Finance Business Partner

7 months ago

Swindon, United Kingdom Zurich Insurance Full time

**Location**:Flexible - the team is based in Swindon/London. Office presence in Swindon will be required approximately 2 days per week, and London on occasions.

**The opportunity**:
As Business Partner to the Life business your role will be to support the UK Life business to deliver their commercial strategy, working with them to develop and deliver the financial plan and act as the key contact for all finance topics.

The role will lead the wider UK Life Finance Business Partnering team, and report to the UK Life CFO, deputising where appropriate.

Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of different ways, including part-time, flexible hours, job share, an element of working from home or compressed hours. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.

**What will you be doing?**
- Support the UK Life business in understanding their financial performance. Provide challenge and insights to UK Life leaders to help them set their commercial and financial strategy to drive improved results. You will be key in helping the business to achieve its strategic focus of delivering both top-line and bottom-line results over the plan period.
- Build relationships with the UK Life business to be considered a trusted business partner and face of Finance. Attend UK Life leadership team meetings to present financial performance and insight.
- Lead the UK Life Finance BP team in ongoing process improvement and support to UK Life reporting and planning processes as required.
- Ensure the integrity of financial models and projections through implementation of suitable controls, documentation and testing.
- Aid in the creation and development of ad hoc financial models and analysis to assist and support initiatives and business cases.
- Monitor and provide insight and analysis of the actual performance vs plan and forecast, offer support and challenge to ensure delivery of the target.
- Support the UK Life CFO in leading the delivery of the annual planning cycle for UK Life in line with the UK & Group timelines.
- Maintain an effective planning and analysis capability that will provide the senior Life Management Team and Finance with appropriate analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance of UK Life’s products and services.
- Support UK Life Business Unit Reviews both within the UK business, helping to prepare the UK Life CEO and CFO and onwards up to Group level and represent UK Life Finance at the wider Finance function as appropriate.
- Provide financial advice for business initiatives such as new business opportunities.
- Support the UK Life CFO in preparing reports for the UK Life Company Board and Committees, including preparation of the CFO Report and other reports required over the quarterly Board cycle.
- Support UK Life CFO with adhoc requests and analysis
- Support transformation activity across Finance and UK Life
- Lead the UK Life finance business partner team and coach them in developing the understanding, analysis and insight required to develop the UK Life financial plan and regular reporting requirements, working closely with teams in Expenses and Reporting, Commercial Life Actuarial and UK Life Actuarial and key stakeholders in the business.
- Senior member of the wider FLT demonstrating role model leadership behaviours across Finance and lead on wider projects across Finance.
- Keeps abreast of relevant industry trends and articulate impact on performance relative to competitors.

**What are we looking for?**
- Extensive experience in building and managing relationships with varied stakeholders at a senior level.
- Excellent understanding of the UK financial performance framework - prior knowledge and understanding of the UK Life Business may be useful, but not necessarily essential.
- Experience within the Insurance sector or a good understanding of would be desireable.
- Experience of acting as a conduit between finance and the business units and support functions.
- Influencing or negotiating and communicating at a senior level.
- Experience of leading a team, including continuous improvement. Can develop people and evolve your team to keep up with future trends.
- Analytical thinker with strong business acumen.
- Fully qualified accountant, or relevant qualification, with extensive experience leading a team in the UK.
- A thought leader who can lead from the front and support the business strategy.

**What happens next?**

**Who we are**:
At Zurich we aspire to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world and the best global insurer. Together we’re creating a brighter future for our customers, our people and our planet.

With over 55,000 employees in more than 170 countries, you’ll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company who are a long-standing player in the insurance industry.

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