AVP-Finance Business Partner
- Recruiter
- BSM Group
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- £60,000 per annum + benefits
- Posted
- 23 May 2017
- Closes
- 30 May 2017
- Ref
- THAVPFBP40
- Job Title
- Finance Business Partner
- Category
- Banking and Financial Services
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
A key aspect of the role is to build strong relationships with Clients and Stakeholders, becoming a trusted advisor, while at the same time providing critical challenge, together with building strong relationships with the wider Business Finance Partner community and their key clients. In addition a key purpose of the role is to provide strategic finance management and decision leadership to the Function leadership and liaise with cluster FBPs to support in setting and driving the function’s cost strategy.
The role has three primary areas of responsibility:
Lead Finance Business Partner for Function
Partner with and challenge the Function across the business. Provide effective finance management and decision support, and liaise with the Business Unit aligned Finance teams. The role requires strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
Function COO FBP
Owning all aspects of the financial support for the functions COO.
Constant and ongoing liaison with Functions COO, and the full COO Team.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to understanding and owning actual cost, forecast costs and articulating the cost story both to financial and non financial stakeholders. The successful candidate must be able to help formulate and implement key strategic decisions around the shape and cost base of the function.
This is a senior role within Group Cost Management, and as such is expected to show strong leadership across the wider team, and to help identify and implement changed and efficiencies, while acting as a role model to the broader team.
Key Accountabilities:
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to :
Lead on all cost / finance support for the Function across the business, working across Group Cost Management and Function COO teams.
Global Cost Review, analytics and control for the Function and it’s sub functions.
- Must be regarded as proactive and assertive in driving control improvement
- Strong control awareness
- Have the mindset to identify potential control breaches and speak up
Commercial Environment
- Customer / Stakeholder focused
- Consistently delivers against targets and deadlines
- Good understanding of up to date Organisation and Business knowledge
Personal and Interpersonal Skills
- Diligent and active self-starter
- Strong Stakeholder management skills and ability to build good, effective Relationships
- Expected to provide support to team lead
- Minimal supervisory oversight, and able to perform duties with minimal guidance
- Tenacious and Control focused
- Self Driven, motivated and proactive
- Strong team ethic
- Excellent written and verbal skills to finance and non finance
Knowledge and Expertise
- SAP, CAP, BPC
Experience, Qualifications and other Requirements specific to the Role
- Qualified Accountant with extensive experience in finance function
- Preferable with experience of Banking