(Head of) Finance Business Partner

Jingdong Development France; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JD.com in the United Kingdom seeks a finance professional to lead budgeting, forecasting, and cross-functional financial insights. You will build annual budgets and rolling forecasts, monitor variances, allocate resources, and develop data models and BI dashboards to support precision in planning and decision-making.

The role also covers KPI development, regular reporting, risk controls, and collaboration with frontline operations to resolve bottlenecks, run cost improvements, and drive

Responsibilities

• Budgeting & Forecasting: Develop annual budgets and rolling forecasts; monitor variances and adjust to meet financial goals.
• Business Analysis & Reporting: Establish KPI framework, generate reports, identify anomalies, and drive cost-efficiency.
• Decision Support & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Engage with frontline operations to assess projects and aid decisions.
• Risk Management & Compliance: Identify risks and implement controls; monitor cash flow and receivables.
• Data Systems & Tool Development: Design data models and BI dashboards to streamline financial processes.
• Special Projects & Capability Building: Lead research, competitor analysis and training to raise team finance capability.

Job description

• 1. Budgeting & Forecasting: Develop annual budgets and rolling forecasts, monitor variances, and recommend adjustments to align financial goals with business strategies. Optimize resource allocation and decompose targets to support performance achievement.
• 2. Business Analysis & Reporting: Establish a business KPI framework, generate regular analytical reports, identify anomalies, and conduct root cause analysis. Propose actionable strategies to drive operational improvements and cost-efficiency.
• 3. Decision Support & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Engage with frontline operations to assess projects and design solutions. Provide financial insights for decision-making, resolve cross-departmental bottlenecks, and ensure strategic execution.
• 4. Risk Management & Compliance: Identify risks (e.g., revenue inflation, delivery fraud) and implement preventive controls. Monitor cash flow, receivables, and payables to mitigate bad debt and liquidity risks.
• 5. Data Systems & Tool Development: Design data models and automation tools (e.g., BI dashboards) to streamline financial processes. Enhance data accuracy and analytical efficiency for precision in business operations.
• 6. Special Projects & Capability Building: Lead initiatives like industry research and competitor analysis, standardizing methodologies. Conduct financial training to elevate team expertise and foster sustained business-finance integration.

【 About JD.com】

JD.com (NASDAQ: JD and HKEX: 9618), also known as JINGDONG, is a leading supply chain-based technology and service provider. The company's cutting-edge retail infrastructure seeks to enable consumers to buy whatever they want, whenever and wherever they want it. The company has opened its technology and infrastructure to partners, brands and other sectors, as part of its "Retail as a Service" offering to help drive productivity and innovation across a range of industries. JD.com's business has expanded across retail, technology, logistics, health, industrials, property development and international business. JD.com is ranked 44th on the Fortune Global 500 list and is China's largest retailer by revenue, serving over 600 million annual active customers. The company has been listed on NASDAQ since 2014, and on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 2020. Committed to the principles of customer first, innovation, dedication, ownership, gratitude, and integrity, the company's mission is to make lives better through technology, striving to be the most trusted company in the world.

【Our Global Business】

We are dedicated to building a digitally intelligent, cross-border supply chain and global retail infrastructure. Leveraging our global supply chain capabilities, JD.com continues to expand in markets where our competitive strengths shine. Currently, JD.com's operations span China, the U.K., the Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Hungary, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the U.S., and many others, serving customers worldwide.

Key International Business Segments:

• Joybuy (online retail business in Europe)
• International Logistics
• Cross-border Import Business
• JD Industrials International
• JD Property International