Senior Financial Business Partner - Administrative Services

About St. Jude Children's Research Hospital:
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a world-class pediatric research institution dedicated to advancing cures and treatments for children with catastrophic diseases. As part of this mission-driven environment, the Financial Business Partner for Administration Services plays a crucial role in strengthening the operational and strategic foundation that supports innovative research, clinical excellence, and organizational leadership.

Position Summary:
The Senior Financial Business Partner (FBP) for Administration Services serves as a strategic financial advisor to the senior leadership across Campus Operations, Human Resources, Information Services, the Office of the Chief Administration Officer, and Security Operations
Reporting to the VP–Administration, this role blends strong financial planning & analysis capabilities with the analytical rigor of an economist to support administrative operations and provide insights that shape long-term planning and administrative efficiency decisions.

Success in this role is demonstrated by the ability to deliver clear, data-driven insights that influence executive decision-making; build trusted relationships across Administrative Services; foster partnerships and work collaboratively with Financial Services and other institution FBPs; create predictive models that improve operational planning and process efficiency; and deliver timely, accurate budgeting and performance reporting that enables leaders to confidently steer resources and strategy.
Hybrid schedule may be considered at the discretion of the department.
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Description:

The successful Senior Financial Business Partner anticipates needs, communicates proactively, and consistently elevates the financial and economic sophistication of decision-making across the Administrative Services domain. 

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a strategic financial partner to senior leadership across assigned business groups.
• Lead development of the strategic and financial plan and direct budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Build predictive and econometric models to forecast trends, assess risks, and support decision-making.
• Analyze financial, operational, and economic data to identify patterns, variances, and improvement opportunities.
• Partner with Financial Services to align budget frameworks, long-term models, and enterprise financial plans.
• Monitor year-round budget performance and recommend corrective actions for variances.
• Design dashboards, reporting tools, and analytics that deliver clear, decision-ready insights.
• Collaborate with Information Services to enhance data infrastructure, modeling capabilities, and reporting scalability.
• Advise the Executive Team on the financial implications of strategies, programs, and regulatory changes.
• Facilitate cross-functional problem solving using financial and operational analysis.
• Support Position Control and Enterprise Capital Management processes to ensure alignment with financial strategy.
• Navigate contract and procurement processes to ensure financial alignment, compliance, and informed forecasting 

Minimum Education and/or Training:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business/health administration, economics, or related field of study required.
• Preferred education: Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Data Analytics, or MBA 

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum Requirement: 8+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis.
• Preferred Experience:  10+ years of FP&A, economic analysis or financial advisory experience.
• Significant experience working with major financial processes (e.g., strategic planning and infrastructure support, finance and budgeting, personnel management, grant and fund accounting and clinical compliance) preferred.
• Experience in an academic setting or with research activities preferred.
• Experience supporting HR, IT, or administrative operations preferred.
• (NL) Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Business Economist (CBE) preferred.

Technical & Analytical Skills

• Experience with financial and enterprise resource management systems, Business Intelligence (BI) tools, Excel and statistical software.
• Knowledge of financial forecasts & financial modeling and third-party reimbursement rules & regulations.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Experience leading and managing FP&A processes, including managing teams in a supervisory/ leadership & internal/external collaboration
• Ability to influence without authority and manage multiple priorities would be highly beneficial.
• Proven performance in earlier role/comparable role. 

Preferred Skills

• Experience designing and applying predictive models to support forecasting, planning, and strategic decision‑making
• Strong predictive analytics skill set, including trend analysis, modeling, and data‑driven insights
• Demonstrated experience building financial and economic models, creating dashboard interfaces, and presenting performance reports.
• Hands‑on experience with Power BI to develop dashboards, reports, and data visualizations
• Demonstrated exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex analyses into clear, executive‑ready insights
• Strong critical thinking and structured problem‑solving abilities, with a proven aptitude for analytical rigor and sound judgment

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 $125,840 - $238,160 per year for the role of Senior Financial Business Partner - Administrative Services.

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