Finance Business Partner

The Finance Business Partner will be driven by the desire to make a difference, possessing the exceptional interpersonal skills needed to swiftly build relationships, deliver wide ranging financial support to senior global stakeholders (some overseas virtually) and become an integral part of the business team. This will involve producing robust financial plans, coordinating and driving efficiencies and supporting the global business partner with ad-hoc analysis and interrogation of data to help add real value to the bottom line margin.

There is also a requirement to partner with Finance and other shared services teams as well as the Finance Centre of Excellence (COE) in Krakow. The selected individual therefore needs to be able to communicate and influence the organisation at all levels as a minimum pre-requisite.

About Aon
Headquartered in London, Aon Plc is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.

Aon is an equal opportunities employer. Aon's recruitment and selection policy ensures the best possible skill mix of colleagues and the highest quality candidates are appointed using objective job-related criteria.

About the Role
Your impact as a Finance Business Partner:
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with senior executives and middle management within the Investment business unit and support finance related initiatives.
• Provide strategic analysis, forward looking guidance and challenge to the wide variety of annual and long-term plans that contribute to the commercial development of the business.
• Work with the central reporting team, US and UK FP&A teams to ensure new financial structures and global allocation methodologies are operating effectively.
• Continuously develop and implement key performance measures, including trend analysis and other operational data to provide insightful and challenging contribution to the overall running of the business.
• Partner with the Finance COE and other teams to deliver analysis and insights to influence the business and drive financial performance.
• Lead and drive a best in class process/control environment and work with the Controllership and Compliance functions to ensure appropriate treatment from a statutory or regulatory perspective.
• Responsible for working in accordance with the Aon Limited Risk Management Framework, and compliance with Aon Limited policies, including participation in the management of risks (including completion of mandatory training) that may adversely affect the business, interests or reputation of any Group Company.

About you
Your knowledge and expertise:

Education:
• University / College Degree (preferably in numerate discipline)
Professional qualification:
• Qualified Accountant [CMA / ACCA / CPA Qualifications]
Experience and knowledge:
• Ability to understand the business and communicate the wider financial impact of business decision making to senior executives and governance committees
• The necessary gravitas to influence senior stakeholders
• Historic FP&A, business performance management or business partnering experience at senior levels is essential
• Strong financial acumen
• Experience in preparing management reports, slide decks and presentations for senior stakeholders
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Experience of global structures and cost pool governance is desirable
Skills:
• The ability to effectively influence and challenge senior executives
• A self-starter with the ability to work independently on their own initiative
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Advanced excel skills (VBA not required)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Expert at building and maintaining relationships
• Able to undertake occasional travel to Poland
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to build upon technical accounting knowledge to develop new initiatives and financial processes