Senior Finance Partner, Corporate Functions

RTI International (RTI) is an independent, nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Our vision is to address the world's most critical problems with science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach-one that integrates expertise across the social and laboratory sciences, engineering, and international development. Our staff of nearly 6,000 works in more than 75 countries-tackling hundreds of projects each year to address complex social and scientific challenges on behalf of governments, businesses, foundations, universities, and other clients and partners.

RTI is seeking a Sr Finance Partner to support corporate function partners with a focus on outcomes and business value associated with critical investments. Key functions include coordinating annual planning cycles and generating data-based recommendations to inform decision making with executive leadership. This position will provide analytical expertise for strategic projects and other ad-hoc analyses. This role requires strong influencing skills, critical and strategic thinking, executive presentation skills, and ability to develop strong working relationships.

• Leads crucial conversations, identifying key themes and evaluating assumptions/options w critical lens to drive long term strategy
• Proactive financial analysis, leadership and support on critical business initiatives
• Builds dynamic business cases incorporating financial, strategic & cultural perspectives
• Coordinates and consolidates quarterly forecasts, annual budgets and 3-year plans, including in-depth explanations of variances, expectations, risks and opportunity assessment, and mitigation opportunities
• Coordinates monthly management reporting and ensures a high degree of quality, timeliness, and accuracy in reporting, as well as provides key business insights and perspective outlooks
• Develops intuitive, insightful, and engaging presentations that enable efficient, data-driven decision making
• Leads special projects to improve or enhance cost scalability and allocation models

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or relevant field and 8+ years or Master's degree and 6+ years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Demonstrates curiosity, critical and strategic thinking
• Exceptional ability to build from blank page to solution for complex issues, clearly define the issue and lay out steps to recommend action
• Excellent business partnering skills, specifically at the executive and senior leadership level
• High level negotiation and persuasion skills / influence without authority
• Consistently leads with a recommendation, presents options in clear, concise manner
• Demonstrated leadership within the team, seeks out challenging opportunities, identifies and implements process improvement opportunities with little oversight and opportunities to develop others
• Proven ability to provide advanced financial analyses and package into consumable format for senior level management and non-financial staff (e.g., story-telling / strong use of visuals to articulate messages)
• Expertise with financial models, ability to manage ambiguity in business modeling
• Ability to partner with team members across corporate functions, business units and finance to identify and implement best practices to streamline processes and support the digital transformation strategy
• Understands relationships and leverages data driven insights to inform action
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, while also understanding the big picture
• Possesses strong knowledge of financial systems with the ability to develop ad-hoc reports when required
• Demonstrated ability to contribute strategic insight
• Independently proficient at business navigation, understanding inter-dependencies & knowing when to engage others, able to effectively prioritize workload, self-manage and complete tasks to best meet stakeholder needs
• Strong representative on cross-institute initiatives demonstrating problem solving, collaboration and innovation capabilities
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel and other data analysis/visualization tools (i.e., Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• Prior FP&A experience required
• Knowledge of government contracting a plus

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The anticipated pay range for this role is listed below. Our pay ranges represent national averages and may vary by location as a geographic differential may be applied to some locations within the United States. RTI considers multiple factors when making an offer including, for example: established salary range, internal budget, business needs, and education and years of work experience possessed by the applicant. Further, salary is merely one element to our offer.

At RTI, we demonstrate our commitment to rewarding individual and team achievement through a total rewards package. This package includes (among other things) a competitive base salary, a generous paid time off policy, merit based annual increases, bonus opportunities and a robust recognition program. Other benefits include a competitive range of insurance plans (including health, dental, life, and short-term and long-term disability), access to a retirement savings program such as a 401(k) plan, paid parental leave for all parents, financial assistance with adoption expenses or infertility treatments, financial reimbursement for education and developmental opportunities, an employee assistance program, and numerous other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance.