Title:  Senior Manager Finance Business Partnering

The role partners closely with the business unit (BU) head and leadership team in ensuring the delivery of in year targets and developing longer term strategic plans for the BU.  

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Partnering with business unit and functions to develop and implement yearly operational plans (budget and forecasts).
• Report on business performance versus targets. Provide actionable insights on drivers and impact to business performance.    
• Deliver accurate and timely monthly reporting to global team on business unit performance.
• Proactively monitor and put in place performance reporting processes to BU leadership team to ensure both short-term and long-term objectives are met.
• Identify and communicate financial risks and opportunities to business performance early to local and global stakeholders.

Business Partnering

• Work with business unit stakeholders to drive development of long-term financial plans.
• Partnering with business unit by delivering strategic financial insights to support day to day business decision making.
• Provide financial modelling, financial analysis and valuation support for M&A, client contracts and other ad-hoc financial projects.   

Stakeholder Management

• Build partnerships and maintain strong relationships with business unit leadership teams and both local and global levels.
• Engage with business stakeholders on action plans to deliver business and financial objectives.
• Hold business stakeholders accountable for delivering on agreed actions to deliver business objectives. 

Key Requirements:

Functional skills and knowledge

• Demonstrated application in financial/accounting principles and performance management.
• Demonstrated experience to identify value drivers in business and how marco-economic market factors impact business.
• Demonstrated experience in financial modelling and scenario analysis.
• Proficient in SAP and office productivity tools (e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
• Prior industry experience will be an advantage. 

People DNA behaviours:

Act with purpose

• Place clients, customers, consumers and colleagues at the center of your world.
  Set clear expectations and communicate for shared understanding and collaborate with others to achieve results.
  Communicate to engage, motivate and inspire others.  

Care about others

• Act with emotional intelligence; embrace diversity to gather different ideas and perspectives.  
• Build trustful relationships based on empathy, authenticity and esteem.

Deliver with direction

• Focus on own circle of control and influence and act with empowerment.
• Anticipate future developments and quickly adapt to change.
• Set bold targets and seize opportunities. Take calculated risks; lead change activities.
• Plan, deliver and track progress and make decisions and use resources as if the business were your own.

Grow with passion

• Self-awareness of strengths and areas of improvement. Actively seek feedback and act on it.
• Demonstrate resilience – learn from both successes and setbacks.
• Give feedback and ask questions to provoke reflection and grow others.
• Actively support and drive employee career development.
  Recognize and reward success.

Education

• Degree or professional qualification in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline

Work Experience

• 8-10 years’ experience, with at least the last 3 years in a finance business partnering or FP&A role.
• Minimum 2-3 years’ experience in a managerial capacity

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