Senior Finance Business Partner

Job Description & Person Specification

Job Title: Senior Finance Business Partner – Change

Division: Finance

Reports To: Head of Business Partnering – Change

Key Relationships:Change Committee, PMO, Delivery Leads, Finance Leadership Team, Financial Performance, Finance Business Partners, Business Function Heads, Group Planning Team, Accounts Payable Teamand other Business Users

Job Summary:

Beazley is transforming how it works —modernisingsystems, sharpening processes, and elevating Finance’s role in shaping strategic decisions. As the pace of change accelerates,we’reshifting from transactional project accounting to true business partnering that drives value, accountability, and benefitsrealisation.

In this role,you’llprovideend to end financial leadership across Beazley’s strategic change initiatives.

You’llwork closely with Strategy, Change, and business stakeholders to ensure costs and benefits are clearly understood, accurately tracked, and reflected inhigh qualityreporting that enables confidentdecision making.

Ultimately with platforms like Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning, automation andself-serve

MI will free you to focus on insight, challenge, and investment appraisal — not mechanics.

This is a role for someone who wants to shape commercial outcomes, influence senior stakeholders, and ensure Beazley makes the right investment choices forlong termperformance.

Key Responsibilities:

This role will provide partnering and independent financialchallengeacross changeprogrammesensuring business value for money & accountability for financial outcomes and benefits.

Business Partnering & Executive Influence:

• Act as a trusted advisor to the Change portfolio, bringing financial insight to support strategic decisions.
• Influencedecision makingearly and hold stakeholders accountable for financial outcomes.

Business Case Appraisal,Prioritisation& Value for Money

• Review andvalidatebusiness cases, ensuring clear benefits, costs,risksandprioritisation.
• Support stakeholders in building strong business cases and securing funding.
• Provide robust financialchallengeand ensure assumptions are documented and trackable.
• Leadcost savingand efficiency initiatives that improve Beazley’s financial cost base.

Benefits Realisation& Tracking

• Maintain a central baseline of benefits and costs for all change initiatives.
• Support teams to track benefits against business cases and explain variances.
• Ensure corrective actions are agreed and monitored.

Project Analysis, Reporting, MI & Forecasting

• Analyseexpense trends and deliver clear, actionable insights.
• Buildaccuratemonthly forecasts and highlight risks, pressures, and opportunities.
• Present analysis in concise,executive readyformats with clear narrative.
• Developself-serve
  
  MI to shift focus from mechanics tovalue addinsight.

Month End, Accounting &Capitalisation

• Ensuretimelyandaccuratecost recognition and insightfulmonth endcommentary.
• Apply appropriatecapitalisationin line with accounting policy.
• Anticipate variances early andmaintaina “no surprises” approach.

Governance, Risk, Controls & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain a monthly risk and opportunityviewacrossprogrammes.
• Uphold strong financial controls and adherence to policy.
• Drive process improvement initiatives tomoderniseways of working.

Technology / Digital Ways of Working

• Use Copilot, AI,Adaptiveand Workday to automate reporting and reduce manual effort.
• Embedsystemledreporting and reduce reliance on spreadsheets.

Personal Specification:

Essential Criteria

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with portfolio or complex programme experience in technology enabledchange within Financial Services.
• A track recordof business case appraisal and benefitsrealisation, including post‑implementation reviews.

Month‑end,forecastingandcapitalisationdiscipline with a pragmatic,‘no surprises’mindset.

Whatyou'llbring:

• Able to design visually compelling, executive‑ready presentations that clearly communicate complex financial insights and strategic narratives.
• Strong commercialchallengeand clearrecommendation writingfor senior audiences.

Nice to have:

• Insurance/Lloyd’s familiarity.
• Experience with agile funding or product‑centric operating models.
• Experience with…