Senior Lead, Finance Business Partner

Lead finance for K12 Assessments — the largest assessment business in the new US K12 Business Unit , spanning three market-leading franchises:
School Assessment (end-to-end state summative assessment programs), GED (the leading US high-school-equivalency credential which operates under a joint venture agreement), and Evaluation Systems (educator licensure and certification assessment). Together these businesses hold deep, long-term relationships with state education agencies across the country.

• Copilot to the Managing Director — trusted advisor providing independent challenge and strategic guidance on commercial performance, contract strategy and strategic outcomes.

• Connector across the K12 Assessments Leadership Team , ensuring alignment, consistency and transparency on capital allocation, prioritization and the balance of risk and reward across three businesses.

• Owner of the performance narrative — sharpen reporting and forecasting so decisions are made on leading indicators, not lagging results, and so the US K12 Business Unit always has an accurate, current view of each business.

• Custodian of the business's assets , managing risk and sustaining a strong compliance and controls culture across government contracts and joint-venture obligations.

• Leader of a high-performing finance team , developing talent and raising the analytical bar.

• Partner with the MD and Leadership Team to shape commercial strategy, ensuring decisions are grounded in robust financial insight and a clear view of each business's unit economics.

• Own the financial lens on the portfolio's core economic drivers: contract wins, renewals and lifetime value; test volumes and price realization; candidate conversion and attach economics; cost-to-serve and content investment returns.

• Build rigorous bid and renewal economics — incremental revenue versus incremental cost-to-serve on state RFPs, pricing posture by contract, and disciplined evaluation of scope expansion opportunities within existing programs.

• Bring a forward-looking, external perspective — state funding and policy developments, demographic and pipeline trends, competitor performance — and translate it into implications for plans and pricing.

• Operate a no-surprises partnership with the US K12 Executive Partner, Finance : early elevation of emerging risks and opportunities — including contract renewals, state budget developments and policy changes — quantified and framed with recommended actions.

• Own the monthly performance narrative for K12 Assessments: drivers and variances versus plan, forecast movements and the leading indicators behind them, communicated with clarity to the MD, the Business Unit and Group.

• Bring discipline to revenue forecasting across three distinct models — long-term contracts recognized on percentage of completion, short-cycle registration-driven testing volumes, and candidate-funded program fees — with rigorous cost-forecast governance underpinning each.

• Represent K12 Assessments in US K12 Business Unit forecast, planning and risk-and-opportunity reviews; ensure the portfolio's numbers, assumptions and story are consistent at every level they are told.

• Maintain a current, honest view of the risk and opportunity register, with owners and mitigation plans.

• Oversee the financial governance of the GED joint venture, including intercompany service arrangements, royalty obligations and partner reporting — ensuring charging arrangements remain accurate, contractually compliant and well evidenced.

• Maintain a complete view of the state contract portfolio — terms, scope, profitability and renewal exposure —…