Finance Business Partner

Responsibility:

• Finance business partners actively influence day to day decisions, shaping strategy and the direction of the business
• They are the interface or ‘translator’ between finance and operations
• They are commercially aware, understanding and anticipating the needs of both operations and management
• They have strong core business skills including influencing, stakeholder management and presentation skills
• Successful finance business partnering is a way of thinking, at the heart of which is problem-solving
• They interpret data, order and assess its value and then present the findings to the relevant stakeholders in a clear and concise way
• They can draw on ‘big’ and ‘small’ data, selecting the appropriate tools to manipulate, analyse and interpret it in sophisticated, audience-appropriate ways
• They must be able to form and stand over their opinions, have a well-developed sense of ethics and be prepared to stand up for these principles
• They should be comfortable with risk and working with ambiguity
• They learn from the past but are future orientated