Job Description: Finance Business Partner
Location: Gloucester/Hybrid (2x Days per Week)
Department: Underwriting and Schemes
Reports To: Senior Finance Business Partner
Role Overview:
The Finance Business Partner will support the financial management and decision-making processes within our Underwriting and Schemes division. This role involves collaborating with various departments to provide financial insights, support budgeting and forecasting activities, and ensure the accuracy of financial reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Financial Analysis: Conduct detailed financial analyses to support decision-making and identify areas for improvement.
- Budgeting and Forecasting: Assist in the preparation and management of budgets and forecasts, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Reporting: Prepare regular financial reports and dashboards for management, highlighting key performance indicators and variances.
- Month End: Collaborate with Group Finance to deliver month end processes, including management of accruals and prepayments.
- Business Partnering: Work closely with operational teams to provide financial insights and support business initiatives.
- Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to enhance financial efficiency and accuracy.
- Compliance: Ensure adherence to financial policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications:
- Education: Would suit a newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in finance business partnering, preferably within the insurance or financial services sector.
- Skills: Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and proficiency in financial software and tools.
- Attributes: Collaborative, detail-oriented, and able to communicate financial concepts effectively to nonfinancial stakeholders.
Further information
As well as a competitive salary we offer the following benefits -
- Hybrid working with 3 days in the office and 2 days WFH
- Competitive holiday allowance with the annual option to buy additional days
- Death in Service benefit of x4 salary
- Company pension scheme
- Parking at the office
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave packages
- A flexible benefits package which allows you to add additional benefits to your overall package
- Our benefits portal offers discounts on technology & electronics, cinemas, restaurants, days out, mortgage advice, travel and many more
- Referral schemes
- Discounted rates on PIB products
- We offer a first-class employee benefits and welfare package to support our employees with financial management, cycle to work scheme, counselling support, health screening, will writing, menopause support, books, stopping smoking and much more
- We also offer a wide range of discounts including a kids pass – giving you discount to over 4500 attractions and activities, discounts at hairdressers and beauticians, climate change projects with lots of other options to choose
- PIB has a comprehensive learning & development framework, including professional study options and apprenticeships which are available to all employees, and which will support your career development
- Being a part of our PIB Community Trust, we support fundraising where you can apply for grants from PIB Group towards your chosen charity
- PIB Group are committed to improving their environmental impact in a responsible way. From the individual actions that our colleagues take every day through to installing the right facilities across our premises, there are many measures in place to help reduce PIB's carbon footprint.
Why Work For Us?
We are proud of our success and growth and have been recognised for many industry awards across our business. If you wish to work for a company that truly puts people at the heart of their organisation, then we would love to hear from you. PIB operates a flexible working policy, and our management teams will talk to you about how that would meet both your flexible working needs and those of the business and role you are applying for. We would love to hear from you if you want to hear more about opportunities in PIB.
We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.
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