Finance Business Partner - US
About Baringa
We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.
You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.
We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.
Our Commercial Finance team are looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join them.
As a US Regional Finance Business Partner at Baringa, you will be a proactive and engaging finance professional, passionate about client service and relationship management. You will drive commercial value by delivering timely, data-driven insights that inform strategic decisions, while also supporting ad hoc projects and bids. Additionally, you will support the FP&A team in delivery of forecasting and planning for the sector to ensure strong financial oversight and future readiness.
What you will be doing
- Able to model Baringa’s values, contributing to a positive team culture, fostering an environment of kindness, curiosity, and high performance.
- Act as the visible 'face of finance,' building strong relationships with global and regional sector leadership and teams while partnering with sector and business unit leads to drive commercial value.
- Support the FP&A team in delivery of forecasting and planning for the region, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and financial targets
- Explain financial performance by delivering impactful insights and drawing connections between financial data and sector strategies. Ask key “so what…” questions to inform decision-making
- Conduct client reviews, including deep dives into margin and bill rates, to enhance commercial outcomes
- Support scenario and sensitivity analysis to inform strategic planning and mitigate risks, including for potential M&A activity
- Ensure key messages land when presenting finance to non-finance individuals, helping drive better understanding and engagement
- Build commercial awareness in the sectors and across the region by delivering Commercial training, particularly for project managers. Emphasise the commercial impact of operational excellence across project lifecycles (e.g., client & project setup, PO setup, time recording, fixed price revenue recognition, WIP, invoicing, and cash collection)
- Prepare and review geo, sector and BU highlight emails, , and commercial executive pack inputs that succinctly get across key messages and insights to help drive decision making
- Review expenditure, T&M, and capped T&M to identify risks and opportunities for optimisation
- Support process and tool improvement as required
- Collaborate with business partners across Baringa Enablement (Finance, People, Staffing & Utilisation, Sector Business Managers, Legal, etc.) to deliver a premium business partnering service
Your skills and experience
- Qualified accountant with experience post qualification as a Finance Business Partner
- Strong knowledge of accounting processes gained ideally in professional services organisations
- Commercially focused approach
- Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to communicate at all levels
- Resilient & committed, able to operate in a fast paced and challenging environment with an entrepreneurial mindset
- Confident and mature stakeholder management skills
- Experience of pricing will be beneficial but not essential
What a career at Baringa will give you
Putting People First.
Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:
- Salary in the range of $145,000-$170,000
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost for employee-only coverage. These benefits utilize comprehensive networks to offer coverage throughout the United States
- Company-paid group term life, short-term disability, long-term disability, and travel insurance
- Participation in our 401k retirement plan; we contribute 3% of your annual base salary and match up to an additional 2% if you contribute to the plan
- Ability to set aside pre-tax dollars toward commuter benefits, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, and Dep-care FSA
- Baringa People Fund – an opportunity for every employee to manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice outside of work
- Paid Parental leave of 16 weeks for primary caregivers
- Opportunities to grow your skills and knowledge through a range of learning courses and resources
- Five weeks’ annual leave, with an additional two-week recharge after five years
Diversity and Inclusion
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.
An award-winning workplace
You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.
Using business as a force for good.
We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.
We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.
Join us
All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.
Baringa Privacy Notices
For UK & EU
Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our UK Recruitment Privacy Notice / EU Recruitment Privacy Notice, to evaluate your application and meet our legal and reporting obligations. In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to request access to, rectification, or erasure (subject to legal limitations) of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at privacy@baringa.com
For the USA
Your personal data may be retained by Baringa for up to two years, as outlined in our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to support the recruitment process and internal reporting requirements. Where applicable, and in accordance with relevant federal and state laws, you may have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. For further details, please contact privacy@baringa.com
For Australia & Singapore
Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to assess your application and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations. In line with the Australian Privacy Act and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or request limited deletion of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at privacy@baringa.com
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