Technology & Cost Business Partner MGR

• Ownership, production and delivering relevant and meaningful analyses against budget, reforecast and prior periods
• Develop new and existing reports for greater depth of analysis according to requirements
• Develop processes and systems to build understanding around the cost base, developing meaningful historic and forward-looking management information through the development of a cost model to capture the dynamics of the capital and operating cost bases, including linkages between both
• Revise an efficient operating cost accruals process to ensure that costs are correctly accrued and delivered within month-end close timetables
• Attend strategic meetings and contribute / add value to proceedings
• Work closely with Departments to deliver the required information to run their business
• Prepare projections to support technology investments and business initiatives
• Support the Project Approval process for all projects
• Support the preparation of budgets, reforecasts and long-term plans for Departments in accordance with reporting timelines
• Deliver business unit LRP and the Annual Budget/Forecast after identifying risks and opportunities and explain underlying assumptions and business models
• Set and review/monitor and report senior management performance targets to deliver business success
• Champion cost control and efficiency programs in Departments
• Be a touch point to Departments
• Participate in the Monthly closure process
• Ensure that all costs are reflected in the books
• Explain variances against budgets, forecasts
• Follow up of Opex and Capex on monthly and annual basis
• Performance tracking of strategic Departments objectives
• Monitoring functional performance against targets
• Identifying potential issues and carrying out analysis to validate
• Supporting departments to identify, analyse, validate and implement remedy actions
• Responsible of 5+7 and 9+15 forecast inputs
• Review with the Management of the Group Targets and Assumptions
• Establish with Departments outputs in accordance with Group Targets for the Budget
• Direct point of contact to FPA for insights and forecast inputs
• Provide insightful management information with strong focus on anticipating and managing monthly/quarterly results, and on management actions
• Strategic alignment

• At least 03 years’ relevant industry experience, preferably gained in a fast-moving multinational environment (experience of supporting a large technology function would be an advantage)
• Financial accounting, reporting/analysis, business support, financial planning and cost modelling expertise are all essential for the role
• Experience in cost efficiency programs is essential
• Experience of working with a range of business managers with differing or competing requirements and consistently exceeding their expectations
• Excellent presentation skills, particularly where communicating to a non-Finance audience
• Accounting and Financial Degree or Equivalent
• Strong analytical and technical accounting skills
• Strong commercial acumen
• Build strong professional relationships
• Able to resolve conflicts successfully
• Excellent communicator and can deal effectively with non-finance people
• Self-starter with proactive approach to problem solving
• Tenacious and hard-working
• Advanced Microsoft excel and financial systems skills

Experience of supporting a large technology function would be an advantage