Finance Business Partner

Howden is a group of talented insurance experts who have the freedom to deliver for clients and the support to do what they do best. We are actively looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our fast-paced and highly commercial FP&A team. The purpose of this newly created role is to provide commercial and analytical support to the business at an exciting phase of development and growth.

About you:

• You will have a strong commercial acumen and previous experience working in a business partnering/analytics role, as you need to understand commercial drivers impacting performance and identify/share best practice across the Business
• You will be confident when working with senior stakeholders, as you will be working closely with Operational Managers and business support functions across multiple locations.
• You will have industry qualifications including CIMA/ACCA/ACA
• You will work well an autonomous environment, managing your own workload and business priorities, as you will be preparing weekly, monthly and ad-hoc analysis and insights, both financial and non-financial
• Provide financial modelling of business cases
• You will understand processes and over-arching principle, as you will be supporting the budgeting and forecasting processes, including the evolution of our Anaplan budgeting tool

Rewards:

We believe that great work and dedication should be rewarded, that's why we offer:

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), pro-rated for part year service
• A set of core benefits, designed with your health and financial protection in mind:
  • Life Assurance up to 4x salary, protecting your loved ones in case the worst should happen
  • Income protection, guaranteeing an income for up to 5 years in the event of an illness or injury
  • Contributory pension scheme - 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution, rising to 5% & 5% in April 2025
  • Access to a Healthcare Cashplan, which gives you access to a variety of health related benefits

Access to a host of lifestyle and financial benefits that you can choose from:

• Discounts on gym membership across the UK
• Salary sacrifice schemes - Travel Insurance, Cycle to Work, Car leasing, Technology purchase
• Access to a range of insurance polices through Howden at discounted rates
• Access to hundreds of high-street retailer discounts