Finance Business Partner

Role Overview

18‑month fixed‑term contract supporting the Howden CAP trading division of Howden Specialty.

Howden CAP provides insurance for M&A transactions, tax and contingent risks, credit risk and surety transactions, as well as real‑estate and emerging insurance lines to address climate‑related risks.

The division has revenue of c. £150m and operates through multiple companies across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Howden CAP teams (including their international network) to continually improve financial performance through reporting, analysis and planning.
• Act as the interface between business units and management accounts to resolve queries.
• Ensure business reporting functions are set up so each unit can measure key financial performance indicators and meet statutory and regulatory reporting responsibilities.
• Develop strong working relationships with business leaders to provide tailored finance support.
• Provide high quality, timely advice, information, analysis, reporting and interpretation to support decision making and performance management.
• Identify drivers of business performance, trends, opportunities or remedial actions and influence implementation of improvement initiatives.
• Produce finance packs with commentary.
• Challenge business units on observed weaknesses and improvement opportunities.
• Lead business units in setting annual budgets and mid‑year forecasts.
• Prepare financial models for company acquisitions and team lifts.
• Support improvement of management reporting and analysis.
• Help maintain and improve financial reporting IT systems.
• Understand current business processes and assist in developing systems and procedures to ensure sound financial controls across relevant units in Howden UK.
• Support senior managers to deliver group objectives and maintain effective relationships across Howden Group’s finance function.

Qualifications

• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ambitious, self‑motivated and able to react positively to change.
• Ability to think laterally, solve problems using own initiative and challenge the status quo.
• Insurance industry experience.
• Experience supporting senior business managers, including reporting and explaining financial results and information.
• Experience providing support to one or more business units (commercial analysis, budgets & forecasts, etc.).
• Project and task management experience.
• Experience in implementation and improvement of processes and controls.
• Provision of support to one or more business units in a large or complex organization.
• One Stream experience.
• ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified with approximately 5years of post‑qualification experience.

Benefits & Adjustments

• Career that you define – no one‑size‑fits‑all approach.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• Reasonable adjustments available to accommodate individual needs, including flexible hours or hybrid working where possible.
• Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

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