Finance Business Partner - City of London, United Kingdom - BCT Resourcing
Description
Initially on a 12 month basis for a maternity cover, due to the growth trajectory of the business there is a strong likelihood of further permanent opportunities at this business.
Responsibilities:
- Partner senior business leaders and their respective teams helping to manage and drive financial performance
- Provide senior management with insight into financial performance on a monthly basis, and support the accounting team monthend analysis where needed
- Support with the monthly forecasting activities and report the outlook to the CEO, CFO and Chief Actuary & Risk Officer
- Input to the annual business and strategic planning cycle
- Advise the business in strategic decision making, building business cases and developing business strategies
- Identify areas for improvement or opportunities to drive value across the organisation
- Draw in external industry insight including competitor benchmarking and analysis
- Produce financial materials for Board meetings, Committees, Townhalls and other similar forums
- Manage the reporting of Financial Management Information with the support of a Financial Analyst
- Use performance indicators to measure success and strengthen the management information capabilities across the organisation
- Increase the organisation's understanding of the financials and value drivers through training
- Collaborate with Group finance function in US
- May perform additional duties as assigned.
- Comply with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements and ensure, at a level appropriate to the position that appropriate measures are in place to ensure this compliance
- Intellectual curiosity with an aptitude to solve complex business problems through analysis and structured thinking
- An ability to build logical and persuasive business cases and solutions
- Accomplished verbal communication skills and confidence in managing senior stakeholders
- Individuals with a strong sense of accountability and the resolve to drive change
- Experience of managing high performing teams
- Experience of MS PowerPoint as a tool to present recommendations in a simple manner
- Strong MS Excel skills with an ability to manage large and complex datasets
- Exposure to the insurance industry, insurance accounting and an understanding of the value drivers of an insurance company is preferable
- Professional qualification preferable (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
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