Senior Manager, Finance Business Partner in London

An exciting opportunity has arisen in LSEG's Finance Function! Reporting to the division's Group Finance Director, you will partner with the Deep Data Operations leadership team and be integral to Operations Division. Deep Data Operations develops, collects and manages content across the entire range of business lines and products within the D&A, Risk & FTSE Division as well as providing specialist expertise and support to customers both pre‐and post‐sale.

What you'll be doing:

• Trusted partner and support on strategic decision making within the business.
• Use underlying trends, future business plans and external market factors to compile divisional forecasts, budgets and multi‐year plans.
• Prepare or coordinate the divisions' monthly business performance report management accounts, including insightful commentary on YTD results vs budget and prior year.
• Work closely with the performance analysts. Review expense files and workings prepared by them and mentor analysts to increase ownership of recurring reporting and improve efficiency/quality.
• Support the Group Finance Director with coordination of the monthly business review.
• Closely partner the Group Leader of Deep Data Operations. Be a partner for senior executives to develop robust financial plans, drive performance management, and influence strategic direction through insights and analytics.
• Lead capital investment decisions, manage business cases, and track financial benefits to ensure value creation and return on investment.
• Navigating complex organisational transformations, aligning finance strategies with evolving product‐led operating models and workforce restructuring across Data Content Operations.

Key relationships:

• Deep Data Operations leadership team.
• Data Content Leadership team.
• Divisional controllership team.
• Divisional FP&A team.

What you'll get in return:

The wider LSEG Operations Finance team look after business partnering, forecasting, budgeting, financial control, production of monthly management accounts reports, and CAPEX management and reporting. The successful candidate will work in a driven team and have the opportunity for coaching, development and growth in a wide range of activities under the mentorship of experienced team leadership.

We recognise that to attract the best talent, we need to be flexible, and we are open to discussing work arrangements with you. We take a hybrid approach to the workplace and this role is blended.

Skills:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or similar) with adequate post‐qualification experience.
• Ability to coordinate, build strong working relationships and help team members grow.
• Ability to build narrative to explain the numbers to business.
• Demonstrate strong analytical, organisational, and project management abilities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Drives timely closure of actions, follows up with partners, and removes blockers.
• Comfortable using modern analytics/automation tools; open to embracing new technology.

Equal Opportunities Employer: We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.