Finance Business Partner - Cedar : Job Details

I'm recruiting a Finance Business Partner for a particularly fast-growing, global, City-based business who have grown both organically and by acquisition to boast revenues approaching £3bn. They are a true success story, are cash rich and they continue to make major acquisitions and expand into new markets.

The post of Finance Business Partner is a newly created role sitting in one of their key business units (revenue c. £175m). The role reports into the Finance Director and duties include:

• Provide high quality, timely information, analysis and advice to support effective decision making and performance management.
• Understand the drivers of business performance; identify trends, areas of opportunity or remedial action - implement initiatives to address these.
• Produce finance packs with commentary & analysis; explain these to non-finance stakeholders where necessary.
• Act as a true Finance Business Partner to a range of key stakeholders; support them in their decision making.
• Lead business units in the setting of annual budgets and mid-year forecasts.
• Prepare financial models for M&A or other specific activity.

The ideal candidate for the position of Finance Business Partner will:

• Be a fully qualified accountant with current / prior experience in an FP&A or Business Partner role.
• Have experience of the insurance sector (this could be via an audit group in Big 4 or in another previous role).
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, be keen to work at pace and have a desire to really make a role their own.
• Seek rapid career progression and the chance to gain particularly early exposure to senior stakeholders.