Finance Business Partner - RD&A and Marketing

About the role

The role of the Finance Business Partner – RD&A and Marketing is a key member of the Business Partner team, reporting to the Finance Director – Business Partnering. The key objective of the role is to support and challenge your stakeholders in the European RD&A and Marketing teams to maximise return on investment and achieve our financial and strategic objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Finance lead in Europe for opportunity pipeline management requiring significant interaction with Senior Management
• Business partner cross functionally to ensure the return on investment in RD&A and Marketing is maximized via new business with our customers
• Provide key insights that guide decision making on where RD&A and Marketing resources are invested from a short, medium and long term perspective
• Support submission of RD&A government grants
• Business partner with stakeholders in RD&A and Marketing on cost improvement projects
• Full responsibility for continual cost control of the European RD&A and Marketing functions
• Full responsibility and held to account for forecasting and budgeting of the European RD&A and Marketing function costs in addition to monthly review of performance against budget and explanations of variances
• Act as finance representative at weekly and monthly management meetings for the functions

Qualifications and skills

• 5+ years’ experience in a similar role (ideally with exposure to matrixed finance teams)
• Ability to influence and impact at all levels of an organisation
• Process focused mind-set with the ability to simplify complicated procedures so that they are easily understandable to end users.
• Excellent critical thinking, strong problem solving skills & ability to manage conflicting priorities.
• Advanced Presentation & Excel Skills
• Positive attitude with a strong leaning toward continuous improvement – focus on external best practice & benchmarking

Candidates must hold an EU passport

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