Finance Business Partner

The Financial Planning and Analysis team has an exciting opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to support the EMEA division. This role will serve as a trusted advisor to regional and functional leadership, translating financial performance, market dynamics, and business drivers into clear insight and practical recommendations. The Finance Business Partner will play a key role in strengthening planning, forecasting, management reporting, and decision support across EMEA, helping leaders evaluate risks, opportunities, scenarios, and investment choices with greater financial discipline and confidence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end planning, budgeting, and forecasting process for the EMEA division, including coordination of key assumptions, business drivers, and inputs within the planning tool.
• Develop the annual plan, budgets, forecasts, and related financial analysis for EMEA in partnership with the FP&A analyst pool and business stakeholders.
• Provide forward-looking insight into EMEA financial performance, including trends, risks, opportunities, and implications for strategic priorities.
• Own the monthly management reporting and performance analysis process for the division, ensuring reporting is accurate, timely, concise, and decision oriented.
• Deliver transparent financial updates and actionable recommendations to EMEA operations, regional leadership, and the Head of FP&A.
• Help business leaders understand key planning, budgeting, and forecasting assumptions and challenge inputs constructively to improve forecast quality and accountability.
• Prepare cost-benefit analyses, business cases, scenario models, and what-if analyses to support operational, corporate, and strategic initiatives.
• Partner with Finance Business Partners, regional and staff function counterparts, and other internal stakeholders to understand market and business changes and assess potential financial implications.
• Support ad hoc analysis and special projects as needed, with a focus on clear insight, practical recommendations, and business impact.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience; masters degree preferred.
• 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, with the ability to connect financial performance to business priorities and outcomes.
• Sound judgement, decisiveness, and the ability to provide fact-based recommendations in complex or ambiguous situations.
• Broad understanding of finance, business operations, and the regulatory environment, with strong commercial acumen.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to translate financial complexity into clear business insight.
• Ability to build trust and credibility with leadership teams through responsiveness, constructive challenge, and advocacy for sound financial decision-making.
• Ability to coach and mentor FP&A analysts, helping develop business partnering, analytical, and communication capabilities.
• Strong accounting, finance, forecasting, and analytical skills, with the ability to develop clear models, scenarios, and performance narratives.
• High degree of ownership, initiative, and independence, with the ability to manage priorities in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong collaboration, team leadership, and results orientation, with the ability to influence across Finance and the business.
• Ability to motivate others, foster accountability, and support acceptance of change through clear communication and partnership.
• Proficiency with financial systems and standard business applications; experience with Anaplan and Power BI preferred.