Finance Business Partner

Howden Group Holdings; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in insurance, Howden Group Holdings, is seeking a Finance Business Partner to provide financial support for its UK and International operations. This role involves high-quality reporting, analysis, and collaboration with the Finance team, making an impactful contribution to business performance. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience and a strong understanding of management accounting.

Qualifications

• Experience of reporting financial results and information.
• Proven commercial analysis, budgets & forecasts experience.
• Strong understanding of management accounting.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely information and analysis for decision making.
• Develop understanding of business for tailored reporting.
• Support production of management reporting packs.

Skills

Accuracy and attention to detail

Excellent communication skills

Ambitious and self-motivated

Problem-solving

Education

3 years post qualified

Tools

OneStream

Job description

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Howden is a collective – a group of talented and passionate people all around the world. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mind-set, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 15,000 employees spanning over 100 countries.

Our people are our biggest asset as well as our largest shareholder group and are everything that makes us unique; our inclusive culture, the quality service we offer our clients, and our continued growth, all come from our people-first approach. There’s no such thing as individual success. We all need to play our part, contributing our skills and experience to make a true difference. That’s Howden.

Why work at Howden?

We have always been employee-owned and driven by entrepreneurial spirit. Right from the beginning, we've focused on employing talented individuals and empowering them to make a real difference to the company, whilst building successful and fulfilling careers at the same time. Simply put, we hire talented specialists and give them what they need to make a difference for clients. Always have, always will.

People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It’s what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down disappointed head-hunters for years. Whatever your priorities – work/life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering – you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.

The Role

We are currently looking for a Finance Business Partner to support to the UK Specialty and Multinational Client trading divisions (c£200m revenue combined). The role will support the Finance Director and Head of FP&A to report and analyse results across its UK and International offices, and provide finance support for investments in new initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high quality and timely information, analysis, reporting and interpretation to support effective decision making and performance management.

Develop an understanding of the business to provide tailored reporting and analysis to each team.

Understand the drivers of business performance, identifying trends, areas of opportunity or remedial action and influence the implementation of initiatives to address these.

Support the production of management reporting packs with commentary.

Resolve queries with regard to management reporting, helping to ensure the accuracy of reported results.

Develop strong working relationships with the wider Finance team, and with key contacts around the Group.

Support business units in the setting of annual budgets and mid-year forecasts.

Prepare financial models for company acquisitions.

Support the improvement of management reporting and analysis.

Skills & Attributes

Accuracy and attention to detail

Excellent communication skills, verbal and written

Ambitious and self-motivated

Ability to react positively to change

Ability to think laterally and solve problems using own initiative and challenge the status quo where necessary.

Knowledge & Experience

Experience of reporting and explaining financial results and information

Provision of management reporting, commercial analysis, budgets & forecasts

Strong understanding of management accounting

Insurance industry experience

OneStream experience

Project and task management experience

Implementation and improvement of processes and controls

Professional Qualifications

The role will suit a 3 years post qualified individual

Who we’re looking for

At Howden we value diversity - there is no one Howden ‘personality type’. Instead, we’re looking for individuals who share the same values as us:

Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new

We support each other,in the smalleveryday moments and the bigger challenges

We are determined to make a positive difference, at work and beyond

What do we offer in return?

A career that you define.

Our business succeeds by allowing our people to make a mark in the areas they care about most: personal development, volunteering, and fundraising for charity, or creating new insurance products that address society’s greatest challenges.

And we know that separate home and work lives don't really exist. If you're happy and healthy at home, you're more likely to be happy and fulfilled at work – and vice versa. That's why we do our best to support our people in every aspect of their lives.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Howden, we consider our people our chief competitive advantage and as such we treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness, and respect – regardless of age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or family circumstances.

Our sustainability promise

We’re on a life-long journey to become an ever-more sustainable group. It's a commitment to taking care of our people and the world we live in, to doing good business, and to making a positive impact wherever we can. Our governance processes, company policies, and review systems are all geared towards our goal of making a positive impact in the world. You can read more about our sustainability work here.

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