Job Description
The Finance Business Partner works closely with business unit to provide financial insights, support strategic decision-making, and improve business performance. This role bridges finance and business by delivering analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and commercial recommendations that drive profitability and sustainable growth.
Responsibilities
Business Partnering
• Serve as the trusted finance advisor to assigned business units.
• Collaborate with business unit to support strategic initiatives and decisions.
• Challenge assumptions and provide financial perspectives to improve business performance and profitability
Financial Modelling & Scenario Planning
• Support the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Develop and maintain robust financial models to evaluate strategic initiatives, investments, pricing, and operational decisions.
• Perform scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to assess the financial impact of changing business assumptions, market conditions, and strategic options.
• Support management in evaluating risks, opportunities, and trade-offs through data-driven financial analysis.
• Provide financial projections and recommendations to support business growth and transformation initiatives.
Business Case & Accounting Advisory
• Evaluate business cases, capital expenditure proposals, and strategic investments.
• Advise business units on the appropriate accounting treatment and financial reporting implications in accordance with applicable accounting standards and company policies.
• Assess financial risks, returns, and commercial viability of proposed initiatives.
• Prepare investment appraisals, including NPV, IRR, payback, and other financial metrics where applicable.
Performance Management
• Provide actionable insights on revenue, costs, profitability, and operational efficiency.
• Support business units in achieving financial and operational targets.
• Translate financial performance into clear actionable insight for the business
• Monitor financial performance against budgets and forecasts, identifying key variances and underlying drivers and recommend corrective actions
• Develop performance dashboards and KPIs to support business management.
Stakeholder Management
• Build effective relationships with business leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Facilitate discussions between finance and business functions to support informed decision-making.
• Influence business decisions through data-driven financial analysis.
Requirements
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- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
- Commercial and strategic thinking.
- Advanced excel skills (pivot tables, financial modelling, data analysis)
- Ability to influence business decisions using financial insights.
- Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Proficient in SQL to extract, transform, and analyze large financial datasets is an advantage.
- Prefer candidate with B2B experience
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- Professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or CA is preferred.
- 8 – 10 years of experience in finance, FP&A, management accounting, or business partnering.
- Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and business analysis.