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About the Role

The Finance Business Partner will support the EMEA division, acting as a trusted advisor to leadership. This role translates financial performance into actionable insights and recommendations, strengthening planning, forecasting, and reporting to aid decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end planning, budgeting, and forecasting process for the EMEA division.
• Develop the annual plan, budgets, and forecasts for EMEA in partnership with FP&A analysts and business stakeholders.
• Provide forward-looking insight into EMEA financial performance, including trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Own the monthly management reporting and performance analysis process for the division.
• Deliver transparent financial updates and actionable recommendations to EMEA operations and leadership.
• Help business leaders understand planning, budgeting, and forecasting assumptions and challenge inputs constructively.
• Prepare cost-benefit analyses, business cases, scenario models, and what-if analyses.
• Partner with Finance Business Partners and other stakeholders to understand market and business changes and assess financial implications.
• Support ad hoc analysis and special projects with a focus on clear insight and business impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Professional certification such as CPA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent preferred.
• 7–10+ years of related finance experience, preferably within insurance, financial services, strategy, consulting, or a global business environment.
• Strong strategic thinking and execution skills.
• Sound judgement, decisiveness, and the ability to provide fact-based recommendations in complex situations.
• Broad understanding of finance, business operations, and the regulatory environment, with strong commercial acumen.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to build trust and credibility with leadership teams.
• Ability to coach and mentor FP&A analysts.
• Strong accounting, finance, forecasting, and analytical skills.
• High degree of ownership, initiative, and independence.
• Strong collaboration, team leadership, and results orientation.
• Ability to motivate others, foster accountability, and support acceptance of change.
• Proficiency with financial systems and standard business applications.
• Experience with Anaplan and Power BI preferred.

Skills

• Financial Planning
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Management Reporting
• Performance Analysis
• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Business Cases
• Scenario Modeling
• What-if Analysis
• Strategic Thinking
• Communication Skills
• Collaboration
• Team Leadership
• Anaplan
• Power BI

Location

• EMEA

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 7-10+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field
• Master's degree preferred
• CPA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent professional certification preferred