Finance Business Partner Senior Manager

As the Senior Business Finance Manager, you will play a crucial role in leading the business finance function for a business division. Your main responsibilities will include:

• **Business Finance Partnership:**
• Serve as the primary finance business partner to the Divisional Head and leadership team.
• Translate business strategy into financial plans, targets, and KPIs for the division.
• Provide actionable insights on pricing, product mix, margins, and commercial investments to optimize profitability.
• Support evaluation of new business opportunities through business cases, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, supply chain, operations, and commercial excellence teams to align financial strategies with business objectives.
• Develop and maintain advanced financial models, dashboards, and scorecards for product lines, channels, and key customers within the business division.
• Act as a finance challenger to ensure sound business decisions, risk mitigation, and disciplined capital allocation.
• **Financial Planning & Analysis:**
• Lead the end-to-end financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting cycle for the business division.
• Consolidate and analyze divisional financial performance to identify trends and improvement areas.
• Prepare and present monthly and quarterly performance reviews to senior management.
• Drive standardization and automation of planning and analysis in collaboration with corporate technology and controlling teams.
• Ensure robust financial controls, policies, and procedures are in place and adhered to within the business division.
• Identify and implement process improvements across planning, reporting, and decision-support processes.
• Support internal and external audits, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, internal guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
• **Qualifications & Experience:**
• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) or MBA (Finance) from a premier BSchool mandatory.
• Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, or related field (preferred).
• CFA, IFRS qualifications are an advantage.
• Minimum 9+ years of experience in business finance, financial planning, and analysis roles.
• Proven experience in finance business partnering with commercial and operational teams.
• Strong exposure to R2R processes and hands-on experience in SAP-based financial environments.
• Prior experience in the medical equipment or vision care industry is highly preferred.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced proficiency in financial tools and systems (e.g., Excel, ERP).
• Ability to thrive under pressure, high level of ownership, resilience, and ability to meet tight deadlines without compromising quality. As the Senior Business Finance Manager, you will play a crucial role in leading the business finance function for a business division. Your main responsibilities will include:
• **Business Finance Partnership:**
• Serve as the primary finance business partner to the Divisional Head and leadership team.
• Translate business strategy into financial plans, targets, and KPIs for the division.
• Provide actionable insights on pricing, product mix, margins, and commercial investments to optimize profitability.
• Support evaluation of new business opportunities through business cases, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, supply chain, operations, and commercial excellence teams to align financial strategies with business objectives.
• Develop and maintain advanced financial models, dashboards, and scorecards for product lines, channels, and key customers within the business division.
• Act as a finance challenger to ensure sound business decisions, risk mitigation, and disciplined capital allocation.
• **Financial Planning & Analysis:**
• Lead the end-to-end financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting cycle for the business division.
• Consolidate and analyze divisional financial performance to identify trends and improvement areas.
• Prepare and present monthly and quarterly performance reviews to senior management.
• Drive standardization and automation of planning and analysis in collaboration with corporate technology and controlling teams.
• Ensure robust financial controls, policies, and procedures are in place and adhered to within the business division.
• Identify and implement process improvements across planning, reporting, and decision-support processes.
• Support internal and external audits, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, internal guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
• **Qualifications & Experience:**
• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) or MBA (Finance) from a premier BSchool mandatory.
• Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, or related field (preferred).
• CFA, IFRS qualifications are an advantage.
• Minimum 9+ years