Senior Finance Business Partner (FP&A) - Byteplus

About BytePlus: BytePlus is a business unit in ByteDance and provides intelligent services powered by industry-leading technologies. BytePlus helps enterprise customers build what's next for their business. Leveraging ByteDance's cutting-edge technologies, we are devoted to developing innovative products and solutions to shape the future.

About Finance BP: Finance BP team is a sub-department of Finance. It aims to improve management efficiency, reduce financial risks and strengthen budget control by providing business analysis and management reports.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with business team and strategy team, provide optimized financial solutions or advice to support business requirements.
• Prepare and review managerial budget and rolling forecasts; track financial performance and conduct related financial analysis.
• Collaborate with the Platform team to build and refine finance-related processes that support new business initiatives, improve efficiency, and control business risk.
• Review non-standard deals and contracts/agreements and assess risks and exposures in accordance with Company accounting policy.
• Evaluate the reasonableness of finance-related processes, including but not limited to quotation, coupons, and billing adjustments.
• Determine revenue recognition rules for different business scenarios and assess the reasonableness of cloud-product metering and billing.
• Lead and coordinate the monthly close process, ensuring accurate and complete closing data across all accounts; analyze budget-vs-actual variances and key data fluctuations.
• Conduct budget control, engage in business operations, and review project applications; review and approve contracts, payments, and procurement from a financial perspective.
• Perform special ad hoc projects and analysis on a frequent basis, with focus on revenue accounting as well as order-to-cash cycles.

Requirements

Minimum Qualification(s):

• Extensive years of experience in FP&A, Finance Business Partner, or audit/advisory at a professional services firm with a strong performance track record.
• Strong technical finance expertise, particularly in revenue accounting, accounts receivable (AR) management, and order-to-cash (O2C) processes.
• Demonstrated collaboration and communication skills, and the ability to effectively influence business partners, as well as ability to collaborate with a diverse range of people and job functions.
• Proficiency in Mandarin is essential, as the role requires frequent communication with Chinese stakeholders in Mandarin-speaking markets.
• Experience with contract/agreement review, non-standard deal assessment, or finance process design and optimization in a technology company.

Preferred Qualification(s):

• A good understanding of the cloud computing industry; relevant experience in SaaS/PaaS/IaaS companies is highly valued.
• Skilled in leveraging AI tools, with hands-on experience applying AI to automate real-world finance tasks.
• Professional certifications such as CPA, CFA, or CMA.