About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

The Team: You are part of the S&P Global Market Intelligence Finance Leadership Team, reporting to the CFO of the Division. As a senior member of the team, you will have exposure to the Executive Team of S&P’s Global Market Intelligence Division.  You and your direct reports will engage with Enterprise Finance, various P&L owners and partner with the MI Strategy & Corporate Strategy Teams.

Responsibility and Impact

The Impact: You are guiding the development of a business’ operations plan over three + years and identifying opportunities to optimize growth and scale.  You are partnering with the Division President and CFO to manage the overall P&L. The intelligence and data you present will influence key business decisions and help drive the performance of Market Intelligence.

You will interact with key executives across divisions and functions within S&P Global.  You will work with the Finance, Strategy, and Corporate Development teams and play a critical role in acquisitions and divestitures, and integrations. 

Responsibilities:

FP&A

• Lead development of annual operating plan and 3-year plan in partnership with CFO and Operating Committee

• Work constructively with P&L owners throughout the year to mitigate risks, monetize opportunities, and drive productivity

• Manage and improve estimate and budget process, and ensure linkage between investment capacity and unfunded projects and initiatives

• Work with key stakeholders to optimize key P&L levers; commissions, workforce planning, IT spend, allocations, and real estate

• Partner with Corporate to advance enterprise-wide systems implementations (EPM, CRM, O2C, etc.)

Strategy

• In partnership with the CFO, take portfolio view of the business to identify opportunities to optimize growth and lead productivity programs

• Work with leadership to help define priorities

• Work with business leads / finance partners as internal consultant to develop investment cases for strategic organic investments

• Work closely with Corporate Strategy and colleagues across the enterprise to identify cross-divisional value creation opportunities and linkages where appropriate

• Create and sustain robust reporting  

• Create Finance materials for QBRs, QFRs and Board Materials

• Define Finance KPIs & partner with BI teams to implement golden source

Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $173,700 to $313,950. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here.

What We’re Looking For:

Skills needed:

• Solution-oriented, strategic thinker; balances understanding of enterprise business needs with divisional specific needs

• Strong organizational skills including ability to manage multiple projects / activities at a given time 

• Comfortable with both quantitative and qualitative analysis; ability to leverage and organize data to support decisions

• Operates with a sense of urgency, ability to work under tight and sometimes competing priorities

• Ability to flex beyond BAU projects and lead key strategic projects, not exclusively within FP&A space 

• Can tell a compelling story with data

Experience with:

• Financial transformation

• Board of Directors materials preparation and financial reporting

• M&A financial analysis and integration (e.g. valuation)

• Leading, developing and mentoring a team

• Presenting in executive-level management meetings

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field is required; an MBA or CPA/Chartered Accountant designation is preferred.

• 12+ years’ experience in finance (FP&A, investment banking, equity research)

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