Executive Partner, Data Analytics & Business Intelligence - Finance

Job Title - Executive Partner, Data Analytics & Business Intelligence - Finance

Description - Lead the transformation of Pearson's finance capabilities, driving AI-led innovation across reporting, planning, and analytics to enable smarter, faster enterprise decision-making.

About the role

This is a senior enterprise role responsible for leading the evolution of Pearson Finance's tools, systems, analytics, and insight capabilities. You'll play a central role in shaping how finance supports decision-making across the organization, ensuring it is scalable, efficient, and increasingly driven by data, automation, and AI.

Operating at a strategic level, you will partner across Finance, Technology, Data, and business teams to align financial systems and processes with organizational priorities. The role focuses on strengthening data foundations, modernizing reporting and analytics, and embedding emerging technologies into core finance activities.

You will act as the bridge between business needs and enabling capabilities, ensuring finance has the tools, governance, and operating discipline required to support enterprise performance at scale. Alongside this, you'll lead a high-performing team and drive a culture of continuous improvement and innovation across finance.

What you'll do

• Define and deliver the strategic roadmap for finance systems, reporting, analytics, and planning capabilities

• Lead the evolution of finance tools and processes to improve efficiency, scalability, and effectiveness

• Identify and implement opportunities to leverage AI and machine learning to enhance forecasting, reduce manual reporting, and improve insight generation

• Partner across Finance, Technology, Data, and business teams to align capability development with enterprise priorities

• Influence investment decisions in finance systems, data, and reporting capabilities to maximize business value

• Drive standardization and consistency across business units to enable scalable and comparable finance processes

• Lead end-to-end finance transformation initiatives, from business case through to delivery and adoption

• Translate business requirements into clear priorities, delivery plans, and measurable outcomes

• Track and realize benefits from transformation activity, improving efficiency, control, and output quality

• Deliver enhanced reporting, dashboards, and KPI frameworks to support decision-making and performance management

• Improve the accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of financial and operational reporting

• Enable integrated performance views across planning, reporting, and analysis processes

• Optimize finance data structures, systems, and workflows to increase reliability and efficiency

• Deploy automation and analytics solutions to reduce manual effort and enhance insight generation

• Establish governance frameworks for finance capability changes, including requirements, testing, and controls

• Ensure strong change management, documentation, and user adoption across initiatives

• Maintain compliance with internal controls and data governance standards

• Lead and develop a high-performing team, setting clear objectives and expectations

• Build capability across systems, data, reporting, and analytics within the team and wider finance function

• Foster a culture of innovation, including adoption of AI-assisted workflows across finance and analytics

What we're looking for

• Significant experience in senior finance partnering roles, with exposure to commercial functions

• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and shape strategic decisions at enterprise level

• Deep expertise in financial planning, investment analysis, data analytics, and financial systems

• Strong understanding of reporting, planning, and performance management frameworks

• Experience driving finance transformation, including systems, processes, and operating model improvements

• Ability to operate across organizational boundaries with an enterprise-wide mindset

• Strong leadership capability, with experience building and developing high-performing teams

• Collaborative approach to working across Finance, Technology, Data, and business functions

• Experience working with or implementing AI, automation, or advanced analytics within finance environments

Location & working pattern

This role can be based in the UK or US (Remote) .

Flexible working arrangements are available, with collaboration expected across global teams.

Compensation

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The minimum full-time salary range is between $250,000 - $300,000 .

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume and a cover letter outlining their qualifications and experience via

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Pearson is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted through July 3, 2026 . This window may be extended depending on business needs.

Who we are:

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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Job: Finance

Job Family: ENTERPRISE

Organization: Corporate Finance

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Remote

Req ID: 24606

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