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

IFS•Itasca, IL

1d•Remote

About The Position

Ultimo, an IFS company, 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 on pricing, hiring, investment, and growth, bringing financial insight into discussions early. The position has meaningful ownership from the outset, including strengthening financial visibility across the services organization by developing a reliable forecast model, improving project-margin and services-revenue-recognition analysis, and enhancing capacity and resource planning. The role also contributes to the 2027 budgeting process and advances the use of AI and automation to make Finance faster, smarter, and more scalable. The Senior FP&A Business Partner will lead North American forecasting and annual budgeting, develop project-level reporting, analyze performance, and translate financial data into actionable business insight. They will work closely with North American leadership, Sales, and Services in an international Finance team spanning Europe, North America, and Sri Lanka. The position 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. Ultimo describes the opportunity as a highly visible role in a strategic growth market, with real ownership and influence over decisions. The successful candidate will join an ambitious, collaborative global Finance team and help shape a modern, AI-enabled Finance function in an international SaaS environment with the scale and opportunities of the wider IFS group. The company is an equal opportunity employer and states that qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to protected characteristics.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
At least 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 mindset; comfortable working independently, challenging assumptions, and turning analysis into action.
Curiosity about AI and automation and interest in applying new tools to scale and strengthen FP&A.

Nice To Haves

Experience in SaaS and/or professional services.

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 and champion practical uses of AI and automation to improve the speed, quality, and scalability of Finance processes.
Contribute to the 2027 budgeting process.
Strengthen financial visibility across the services organization, including forecasting, project-margin analysis, revenue recognition, and capacity and resource planning.