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Senior Finance Business Partner, Insurance
My Client, a large Insurance company, has a requirement for a Senior Finance Business Partner to sit within their Finance division. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant and having worked in a decision support role with a background and knowledge of Insurance. Non-banking candidates will also be welcome.
Main responsibilities:
*Lead the budgeting and planning cycles. Inform and shape the future strategic direction of the business.
*Assist senior management to make informed decisions by providing the right, robust, commercially focused analysis using a variety of data sources including financial and non-financial information.
*Develop and sustain excellent, effective working relationships with the wider businesses and functions.
*Actively participate in regional management board meetings and events.
*Helping to build a collegiate team atmosphere where regular knowledge sharing and collective development is encouraged, recognised, rewarded and sustained.
*Drive forward with continuous improvement focusing on quality and timeliness of management information.
*Link financial data with key business MI to develop a broader commercial view of the business.
*Provide support and drive for the business on a number of group-wide programmes: eg Lean/Ci, finance systems transformations, strategic business reviews etc.
*Use technical and business knowledge to carry out complex financial modelling.
*Provide a service that embraces a strong customer focus across both finance and the business.
Essential:
*Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ICAEW etc)
*Proven track record of working with Executives/Senior Managers in Finance and the business of large/medium organisations
*Proven appreciation of the importance of Decision Support being commercially focused
*A good understanding of strategic dexterity: ie being able to stand back and consider the "bigger picture" and how, for example, economic and political externalities may impact that picture
*Advanced ability to distil complex, analytical problems into their key component parts and to communicate the impact of those parts on the business in a simple and easy to understand way
*Strong understanding of planning and forecasting processes and cycle
*Excellent planning and organisational abilities
*Career background in financial services management information reporting and business analysis
*Ability to express oneself clearly in both written and verbal communication.
*Recent Insurance experience is preferred.
For more information please send CVs.
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.