Senior FP&A Business Partner, North America (Remote, US)

IFS • Itasca, IL

1d • Remote

About The Position

Ultimo is seeking a Senior FP&A Business Partner to support its North American businesses, Ultimo and FSI. This high-impact role partners with regional leaders to shape decisions involving pricing, hiring, investment, and growth, bringing financial insight into discussions before decisions are made.

The role has meaningful ownership from day one, with an early focus on improving financial visibility across the services organization. This includes developing a reliable forecast model, strengthening project-margin and services-revenue-recognition analysis, and improving capacity and resource planning. The position will also contribute to the 2027 budgeting process and identify ways to use AI and automation to make Finance faster, smarter, and more scalable. The role is based in the United States within the Eastern Time Zone to support real-time collaboration with North American leadership and the European Finance team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or business partnering.
• Based in the United States within the Eastern Time Zone.
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex financial modeling, analysis, and data handling.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with the ability to move from detailed project economics to executive-level conversations.
• Strong understanding of professional services economics, including revenue recognition, utilization, and margin drivers.
• Self-starter who is comfortable working independently, challenging assumptions, and turning analysis into action.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in SaaS and/or professional services.
• Curiosity about AI and automation and an interest in applying new tools to scale and strengthen FP&A.

Responsibilities

• Lead forecasting and annual budgeting for North America across Ultimo and FSI.
• Build project-level reporting and provide insight into project margins and services revenue recognition.
• Drive utilization, capacity, and resource planning for the services organization.
• Turn monthly performance data—including revenue, ARR, gross margin, services margin, and operating costs—into actionable business insight.
• Partner with North American leadership, Sales, and Services on pricing, hiring, investment, and other key business decisions.
• Identify practical opportunities to use AI and automation to improve the speed, quality, and scalability of Finance processes.
• Contribute to the 2027 budgeting process.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• A highly visible role in a strategic growth market, with real ownership and the opportunity to influence decisions
• An ambitious, collaborative global Finance team spanning Europe, North America, and Sri Lanka
• The opportunity to help shape a modern, AI-enabled Finance function
• An international SaaS environment with the scale and opportunities of the wider IFS group

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior