Senior Finance Specialist, Enterprise Services (Buy-Side)

Bloomberg•New York, NY

10d•$155,000 - $205,000

About The Position

Bloomberg is seeking a Senior Finance Specialist to support its Buy-Side business. The role combines ownership of core FP&A activities with strategic and commercial finance partnership to senior business leaders. The specialist manages and interprets the business’s financial performance, leads planning and forecasting, and translates financial and operational data into insights that inform business decisions. The successful candidate brings strong FP&A fundamentals, strategic thinking, and commercial judgment. They will work independently, take initiative, develop a point of view, and drive ambiguous work from problem identification through recommendation and execution. The position is based in New York.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
10+ years of finance experience, with strong experience in FP&A activities including budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, financial modeling, and decision support.
Demonstrated experience partnering with and influencing senior business leaders.
Strong analytical and financial modeling capabilities, including the ability to work with large and complex datasets and identify relevant insights.
Strategic and commercial mindset, with the ability to connect financial analysis to broader business objectives.
Proactive, ownership-oriented approach; ability to identify what needs to be done, work with limited direction, and drive work through completion.
Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and bring structure and clarity to open-ended problems.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex information as succinct executive-level narratives and recommendations.
Strong judgment, attention to detail, and organizational skills, with the ability to balance recurring FP&A responsibilities with strategic and ad hoc priorities.
Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint and experience with enterprise financial systems such as SAP or Oracle.

Nice To Haves

Experience in financial services, financial technology, enterprise software, or as a financial data provider.
Experience supporting a business with a recurring-revenue or subscription-based commercial model.
Experience with data visualization and analytics tools such as Qlik or Tableau.
Familiarity with Bloomberg products, the Bloomberg Terminal, or the institutional Buy-Side landscape.
Intellectual curiosity and a desire to understand why financial results are occurring and what the business should do about them.

Responsibilities

Own core FP&A activities for the Buy-Side business, including P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, monthly and quarterly performance analysis, management reporting, and long-range planning.
Serve as a strategic finance partner to Buy-Side leadership, providing financial insight, constructive challenge, and recommendations for business decisions.
Develop an understanding of the business, its financial and operational drivers, and the broader market to connect business activity to financial performance and identify opportunities for growth and improved profitability.
Synthesize financial and operational data into clear assessments of performance, risks, and opportunities, and provide succinct, actionable recommendations to senior leadership.
Partner with Product and Sales leadership on commercial and strategic decisions, building financial models and business cases to evaluate pricing, client economics, investments, and growth opportunities.
Structure ambiguous business questions and drive work end-to-end from problem definition through analysis, recommendation, and execution.
Develop and improve financial models, dashboards, KPIs, and reporting to increase visibility into business performance and support decision-making.
Partner across Product, Sales, Engineering, Accounting, and Finance; maintain financial accuracy and identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve processes.