Lead Specialist, Finance Business Partner

Pearson • Hoboken, NJ

11d • $89,600 - $166,400 • Remote

About The Position

Pearson is seeking a Lead Specialist, Finance Business Partner to provide proactive, strategic financial support to its US Higher Education Commercial Portfolio and Content teams. The role is embedded in the business and works across Portfolio, Content, Finance, and cross-functional partners. It combines core FP&A ownership, financial modelling, and commercial strategy, with autonomy to improve models, automate reporting, and develop forward-looking views that help assess opportunity, profitability, and performance.

Requirements

• Proven experience in FP&A, finance business partnering, corporate finance, or comparable work.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, and business-planning experience.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability, including driver-based models.
• Commercial curiosity and confidence working directly with business leaders.
• Strong communication and financial storytelling skills for non-finance audiences.
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership and autonomy.
• Experience working across multiple stakeholders in a matrix or global organization.
• Practical experience using AI tools to improve finance work.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in education, publishing, subscription, platform, or SaaS environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the annual operating expense budget and rolling forecast.
• Own capital investment budgeting and forecasting, including risks, trade-offs, and prioritization.
• Build, maintain, and present monthly reporting for business stakeholders.
• Support revenue planning and analysis, and own the core revenue model.
• Build and improve revenue, gross-margin, and profitability models.
• Provide ad hoc analysis to inform strategic and commercial decisions.
• Partner directly with business leaders on investment, pricing, channel, and growth decisions.
• Use advanced Excel, data, and AI-enabled approaches to improve speed, quality, and insight.

What This Job Offers

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