Purpose of the role:
Our client is looking for commercially driven, influential and motivated individual, who will work alongside their Products Heads and Support Function Heads as a trusted Finance Advisor, providing support, guidance and insight to their leadership team on all finance and commercial matters, enabling you to make informed decisions and achieve the overall strategic objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Build strong trusted relationships with business leaders, manage complex priorities, and provide commercial and financial guidance to support delivery of their vision
- Work with the wider Finance team to create and provide insightful management information backed up by meaningful analysis for Products and Services across their multiple jurisdictions
- Use solid financial knowledge and business insight to interpret data, draw conclusions, provide insights and make proactive recommendations that deliver results, define improvements, and influence the leadership team
- Support the Leadership team, their Products and Functions in the preparation of the annual budget and periodic forecasts ensuring appropriate challenge in establishing stretch but achievable targets
- Be a Finance representative on Product boards
Skills required:
- You will have proven previous experience in a Senior Finance role, preferably in a business partnering role for a large and complex organisation
- Strong ability to manage multiple priorities, business lines and regions
- Proven experience in financial planning and analysis
- Demonstrable ability to influence senior personnel within large organisation and help non-finance stakeholders understand their performance and consequent actions
- Preferably hold a relevant professional qualification (ACCA, ACA or CIMA) with significant experience in business partnering and delivering commercial value
- Exposure to financial services, in particular fund services business will be an added advantage