Let's begin! Finance Business Partner (12069)

Moody's Investors Service; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in financial services is seeking a candidate to join their MA Business Finance team in Greater London. This role focuses on financial planning and analysis, strategic management, and stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate will possess a post-graduate qualification in Finance or a related field and over 9 years of relevant experience. Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, and preparing reports. The company promotes a culture of curiosity and inclusivity, welcoming candidates with diverse backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in financial planning and analysis processes.
• Curiosity about responsible AI practices.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with senior management on strategic operating issues.
• Manage planning functions including forecasting and budgeting.
• Prepare and communicate monthly reports and variance analysis.
• Design financial models and metrics to measure performance.
• Develop new reporting solutions for senior management presentations.
• Ensure coordination across different lines of business.
• Gather market and competitive trends.

Skills

Exceptional Stakeholder Management

Financial Data Analysis

Change Agent Mentality

Flexibility

Team Collaboration

Knowledge of Accounting Concepts

Interest in AI Tools

Education

Post-graduate qualification in Finance, Accounting or related field

9+ years of relevant experience

Job description

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today's risks into tomorrow's opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody's is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we're advancing AI to move from insight to action‑enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills and Competencies

• Exceptional Stakeholder Management. Proven ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels, from entry‑level team members to senior executives, adapting communication styles to suit different personalities and navigating challenging stakeholder dynamics with ease.
• Able to manage complex financial data and deploy financial models and forecasts mechanisms, and leverage data to inform business decisions; comfortable with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, advanced analytical decision‑making and problem‑solving skills.
• Highly motivated, participative as a change agent mentality that can provide financial leadership.
• Demonstrates flexibility with last minute changes in commitments, deadlines, and meeting attendance.
• Able to work both self‑directed, as well as a member of a team by interacting and collaborating with members of other teams across the organization.
• Strong knowledge of accounting concepts.
• Basic understanding of artificial intelligence concepts, with curiosity and enthusiasm for learnings how AI tools can be used to improve processes and drive efficiency. Interest in exploring AI systems and a willingness to develop awareness of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use.

Education

• Post‑graduate qualification in Finance, Accounting, Statistics or other quantitative field (e.g. MBA, CPA/CA, CIMA, ACCA).
• 9+ years of relevant experience in Financial Planning and analysis processes and modelling, or equivalent. Business intelligence tools, and data science experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the senior management team on strategic operating issues, long‑term strategies and profit goals through the development and implementation of financial and strategic planning.
• Manage the core planning functions: results analysis, forecasting, annual budgeting, and strategic planning. Deliver insightful and driver based presentational outputs for discussion with senior management.
• Own and lead the preparation and communication of monthly reports and variance analysis, in a timely manner. Including the use of financial KPI analysis and identifying historical trends that will offer value added insights and help identify key focus areas for management.
• Design financial models and metrics to measure performance and highlight key areas of focus for senior management.
• Drive the development of new reporting solutions and develop materials for senior management presentations, discussions and reviews.
• Create executive presentations used for business updates to both the senior management team and key business partners across MCO.
• Ensure close coordination across several different lines of business and support functions that are geographically dispersed; pro‑actively partner with the local, regional and global contacts to ensure deliverables are met as agreed.
• Gather internal and external market/competitive trends.

About the team

The MA Business Finance team plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between finance and business operations within an organization, including strategic planning, providing financial insights and analysis to support decision‑making, and fostering a collaborative environment among departments.

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Moody's is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody's Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.