Finance Business Partner

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions; Madrid; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm seeks a Senior Finance Business Partner in Madrid. This role focuses on financial advisement, supporting business growth and profitability through strategic insights. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience as a Finance Business Partner in multinational environments, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in financial modeling tools. This position offers a full-time contract with key responsibilities in financial leadership and performance monitoring.

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience as a Finance Business Partner.
• Experience in sales forecasting and customer profitability analysis.
• Strong commercial acumen and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to influence decision-making.
• Provide financial leadership on proposals and investment cases.
• Develop financial models for pricing and market decisions.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Financial analysis

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Collaborative ability

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Role Overview

The Senior Finance Business Partner will act as the primary financial advisor to the Regional General Manager and Senior Leadership Team (SLT). The role will focus exclusively on supporting business growth, profitability and driving value through commercial insight, supporting execution of strategy, and improving business performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the GM and SLT to challenge and influence decision-making across commercial, operational, and strategic initiatives.
• Provide financial leadership on Request-For-Proposal reviews, investment cases, customer profitability, and sales forecasting.
• Analyse customer, product, and channel profitability to identify growth opportunities and areas for performance improvement.
• Develop financial models and scenario analysis to support pricing, commercial negotiations, and new market entry decisions.
• Lead the regional forecasting and budgeting process in partnership with the central finance team.
• Translate group financial targets into actionable regional business plans, challenging assumptions where necessary.
• Monitor performance against budget, forecast, and key KPIs; identify variances and partner with leadership to drive corrective actions.
• Deliver clear, concise financial reporting and presentations to the GM, SLT, and Group Finance.
• Collaborate seamlessly with the centralised Finance Centre on accounting, tax, and compliance activities.
• Act as the regional point of contact to ensure financial operations are aligned with business needs.
• Collaborate, share and support fellow Finance Business Partner colleagues with delivering a standardised and best practice approach to FBP across Europe.

Which skills, competencies and experience are we looking for?

Operational

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with significant post-qualification experience.
• Proven track record as a Finance Business Partner in a multinational environment.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to translate financial analysis into business insight.
• Experience in sales forecasting, customer profitability analysis, and commercial contract support.
• Strong analytical and modelling skills, with advanced Excel/Power BI capability.
• Skilled in preparing and delivering impactful presentations to senior audiences.

Relational

• Excellent influencing skills; able to challenge senior stakeholders constructively.
• Highly collaborative, able to build strong cross-functional relationships.

Personal Characteristics

• Strategic thinker with strong business curiosity.
• Proactive, resilient, and comfortable working in a changing environment.
• Hands-on and detail-oriented, while able to maintain a big-picture view.

EEO

Toshiba is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Individuals who may require reasonable adjustments because of a disability for any part of the employment process should email [e-mail] to inform of any requests.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We at Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions firmly believe that our people are an integral part to the success of our customers. Furthermore, we’re committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for all our people as highlighted by our 5 Core Principles (Create Outreach, Foster Belonging, Unleash Opportunity, Diverse Cultural Engagement and Culture of Transparency).

With over 50+ years of commitment to retail, we are RETAIL. Our RETAIL values (respect, empowerment, teamwork, adaptability, leadership) characterize what our employees and clients can expect when they work with us every time and all the time. We’re passionate about our customers the retail industry and becoming a more responsible company as we help create a brighter future.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Finance
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting, Retail, and IT System Custom Software Development