Senior Finance Business Partner Project Accounting

4 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom First Central Services Full time

Senior Finance Business Partner – Retail
We’re First Central Insurance & Technology Group (First Central for short), an innovative, market-leading insurance company. Data drives us. It fuels our outstanding distribution, finance, technology and legal services. Our underwriting skills are built on data expertise; But, it’s the people inside and outside our business that power us. They make us stand out, help us succeed. Our Finance team need a commercially aware, agile and strategic thinking Senior Finance Business Partner - Retail , who knows a thing or two about the Financial Services and/or Motor Insurance and has experience of brokerage and underwriting accounting.
You're not afraid to challenge and you'll have Planning, Forecasting, Strategy and Performance Reporting under your belt If it's within a Commercial and Marketing (C&M) setting - all the better As you'll partner with the Retail part of the C&M Leadership Team. Being their trusted advisor, you'll help drive value by influencing business decisions and strategy through the provision of key information and robust challenge.
With a broad skill-set, including stakeholder management at multiple levels, commercial acumen, problem solving, presentational skills and change management, you'll understand KPIs used across insurance. If management of expenses, financial modelling and experience of projects are in your toolkit too, then its a match
Working flexibly, you'll spend most of your time working from home, with a day a week in the office - so ideally you'll live close to Haywards Heath, West Sussex or Salford Quays, Manchester. But of course, it’s your choice - if the buzz of the office is your thing and you like to be in more - that's good with us too.
You're a qualified accountant holding ACA, CIMA, ACCA or suitably skilled through your PQE
You're great at managing stakeholder and have finance business partnering experience at a senior level
Management of expenses, financial modelling and projects are in your toolkit
Performance Reporting and Challenge
Input into the month end accounting processes with a focus on Retail Income and cost entries
Monthly benefits realisation tracking and ability to influence stakeholders should performance against forecast suggest that corrective actions need to be taken
Strategic and Commercial Acumen
Identify and understand business strategy and provide highly relevant insight into business performance
Actively manage the FCIM expense base to agreed targets, identifying areas where we can make efficiencies or maximise the return on our investments
Develop a deep understanding and knowledge of broker business performance (KPI’s) drivers and be able to draw conclusions from the suite of KPI’s available
Add value through support and challenge of the business in all commercial decision making, providing financial analysis support as necessary
Create excellent relationships with key stakeholders across the business and within the pillar, in particular the FD and MD for FCIM
Partner with the senior leadership teams to deliver accurate financial information to aid decision making to maximise shareholder value and return
Work cross functionally with business managers to align targets and challenge business performance
Ensure that Retail and non retail initiatives are embedded within KPI projections and that the resulting forecast is challenging and robust
Business Initiatives and Tracking
Drive business improvements and contribute to the success of the business. Ensure the business receives appropriate support from all relevant Finance functions including Financial Operations, Financial Accounting, Tax and Treasury
Provide business expertise into accounting processes
Ensure the Retail Finance Team successfully operates the financial controls delegated to it and that the Team continues to operate an appropriately robust control environment
Be an ambassador for the Finance function
Three direct reports – Financial Analysts and Modellers
Ability to deputise for the Retail Finance Director
Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
Broker or underwriter insurance accounting experience preferable
Significant finance business partnering experience at a senior level
Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to communicate and appropriately challenge senior management
Simply Health Cash plan. Reclaim the cost of your eye tests, dental appts, physiotherapy and more
Flexible Bank Holidays
Eight flexible bank holidays; Electric Car Scheme
Plug into our Electric Car Scheme for a deal with insurance, road tax and servicing
Flexible Working
We’re flexible; most roles let you mix office and home working.

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