Finance Business Partner

Allianz UK; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Hybrid working

Annual bonus

Pension scheme

Development days

Retail discounts

Volunteering days

Job summary

Allianz UK is seeking a Finance Business Partner to provide financial guidance, analysis and insights to the business area. The role is hybrid and based in Guildford, with consideration for a suitable candidate in Bournemouth.

You will own month-end processes, lead budgeting, and deliver timely, accurate financial information to influence decision-making across P&Ls. The package includes flexible benefits and Allianz’s global opportunity framework.

Qualifications

• Provides financial management expertise, analysis and insight to inform decision-making.
• Assesses new opportunities and projects for financial viability and controls.
• Manages month-end expense processes and cost allocations to P&Ls.
• Leads expense budgeting and planning for relevant areas.
• Delivers accurate financial reporting and information for decision-making.
• Ensures reporting and accounting meet standards, quality and timescales.
• Influences business decisions through stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial guidance and analysis to the business.
• Support opportunities with financial appraisal and controls.
• Own month-end expense processes and cost allocations.
• Lead budgeting and planning for the business area.
• Produce timely financial management information for decisions.
• Ensure compliant reporting and accounting practices.
• Influence decisions through stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Finance analysis

Insurance accounting

Management accounting

Big picture thinking

Excel

Stakeholder collaboration

Deadline-driven

Education

Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)

Tools

SAP

Anaplan

Job description

Role Description

As a Finance Business Partner, you work closely with the relevant business area to provide guidance, analysis and insight on financial matters, providing both recommendations and challenge. Through building relationships and influencing stakeholders, you will provide financial support to facilitate the achievement of the business goals.

This is a hybrid role based in Guildford we would consider a suitable candidate Bournemouth.

Salary Information

Circa £60,000

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

About You

As a Finance Business Partner you will be accountable for:

• Providing financial management expertise, analysis and insight to inform and contribute to decision-making within the business channel/segment/function.
• Appraisal and support of new opportunities and projects to ensure that all relevant financial considerations are made and appropriate controls are in place.
• Ownership of month-end expense process for relevant area including articulation of how costs allocate to specific P&Ls and explaining the impact of any changes
• Leading the expense budgeting and planning process for relevant business areas.
• Producing accurate and timely financial management information for use within the business area to inform decision-making.
• Ensuring all reporting and accounting is carried out to the required standards and quality, and to the agreed timescales.
• Influencing business decision-making through engagement with key stakeholders.

Essential Skills

• Previous experience of working in finance within the insurance industry.
• Up-to-date insurance accounting and reporting knowledge.
• Ability to apply management accounting and financial management techniques to inform business decision-making.
• Strong intellect and the ability to see both the detail and the 'big picture' across the business and data.
• Strong analysis skills including good knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to collaborate credibly across all levels in the organisation (including senior management).
• Ability to work under pressure and to achieve deadlines

Desirable Skills

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
• Previous experience using SAP / Anaplan is desirable but not essential

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Hybrid working
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts
• Volunteering days

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Inclusive Support & Accessibility

At Allianz, we are committed to fostering building an inclusive, accessible workplace where everyone can thrive. As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates and offer tailored adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace, whether that’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, flexible working arrangements, mentoring or coaching. We want to encourage candidates to speak with us about any adjustments they may need. We’re here to support you.

If you have a disability or long-term health condition and meet the essential criteria, you can choose to be considered through our Offer an Interview Scheme.

Closing date: 25th September 2026

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

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