Job Title: Senior Expense Business Partner
Target Start Date: 7th July
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available
Salary Range: Up to 96,000
Location: Flexible across esure and Ageas offices
Senior Expense Business Partner
We are looking for an experienced Senior Expense Business Partner to join our Finance team on a 6-month fixed term contract. This is a key role supporting the UK Executive Team, helping the business manage expenses effectively, deliver cost targets, and make informed financial decisions.
You will be a trusted partner to senior leaders, providing clear financial insight, driving cost discipline, and supporting major integration and transformation projects. This role is ideal for someone with a strong FP&A background and significant experience managing expenses within a large, complex organisation.
Main Responsibilities
- Partner with senior leaders and UK Executive Team members on all expense-related matters.
- Provide clear financial insight and recommendations to support business decisions.
- Lead expense budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities.
- Challenge and influence stakeholders to improve cost management and accountability.
- Drive deep-dive reviews to identify cost risks, opportunities, and efficiencies.
- Support integration projects by tracking costs, benefits, and delivery against targets.
- Improve expense reporting, management information, and planning processes.
- Help strengthen financial controls, governance, and best-practice FP&A standards.
Skills and Experience
- Significant experience in expense management within an FP&A environment.
- Strong background in financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Proven ability to build relationships and influence senior stakeholders.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience working with executive-level leaders.
- Experience supporting integration, transformation, or change programmes.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn data into meaningful insight.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Experience within insurance or financial services is highly desirable.
Benefits
- Flexible working (Smart Working, part-time, job shares).
- Minimum of 35 days holiday (incl. bank holidays) with ability to buy and sell days.
- Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities.
- 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance.
- Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
- Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events.
- Maternity/pregnant parent entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent entitlements.
- Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
- Deals on gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
- Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
- Return to work programme after maternity leave.
We are an inclusive employer
We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We encourage anyone to apply. We are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. We guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
