The Finance & Marketing Business Development Partner is responsible for serving as the strategic liaison between the Finance organization and enterprise delivery teams, managing the intake, prioritization, governance, and execution oversight of all Finance related initiatives.

This role is responsible for overseeing a portfolio of both IT and non-IT projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, operational priorities, regulatory requirements, and enterprise standards.

The Business Partner works closely with Finance and Marketing Business Development leadership, IT teams, PMO, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure successful planning, execution, communication, and delivery of initiatives that improve financial operations, reporting, controls, compliance, and business performance.

This position requires a blend of strategic planning, project/program management expertise, business relationship management, and operational leadership.

This hybrid position is based in Kansas City, MO with an onsite expectation of once per month.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for Finance and Marketing Business Development leadership regarding project requests, prioritization, status reporting, and delivery coordination.
• Build trusted relationships with Finance stakeholders to understand strategic goals, operational challenges, and emerging business needs.
• Facilitate alignment between Finance area priorities, Marketing Business Development priorities and enterprise capabilities, budgets, and resource availability.
• Provide consultation and guidance on project feasibility, delivery approaches, risks, and dependencies.
• Manage the centralized intake process for all Finance-related initiatives, including IT and operational/business projects.
• Manage the centralized intake process for all Marketing business development initiatives, including IT and operational/business projects.
• Evaluate project requests for business value, complexity, resource requirements, and strategic alignment.
• Maintain and govern the Marketing Business Development and Finance project portfolio roadmap.
• Coordinate prioritization activities with Finance and Marketing business development leadership, PMO, and IT leadership.
• Ensure projects are appropriately categorized, scoped, documented, and governed.
• Oversee execution of multiple concurrent initiatives across Finance functions such as Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Payroll, Tax, Procurement, and Audit.
• Oversee execution of multiple concurrent initiatives across Marketing Business Development, including intranet and company site.
• Monitor project timelines, budgets, deliverables, dependencies, and risks.
• Ensure consistent project management methodologies, governance standards, and reporting practices are followed.
• Facilitate issue resolution and escalation management across teams and stakeholders.
• Drive successful project delivery through effective planning, coordination, communication, and change management.
• Develop and present department portfolio dashboard, status updates, and performance metrics.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, security standards, regulatory requirements, and audit expectations.
• Track business portfolio performance against KPIs, milestones, and business outcomes.
• Assist with project budgeting, forecasting, and resource planning activities.
• Coordinate with Marketing Business Development, Finance and IT leadership on funding approvals and allocation decisions.
• Monitor vendor engagements, contracts, and external resource utilization where applicable.
• Identify opportunities to improve project intake, delivery processes, governance, and stakeholder engagement.
• Promote standardization, operational efficiency, and process optimization across Finance initiatives.
• Support organizational change management and user adoption activities for implemented solutions.
  
  

Technical Skills And Competencies Required

• Strong knowledge of project and program management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid)
• Experience managing project portfolios and governance processes
• Understanding of Finance business processes, including:
• Financial reporting
• Budgeting and forecasting
• General ledger/accounting
• Procurement and AP/AR
• Internal controls and compliance
• Familiarity with ERP systems
• Financial planning tools
• Reporting and analytics platforms
• Understanding of Marketing business development processes.

Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools:

• Jira
• Smartsheet
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong risk management, dependency management, and change management capabilities
• Ability to analyze business requirements and translate them into actionable plans
• Experience with budget tracking and financial oversight of projects
• Knowledge of PMO governance frameworks and reporting standards
  
  

Behavioral Competencies Required

• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives without direct authority
• Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence decision-making across business and technical teams
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and facilitation skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with executives, technical teams, and business users
• Strong conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Ability to align projects and priorities with organizational goals
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to balance tactical execution with strategic planning
• Exceptional organizational and multitasking skills
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• High attention to detail and follow-through
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to foster collaboration across departments
• Customer-service mindset with a focus on partnership and business value delivery
• Comfortable operating in evolving environments with changing priorities
• Ability to drive change and continuous improvement initiatives
  
  

Education And Certifications

• Preferred: BA/BS degree Business, Information Technology, Finance, Marketing or related field or equivalent relevant experience.
• Preferred certifications: PMP, PgMP
  
  

Experience Required

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in program or project management within enterprise environments
• Minimum 2+ years supporting Finance or Accounting business functions and/or Marketing development
• Proven experience managing cross-functional enterprise initiatives involving both technology and operational/process change
• Experience working within PMO governance structures and portfolio management frameworks
• Demonstrated success managing multiple complex projects simultaneously
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders and executive stakeholders
• Experience with ERP implementations, Finance transformations, or enterprise system upgrades preferred
• Experience with website development and user functionality
• Prior experience in regulated industries or environments with strong compliance requirements preferred
  
  

About Littler

Littler is the largest global employment and labor law practice in the world exclusively devoted to representing management. With more than 1,900 attorneys in over 100 offices worldwide, Littler serves as the single source solution provider to the global employer community. Consistently recognized in the industry as a leading and innovative law practice, Littler has been litigating, mediating and negotiating some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record for over 75 years.

Littler’s unparalleled commitment to labor and employment law helps clients navigate a complex business world with nuanced legal issues—building better solutions for clients’ toughest challenges. With deep experience and resources that are local, everywhere, Littler is fully focused on its clients. With a diverse team of the brightest minds, Littler fosters a culture that celebrates original thinking. And with powerful proprietary technology, Littler disrupts the status quo—delivering bold, groundbreaking innovation that prepares employers not just for what’s happening today, but for what’s likely to happen tomorrow.

Benefits

We offer a generous benefits package to full-time and part-time employees working at least a 50% schedule. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental and vision plan for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children. In addition, we provide a superior 401(k) plan, ample time off programs, mental health programs, family building and caregiving, generous paid parental leave, life insurance, disability insurance, a wellness program, flexible spending accounts, and an employee referral bonus program.

For more information about our benefits visit: www.littler.com/benefits/state-details.

For more information about our firm visit: www.littler.com.

No recruiters – principals only. Littler is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. Search firms who submit candidates for this position are not eligible for any form of compensation, even if the candidate is successfully hired.

Please note applications are only accepted through our careers page www.littler.com/careers. For inquiries regarding this opportunity, please e-mail Jazmin Vivanco at jvivanco@littler.com with the job title in the subject line

This job posting is a general description of the types of responsibilities that are required of an individual in this job. It is not intended to be a complete list of the responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required for this job.

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