Description
My client, a leading domestic Insurance Group, is looking for a Finance Business Partner with strong commercial experience to join their team on a long term rolling contract. The successful candidate will be working as part of the Claims Finance team to evaluate, challenge and support financial initiatives as driven by Claims Operation Services.
Key Accountabilities
- Evaluate new opportunities and projects whilst providing sufficient challenge and support to ensure the financials are robust and represent the commercial context for business approval. Ensure that the governance process is adhered to both from a Finance and Project perspective
- Design and deliver Financial Evaluation models to support business decisions
- Track project benefits and costs for pre and post project implementation. Evaluate performance versus the latest Business Case and Latest Forecast/Budget
- Engage with the business to ensure all financial costs and benefits are identified and included within the latest Forecast and Budget in accordance with the forecast timetable and process
- Track BAU performance against the budget/forecast on a monthly basis, working with the BICC (business intelligence competency centre), key business stakeholders and finance colleagues. This will include providing monthly variance analysis and communicating the monthly results to relevant parties in an accurate, timely and concise manner
- Asses the financial stability of a supplier and interpret to non finance stakeholders
- Identify, own and manage the risks involved in regular reporting, projects and Contract Approval Papers appropriate to this role, in line with the group risk framework (ie Credit risk with suppliers)
- Provide commercial insight and financial analytical support as required on ad hoc pieces of work
Key Competencies
- Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders from across the group and beyond including, wider Finance, Claims Operations (Networks, Supply Chain and Procurement)
- Ensure continuous improvement is applied for all activities and communicated to the rest of the team ensuring knowledge is shared across the team
- Excellent commercial awareness
- Multiple stakeholder management with competing priorities
Technical:
- Strong analytical skills utilising internal and external information
- Strong report writing and presentation skills
- Advanced Spreadsheet Skills
- Part Qualified Accountant
Allegis Group Limited and Aston Carter Limited operate Employment Businesses and Agencies and are companies within the Allegis Group Inc. group of companies, the fourth largest staffing company in the world, (collectively referred to as the "Allegis Group"). TEKsystems and Aerotek are divisions of Allegis Group Limited. Applicant data will be treated in accordance with the Allegis Group's Privacy Notice ). By submitting personal data to any company or division within the Allegis Group, the applicant is providing explicit consent to the use of such data by the Allegis Group and to the transfer of such data to and from the Allegis Group companies within the UK, Europe and outside the European Economic Area in connection with the fulfilment of the applicant's voluntary requests, and the fulfilment of other job opportunities that match the applicant's profile, and confirms that they may be contacted about such job opportunities.