Job Requisition ID #

25WD91465

Position Overview

Autodesk is looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join our FP&A-AEC team.  You will report directly to the Finance Director-AEC Industry Strategy and will partner with the Construction Strategy Team.  The construction strategy team is responsible for business health, offering management, M&A and strategic planning.  In this capacity you will serve as a trusted financial advisor, guiding and providing insights on investments, portfolio analysis and technology decision support, while adhering to your fiduciary duties as a member of the finance organization.  Additionally, you will help support AEC industry strategy with horizontal projects to drive business growth through successful GTM strategy and execution across teams on AutoCAD and core AEC portfolio.

Candidate must have a strong blend of business and financial acumen coupled with a creative, flexible mind-set. Working knowledge of financial and strategic planning, accounting and business development is required. Must have outstanding quantitative skills and the ability to quickly understand the complexities and relationships of the company's evolving products, markets, competitors, partners, pricing and business models. Candidate must proactively provide analysis and insight into the business -- uncovering outliers, leading indicators of failure and success, and using business metrics to help measure the health of the business. Able to work across a matrixed, multi-level organization to gather and synthesize information from a data perspective and effectively communicate and influence business stakeholders on a timely basis. We offer flexible hybrid work arrangements to our employees.

Responsibilities

You’ll act as trusted advisor and be embedded in the leadership teams, providing counsel on where to invest or reallocate resources to achieve intended strategic outcomes

You’ll be reviewing the actual results of the business KPIs; analyzing and articulating the financial impact of investments and driving maximized ROI

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to navigate through systems and people, to drive process improvement and enhanced reporting capabilities

Provide financial support on go-to-market decisions (product tiering, market expansion, business model, pricing and M&A etc.) to build or validate financial models and articulate financial impact

Participate in Quarterly Business Review preparations and partner with Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Product teams and their finance counterparts in interlock and check-in meetings to drive execution alignment to strategy and achieve growth

Oversee and provide input to the Construction Long range plan (LRP) and annual topline targets and build growth assumptions

Create business cases to drive new investments

Drive ad-hoc financial analyses and models to inform and support recommendations and business cases

Advise business leaders, primarily the VP and their staff, on business and financial decisions

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree (finance, accounting, economics or equivalent preferred)

CPA or MBA is desired but not required

8+years of finance and business partnering experience

Prior experience in Finance, Investment Banking or Consulting

Demonstrated capability to influence decision making at all levels

Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Experience working in a global and matrixed environment

Strong aptitude for, experience with, or desire to learn financial software (e.g. Anaplan, Power BI etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

You know how to build relationships with individuals who are peers as well as those who are senior and junior to you

You build trust with your team and the team you support, encouraging diverse perspectives

You know when to have hard conversations – without ego, to drive better outcomes

You have a passion to find more efficient ways of working and driving change in the teams you partner with

You know how to influence and get decisions made 

You are skilled at determining the right level of information needed to make a decision, and you know how to navigate through the company’s systems and network of people to get the data and information you need

You know how to influence at all levels within the company

You adapt quickly to change and are comfortable with ambiguity

You understand that change is constant in technology; change is expected and welcomed

When you are met with ambiguity you ask questions and seek to understand

You know what risks are yours to take individually, and what risks should be escalated for further review

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