Financial Business Partner for Academic & Biomedical Operations and Scientific Director's Office

The Financial Business Partner for Academic & Biomedical Operations and Scientific Director's Office serves as a partner to academic, scientific, and operational leaders, providing financial insight, guidance, and decision support that drives organizational performance and strategic outcomes. This role partners closely with leadership within Academic & Biomedical Operations and the Scientific Director's Office to translate financial and operational data into actionable recommendations, support planning and forecasting activities, evaluate opportunities and risks, and ensure responsible stewardship of resources supporting research, education, and scientific initiatives.

The ideal candidate combines strong financial acumen with business partnership skills, enabling informed decision-making through meaningful analysis, forecasting, resource planning, and performance management in a complex academic and research environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to understand operational priorities, financial drivers, and performance objectives.
• Provide financial analysis, business modeling, forecasting, and decision support for strategic and operational initiatives.
• Lead annual budgeting processes and periodic forecast updates in collaboration with departmental stakeholders.
• Monitor financial results, identify trends, analyze variances, and recommend corrective actions as needed.
• Develop and deliver financial reports, dashboards, and executive-level presentations that communicate key performance indicators and business insights.
• Evaluate the financial impact of business cases, capital investments, operational improvements, and new initiatives.
• Support long-range planning, scenario analysis, and risk assessments to guide strategic decision-making.
• Partner with Financial Planning & Analysis teams and operational departments to enhance reporting capabilities, data integrity, and analytical processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, increase operational efficiency, and strengthen accountability.
• Translate complex financial concepts and analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for non-financial stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, accounting principles, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Promote financial literacy throughout the organization and serve as a trusted advisor to departmental leadership.
• Support special projects, ad hoc analyses, and other duties as assigned.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance.

Minimum Education and/or Training

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, or a related field required.
• Master's degree preferred.

Minimum Experience

• 5+ years of experience in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, business partnering, or related finance roles.
• Proven experience supporting business leaders through data-driven financial insights and recommendations.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with experience developing financial models and business cases.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex financial information to a variety of audiences.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, financial systems, and reporting tools; experience with business intelligence platforms preferred.
• Proven success in a comparable finance or FP&A role.

Compensation

In recognition of certain U.S. state and municipal pay transparency laws, St. Jude is including a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This is an estimate offered in good faith and a specific salary offer takes into account factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range is $94,640 - $169,520 per year for the role of Financial Business Partner for Academic & Biomedical Operations and Scientific Director's Office.

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