Senior Manager Finance Business Partner

Aztec Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial services provider in London seeks a Senior Finance Advisor to support strategic decision-making and provide financial guidance. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in financial planning and analysis, and interpersonal skills to influence and communicate with senior leadership. This role offers opportunities for professional development and involvement in a dynamic finance environment.

Benefits

Professional training and qualifications

Opportunities for operational efficiencies

Qualifications

• Proven previous experience in a senior finance role.
• Strong ability to manage multiple priorities and business lines.
• Demonstrable ability to influence non-finance stakeholders.
• Sound technical accounting and reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with business leaders and manage complex priorities.
• Create and provide insightful management information.
• Support annual budget and periodic forecasts preparation.
• Be proactive in identifying areas for improvement.

Skills

Financial planning and analysis

Interpersonal skills

Multiple priority management

Active listening

Advanced Excel skills

Education

ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualification

Job description

Reports totheFinanceDirector

As part of the internal finance team where you will play a key role in supporting the continued growth in our business and to help drive the ongoing development of our internal finance function.

We are looking forcommercially driven, influentialand motivated individual,who will work alongside ourProductsHeads and Support Function Headsas a trustedfinanceadvisor, providing support, guidance and insight to our leadership team on all financeand commercialmatters, enabling them to make informed decisions and achieve the overallstrategicobjectives of Aztec.

This role providesanopportunity to addstrategicvalue through delivering insightful management information to the business on a timely basis to underpin effective decision making and support the ongoing strong business growth across the jurisdictions in which Aztec operate.

Key responsibilities:

• Build strong trusted relationships with business leaders, managecomplex priorities, and providecommercial and financialguidanceto support deliveryof the Aztec vision
• Work with the wider Finance team to create and provide insightful management informationbacked up by meaningful analysis for our Products and Servicesacrossourmultiple jurisdictions
• Use solid financial knowledge and business insight to interpret data, draw conclusions, provide insights and make proactive recommendations that deliver results, define improvements, and influencethe leadership team
• Support the leadership team, their Products and Functions in the preparation of the annual budget and periodic forecasts ensuring appropriate challenge in establishing stretch but achievable targets
• Be a Finance representative on Product boards
• Support the leadership team in implementing actions from management information,articulate complex financial information in an easy to understand manner, withoutthe use of complex financialjargon
• Ensure appropriate, forward looking decision support is provided to stakeholders
• Stay informed ofrelevant industryandmarketintelfor allproducts andjurisdictions to assess and report on current market trends and identifyingopportunities that can be ceased
• Be proactive in identifying areas for improvement, and driving forward change and efficiencies
• Develop and implement opportunities for operational efficiencies using analytical insight and work with the Finance peers on projects as required
• Enhance our management reporting suite
• Management and mentoring of staff

Skills, knowledge, expertise:

• The ideal candidate will have proven previous experience in a senior Finance role, preferably in a business partnering role for a large and complex organisation
• Strong ability to manage multiple priorities, business lines and regions.
• Proven experience in financial planning and analysis
• Demonstrable ability to influence senior personnel within large organisation and help non-finance stakeholders understand their performance and consequent actions
• Preferably holda relevant professional qualification (ACCA, ACA or CIMA)with significantexperiencein business partnering and delivering commercial value
• Exposure tofinancial services, in particular fund services business will be an added advantage
• Sound technicalaccountingand reporting experience
• Computer literacyandadvancedExcelskills are essential
• Excellent interpersonal skills are required to develop close working relationships with colleagues, clientsand business contacts
• Uses active listening skills to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner. Adjustingstylesfor various audiences to articulate finance issues clearly
• People management experience

We will provide the training, both in house for relevant technical knowledge and also professional qualifications to enhance your professional development. You will need to be quick to learn new systems and great with people, as close working relationships between our colleagues and clients is at the heart of what we do.