Finance Business Partner

Job Overview

As a Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible for supporting the systems and processes required to forecast Avid’s product and technology investments. This role provides the opportunity to work cross-functionally with Product & Engineering leaders to assess the Total Cost of Ownership of AvidXchange products. Ideal candidates will possess financial acumen in capital allocation; have portfolio management, or Product experience; and possess a passion for researching and problem-solving independently.

What You'll Do:

• Serve as the primary Finance Business Partner to the Engineering & Product Leadership Teams.
• Collectively support the development data-driven, financial models to assess the Total Cost of Ownership for our Market Solutions.
• Support routine forecasting of departmental and Solution Investments for respective business units.
• Work with business partners and peers within the finance organization to educate, train, and enable them to understand and effectively manage investment levels.
• Maintain and improve efficient communication routines to provide data driven recommendations that supplement regular planning processes. This includes distributing KPI reports, managing Risk & Opportunity schedules, and developing ad-hoc analyses, as necessary.
• Collaborate with peers in finance, controllership, and data intelligence to ensure data is consistently and accurately maintained, enabling in-depth analyses in areas such as vertical, customer, and product lines.

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree with a major in Accounting or Finance and with 3-5 years of prior relevant experience.
• Superior analytical skills and insatiable business curiosity to understand investments.
• Must have demonstrated the highest levels of mastery of Excel
• Intermediate database skills, as well as familiarity with other Microsoft Office products and corporate ERP systems
• Knowledge of accounting, reporting, forecasting/business intelligence systems.
• Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced, demanding environment.
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Unquestioned professional integrity.
• MBA, preferably in $500M+ software business (preferably Software-as-a-Service, FINTECH and transactional revenue models)
• Experience with Workday Adaptive Insights Modeling/Administration, PowerBI and SQL
• Business acumen in either Portfolio Management, or Product Operations functions and understanding of financial systems [ERP, Forecasting & Product/Portfolio management].
• Experience in Capital Allocation systems for Program / Product Management.
• Exemplary business partnership and cross functional management skills.
• Manages competing demands and adapts to frequent change, delays, and unexpected results

 

About AvidXchange

AvidXchange is a leading provider of accounts payable (“AP”) automation software and payment solutions for middle-market businesses and their suppliers. By trade, we are a technology company, but if you ask anyone who works here, they’ll tell you our people are at the core of who we are. We focus on creating a culture of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, and are proud to be a safe place where teammates can bring their whole selves to work. At AvidXchange, mindset is everything. We are Connected as People, Growth Minded, and Customer Obsessed. These three mindsets represent our culture – who we are, who we’ve always been, and they guide us to improve every day. Since our founding in 2000 in Charlotte, NC, we’ve created a company of over 1,600 teammates working across the U.S., or remotely. AvidXchange is proud to be Certified™ as a Great Place to Work®. The prestigious recognition is based on anonymous data from our teammates and makes official what our teammates have known for years – that AvidXchange is a Great Place to Work®. 

Who you are: 

• A go-getter with an entrepreneurial mindset – that means you are not afraid of taking risks, winning big or facing the unknown. 
• Someone who understands that business is people centric. Connecting with others as humans first allows you to develop mutually beneficial working relationships. 
• Focused on making a difference for our customers. AvidXchange exists to help solve complex problems for our customers so we can all realize our potential. 

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