Head of Finance Business Partnering

Hays; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading market Insurance group in Manchester seeks an Interim Head of Finance Business Partnering. This key role involves leading a team, providing financial oversight, and engaging with senior stakeholders. Ideal candidates will be fully qualified accountants with extensive business partnering experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to manage financial risks effectively.

Benefits

Generous daily rate

Flexible hybrid working

Qualifications

• Experience in senior business partnering roles.
• Strong understanding of corporate functions and costs.
• Proven financial leadership and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of FBPs to support financial activities.
• Provide budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Manage financial risks and controls.

Skills

Business Partnering

Cost Management

Financial Modelling

Analytics

Risk Management

Education

Qualified Accountant

Job description

An Interim Head of Finance Business Partnering role for a market-leading Insurance Group.

Your new company
A market-leading Insurance group in Manchester.

Your new role
Interim Head of Finance Business Partnering role, reporting to the Financial Director. You will lead a team of FBPs to support a range of functions and stakeholders, with key decision support information. You will provide financial support, insight, and oversight over their financial activities, including budgeting, forecasting and planning. You will provide a framework of standardised reporting and cost management analysis. Providing functional analysis to support investments and transformation projects, applying functionally specific expertise in finance, technology and data. You will be responsible for reporting of flash and actual results. You will also be responsible for functional financial risks and controls, including process mapping of planning & forecasting, proactive capturing, escalation and management of the risk register. You will work closely with senior stakeholders and provide additional analysis as required.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a fully qualified accountant, with experience of senior business partnering roles in large and complex businesses. Extensive Business Partnering experience to an Executive level & confident to present analytics and options, robustly. You will have an inquisitive mindset and a strong understanding of corporate functions and costs. You will have extensive cost management experience. Solution-orientated, flexible and pragmatic, you will be able to work under significant pressure and intensity, handling multiple priorities. You will be a true finance leader, with broad commercial finance experience: reporting, planning, forecasting, analytics. A proven team collaboration track record. Experience of investment appraisal, building financial models, to support key decisions. A strategic thinker with the ability to model bottom-up and top-down solutions.

What you'll get in return
A varied and rewarding role, with a high calibre business. A generous daily rate and flexible hybrid working from office and home.

What you need to do now
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