Senior Finance Business Partner

Overview

Department: Finance

Team: Finance Business Partnering (FBP)

Location: London (Hybrid)

Position type: 12 month contract (inside IR35)

What the hiring manager says

This is an opportunity to join the Finance team as an interim Senior Finance Business Partner. The role reports to the Head of Finance Business Partnering (HoFBP) and will be the FBP lead for 3 key business areas - Membership, Marketing and Advocacy ("Connectivity for Good") - working closely with the key stakeholders across those teams to provide detailed, meaningful and value add support that will underpin decision making.

Claire Knapman, Head of Finance Business Partnering

About the Team

The Finance team is based in London with some regional staff and business partners located in Spain, USA, Nairobi, Delhi and Shanghai. The FBP team is a team of 8, which includes 5 Senior FBPs (2 based in Barcelona), an interim Finance Reporting Analyst, a Procurement Manager and the Head of FBP.

About the Role

This role is key to the delivery of the financial business plan and our organisations objectives through the provision of strategic support, performance analysis, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis, identification of risks and opportunities. The position provides the opportunity to work with teams across the whole business with a wide range of stakeholders at every level within the GSMA. The role reports into the Head of Finance Business Partnering and is key to the delivery of GSMA's Membership and Mutual objectives which drive impact across the global Mobile Telecommunications industry.

Main tasks:

• You will deliver timely and accurate management information, supporting your stakeholders to manage their budgets effectively and prepare accurate forecasting.
• You will ensure that the business's requirements are understood and clearly reflected and communicated in all reporting and analysis.
• You will report on performance and use influencing and stakeholder management skills to drive actions that facilitate successful delivery of business objectives. This will include providing analysis and advice on things such as cost drivers, KPIs and trends, whilst also considering potential financial impacts.
• You will be expected to support, challenge and influence the business in understanding the financial implications of key decisions, as well as proactively identifying financial risks, issues and opportunities for the business, along with potential solutions.
• You will be able to identify cost efficiency opportunities and provide support in executing, alongside the relevant stakeholders.
• You will have the opportunity to demonstrate financial experience and commercial acumen to ensure the GSMA achieves the best commercial outcomes in contract negotiations - limiting financial risk and protecting cashflow.
• You must ensure that the financial processes and controls are well understood and communicated whilst also monitoring compliance to ensure a robust financial control environment and consistency are maintained and providing guidance and training when needed.
• You will also get to work with the wider finance team, IT, Legal and People and Culture to drive continuous improvements in GSMA's finance processes and systems.

About You

• You will have experience in Finance and be confident with P&L reporting and budgeting, as well as robust excel skills so you can accurately and efficiently deliver monthly analysis, tracking and reporting, supported with meaningful commentary.
• You will have strong stakeholder management skills, working closely with stakeholders to ensure they fully understand and own their numbers and are well positioned to prepare accurate forecasting and budgeting.
• You will be a natural problem solver and someone who is resourceful and enjoys looking for solutions to address challenges and identify inefficient ways of working.
• Experience with Workday and Workday reporting is a benefit.

About your Skills

The key skills for this role are:

• Analysis - essential to have a Finance background with experience of P&L reporting, budgeting and analysis, combined with solid excel financial modelling skills, confident working with large data sets and translating data into meaningful analysis, whilst also maintaining attention to detail.

• Stakeholder Management - must be a strong communicator and have excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, critical for partnering with leaders, budget owners, Finance colleagues and other stakeholders across the business.

• Delivery - important to be structured and organised in order to manage numerous budgets in parallel and ensure deadlines are met.

• Agility - critical for responding to business queries, being resourceful with the ability to use own initiative and consider things pragmatically.

• Innovation - valuable for problem solving and continuously looking for process improvement opportunities, particularly when new tools and resources become available.

We strive to offer a meaningful and inclusive application…