Finance Business Partner - London, United Kingdom - The AA

The AA

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Company description:

Job Title:
Finance Business Partner

Location:
Basingstoke (flexible working with occasional travel to our London and Tunbridge Wells sites)

Contract:
Full Time/Permanent
Solution bringers. Day makers. Extra milers. We are the AA. And we keep everyone's show on the road. There for our members wherever and whenever they need us, we're always ready for anything. That's why, for over 100 years, we've continued to evolve and adapt.

Today, as the nation's number one motoring organisation, we offer a range of excellent products and services to millions of customers.

As our
Finance Business Partner, you'll join our exciting journey to fulfil our future vision.

We aim to support the UK's 17m drivers and to facilitate their driving lives through data and innovation; to succeed with this, we require a step-change in pace and thinking.

Join us as we transform and deliver on this ambitious vision.

This is the job:

As Finance Business Partner for The AA's in-house underwriter, you will support the next phase of business growth and provide the teams with a "go to" finance resource.

A key focus of the role will be to support senior management in our in-house claims handler business.

You will strengthen financial control and further develop reporting and analysis whilst being very 'hands-on', giving you broad finance & commercial exposure, with the opportunity to develop underwriting knowledge.

This role will continue to evolve as necessary to support the needs of the AA's underwriting division.

The Insurer has recently started to implement Anaplan budgeting software and this role would suit someone with strong Excel skills and keen to transfer this into a more robust planning model.

You will also be required to manage another member of staff who is largely in charge of financial control of claims and premiums numbers.

What will I be doing?:

Finance business partner for the finance insurance division, provide an expert service covering a range of specialist financial, accounting and reconciliation activities, to deliver a high level of service
Produce accurate, detailed reports, statements, and schedules in accordance with established timescales, to include actuals, forecasting, budgeting and cashflow and operation and maintenance of the supporting process
Prepare monthly summaries of balance sheet in order to demonstrate complete reconciliation and ensure accuracy of the balance sheet.
Actively steer projects as they arise including ICE automated BS reconciliations.
Undertake accurate and comprehensive analyses of transactions supporting values reported, investigate any anomalies arising, correct and ensure that action is taken to eliminate recurrence.
Manage the divisional budgets and forecasts for the three entities and ensuring there is always a view on the full year financials for P&L, BS and Cashflow. Produce monthly variance analysis and use this information to either steer actuals or improve planned assumptions.
Train to use Anaplan and continue to implement and add more functionality.
Personally deal with issues that are of a complex, technical or sensitive nature and which cannot be resolved satisfactorily by staff, or which management has assigned.

What do I need?:

Capability, Knowledge and Experience:

Previous finance experience with extensive business partnering skills
Accounting policies and processes knowledge and experience
Data Gathering and Analysis
Strong budget and reporting knowledge
Experience of financial modelling
Ability to engage with wider peers and foster strong relationships
Ability to present financial information in a concise and confident manner to both financial and nonfinancial staff.

Education and Qualifications:

This role would suit a part/newly qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA)

Personal Characteristics:

Commercially minded
Accurate, thorough and reliable
Selfmotivated, highly organised and methodical with attention to detail.
Good interpersonal skills
Able to meet tight deadlines and deal with the prioritisation of conflicting requirements
Adaptability
Creative and dynamic thinker someone who is comfortable 'thinking outside of the box' to help solve problems;
Able to work unsupervised and outside defined scope of the role.
Demonstrate commitment and initiative to seek out creative solutions with the aim of continually improving process and ways of working.
Strong business awareness that will enable anticipation & early identification and resolution of issues on a proactive basis.
Ability to be rational and 'levelheaded' when under pressure

Additional Information:

As a valued member of our team, you'll have access to a range of fully supported development programmes, designed to help you progress in your career with us.

Whether you're looking to grow in your current role, or learn new skills and take on great