Senior Manager, Financial Business Partners
WSP · New York City · $91,900–$148,600 (stated in the posting)
This Opportunity
WSP is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join our team in the United States, supporting our Property & Buildings business line. In this role, you will serve as a trusted financial partner to business leaders, providing strategic financial guidance and insights that support decision-making, financial performance, and long-term business objectives.
You will work closely with leaders across the Property & Buildings business to understand financial and operational performance, identify risks and opportunities, and translate complex financial information into clear, actionable recommendations. Through strong financial expertise and business partnership, you will help drive accountability, improve performance, and support the continued success of the business.
You will also bring strong technical knowledge and leadership capabilities, helping maintain high standards of financial performance while supporting the development and knowledge sharing of others.
Where Your Ideas Matter
If you're ready to take your finance career to the next level, this role offers the opportunity to influence important business decisions, collaborate with leaders across the organization, and make a meaningful impact on financial and operational performance.
Your Impact
Partner with business and functional leaders to support strategic planning, decision-making, and execution of business priorities.
Lead and support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management activities.
Conduct financial and business analyses to identify performance trends, risks, and opportunities.
Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to improve financial and operational performance.
Partner with leaders to establish achievable financial targets and monitor progress against business objectives.
Develop, monitor, and communicate key performance indicators (KPIs) and financial metrics.
Analyze financial results, profitability, and business performance to help leaders understand key drivers and areas of opportunity.
Prepare and present financial analyses, business cases, forecasts, and recommendations to leadership.
Translate complex financial information into clear and practical recommendations for finance and non-finance stakeholders.
Collaborate across functions to ensure financial plans and resources align with business priorities and growth objectives.
Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting, efficiency, and overall business performance.
Maintain current technical and financial knowledge and apply emerging practices and tools to complex business challenges.
Lead financial initiatives and contribute to the delivery of high-quality professional work.
Support mentoring, knowledge sharing, and development of junior team members.
Help strengthen financial understanding and accountability among business partners and leaders.
Required Skills and Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
10+ years of progressive professional experience in finance, accounting, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), or a related discipline.
Recognized accounting or finance certification, such as a CPA, CMA, CA, or other applicable professional certification.
Strong experience with financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and performance management.
Strong understanding of financial statements, profitability measures, and key business and operational performance drivers.
Demonstrated ability to analyze complex financial and business information and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
Experience partnering with business leaders to support strategic and operational decision-making.
Strong analytical capabilities with the ability to address complex business and technical challenges.
Demonstrated ability to maintain current technical knowledge and apply relevant financial practices and tools.
Ability to lead and manage others in producing high-quality professional deliverables.
Demonstrated commitment to mentoring and knowledge sharing with junior team members.
Strong communication, presentation, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to work collaboratively across functions and effectively navigate a complex business environment.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications
Master's degree or MBA in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
Experience working specifically in a strategic Finance Business Partner capacity.
Experience advising senior business leaders and influencing financial or operational decisions.
Experience working within a professional services, engineering, consulting, or other complex matrixed organization.
Experience identifying and implementing improvements to financial processes, reporting, and operational performance.
Experience with financial planning, reporting, or enterprise performance management systems such as Oracle, Hyperion, or similar platforms.
Experience leading or developing finance professionals and supporting broader financial knowledge across an organization.
Recognition for professional or technical excellence within the finance or related industry.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $91,900-148,600
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $91,900 - $139,100
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.