Finance Business Partner

FM Global; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mutual insurance company in London seeks a Finance Business Partner to advise on financial performance and drive strategic decision-making. This role requires strong analytical skills, extensive financial experience, and the ability to mentor FP&A analysts. The position is office-based and offers a flexible schedule alongside excellent benefits, including medical insurance and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Private medical insurance contribution

Incentive Plan

Fitness Reimbursement Plan

Global Well-being days

Annual Volunteer Day

Mental health assistance programme

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent experience.
• 7-10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Strong strategic and execution capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor on financial performance.
• Drive planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
• Own monthly management reporting and analysis.

Skills

Financial analysis

Strategic planning

Communication skills

Mentoring

Accounting knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent

Master’s degree

Professional certification (CPA, ACA, ACCA)

Tools

Anaplan

PowerBI

Job description

Overview

Established nearly two centuries ago, FM is a leading mutual insurance company whose capital, scientific research capability and engineering expertise are solely dedicated to property risk management and the resilience of its policyholder-owners. These owners, who share the belief that the majority of property loss is preventable, represent many of the world’s largest organizations, including one of every four Fortune 500 companies. They work with FM to better understand the hazards that can impact their business continuity to make cost-effective risk management decisions, combining property loss prevention with insurance protection.

Responsibilities

This position is office-based in London, U.K. and follows a full-time schedule. Start and stop times are flexible. Occasional travel will be required based on business needs.

The Finance Business Partner (FBP) supports the EMEA business division and will act as a trusted advisor on the financial performance of the Division in areas related to the future state financial performance including budgeting, financial insights on market conditions, alternative business scenarios and improving the quality of internal and external financial data to drive business decision making and performance.

The FBP provides broad scale, expert consultation, direction, and guidance to both functional and regional leadership to elevate business performance. Drives end-to-end planning, budgeting, and forecasting process across the EMEA division, including all inputs and drivers within the planning tool.

Develops the annual plan, associated budgets, and forecasts for the EMEA division, supported by an FP&A analyst pool. Understands and oversees the financial performance of the EMEA division to support Head of FP&A's strategic priorities.

Owns monthly management reporting and analysis process for the division. Proactively provides timely, accurate and transparent financial updates and actionable insights to EMEA operations and Head of FP&A.

Ensures business leaders understand key planning, budgeting and forecasting assumptions and drivers. Prepares cost / benefit analysis, builds business cases, and what-if analyses, for corporate initiatives and as needed.

Engages key internal stakeholders, including other FBPs and division/staff function counterparts, to keep abreast of changes in market landscape and advise on potential implications to the business. Supports ad hoc analysis as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in accounting or combination of equivalent work experience. Master’s degree preferred
• Professional certification e.g. CPA, ACA, ACCA
• 7-10+ years of related work experience is required
• Finance experience at an insurance company; strategy and/or consulting role highly preferred
• Global work experience is highly preferred
• Strong strategic and execution capabilities
• Strong judgement and decisiveness
• Broad and deep knowledge of finance, business, and regulatory environment
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Ability to build trust through advocacy for the division’s leadership team priorities
• Ability to mentor FP&A analysts to enable growth toward FBP role
• Strong accounting / finance skills
• Ability to work independently
• Good team leadership skills and results orientation
• Ability to motivate others in a deadline driven environment and foster acceptance of change
• Proficiency with financial systems and standard software applications (proficiency in Anaplan and PowerBI preferred)

Benefits

• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
• Private medical insurance contribution
• Incentive Plan
• Fitness Reimbursement Plan
• 2 Global Well-being days per annum
• Annual Volunteer Day
• Emotional well-being and mental health assistance programme

FM is a people-driven business. It is our ability to harness the power of our diversity that allows us to create the unique, world-class services we’re known for. We’re committed to attracting a talented and diverse workforce and fostering a culture of inclusion that allows diversity to thrive and seed innovation.