Senior Finance Business Partner - Technical Advisory

Sr. Finance Business Partner (Tech Advisory)

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Position Overview

We are looking for a trusted Senior Finance Business Partner (FBP) to join the Technical Advisory (TA) Finance team at Autodesk. Technical Advisory is Autodesk's global team of consultants primarily focused on Enterprise customers that want to adopt, integrate, and derive value from their investment in Autodesk technologies and services at their organization.  This position reports directly to the Sr. Manager for Technical Advisory Finance.  This person will be the primary business partner to the Senior Director of Technical Advisory in APAC.

This Finance Business Partner role will be a key strategic partner for the APAC Technical Advisory (Consulting) organization. They will collaborate with multiple levels of the organization to derive qualitative insights as well as quantitative analysis to guide business decisions.  The FBP will primarily engage with APAC time zone business partners in Australia, Japan, Korea, and India, with less frequent interaction with Autodesk staff located in North America and European time zones.

The right candidate for this role will demonstrate strong collaboration skills, financial aptitude, independent thinking, excellent business intuition, and the capability to provide advice. This candidate must effectively partner with business leaders yet still adhere to his/her fiduciary duties as a member of the finance organization.

Responsibilities

• Manage the APAC Technical Advisory revenue and bookings forecast for complex consulting arrangements

• Provide accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting and spend forecasts for our APAC Technical Advisory business

• Identify and escalate potential financial risks through regular review of key performance metrics and reports (spend analysis, billable hours, utilization, etc.)

• Recommend and implement process improvements to achieve better results

• Follow standards and ensure compliance with company policies

• Provide strategic and tactical support on annual capacity planning and budgeting cycle

• Analyze contractual consulting backlog to provide insights for future consulting delivery

• Investigate the relationship of consulting and product adoption for Autodesk's Enterprise customers

• Perform ad-hoc analyses to help business partners understand the financial ramifications of decisions

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance preferred; MBA or CPA equivalent, preferred

• Minimum 8+ years of relevant experience with finance or business analysis background

• Prior experience in a technology/software/SaaS company

• Experience with forecasting and financial analysis

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of finance functional areas, including revenue accounting and compliance

• Reliable team player with leadership skills who can manage projects and work collaboratively with team members

• Proficient understanding of business drivers to connect quantitative results to the "why" behind the numbers

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with audience-appropriate level of detail

• Business knowledge and intuition needed for proactive partnership with stakeholders across the company

• Ability to maintain high quality standards in a complex environment while managing tight deadlines

• Highly motivated approach to problem solving and ability to learn quickly
  

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Experience Level

Senior Level