions. The role supports optimum performance, accountability, and clarity for the EA business globally and regionally, liaising with Regional EA Finance Business Partners. The position provides financial and commercial support to senior leaders, prepares and presents budgets and forecasts, reviews financial assumptions, and produces forward-looking analyses and scenario models. It also supports financial control, contract accounting, compliance, and process standardisation, while coaching and developing 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, with experience developing and motivating teams.
Ability to manage a diverse portfolio of contracts and prioritise issues and interventions.

Responsibilities

Provide finance business partnering support to senior commercial and operational leaders, offering clear insights and constructive challenge.
Prepare, iterate, and present annual T&T corporate budgets and periodic re-forecasts for managed accounts.
Align global and regional EA financial budgets, forecasts, and actual performance.
Review, challenge, and validate regional account assumptions regarding business activities.
Produce forward-looking analysis, forecasts, and scenario modelling to support decision-making.
Identify and prioritise financial improvement initiatives that enhance profitability, efficiency, or compliance.
Work with the FP&A team on periodic budgets, forecasts, bid and commercial reviews, and ad hoc analysis.
Support the financial control team in producing monthly variance analysis and commentary.
Ensure accounting standards and financial controls are applied consistently, with support from the financial control team.
Oversee the financial integrity of contracts in the sub-region or sector and ensure 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.