Sector: Banking and Financial Services
Role: Partner
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
About Schroders
We are a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries, and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfill their ambitions, and prepare for the future.
We have around 6,000 people on six continents. We have been around for over 200 years but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What does not change is our commitment to helping our clients and society prosper.
The base
We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We are close to our clients, in the heart of the UK's financial centre, and we have everything we need to work flexibly.
The team
Based at our HQ in London, the Financial Planning and Analysis ('FP&A') team assists senior management and heads of business units with planning, strategic decision making, and performance evaluation. We are enthusiastic and driven, with a strong culture, and we take our work seriously.
What you will do
We are looking to hire a talented and energetic individual as the Finance Business Partner, Operations Management function ('operations'), to ensure that operational expenditure is well controlled, allocated, and key drivers of their cost are well understood by the rest of the business segments and entities they support. Overall spend is aligned with the Group's strategic objectives and based on sound commercial decision making.
The role reports into the Head of Cost Financial Planning and Analysis and will support the operations function in planning and budgeting, performance reporting and analysis, and financial modelling. You will add real commercial value by developing trusted relationships with the business and by shaping strategy and financial plans.
You will also manage a financial analyst, as well as advance cohesion between various internal Finance teams, working closely in particular with Finance Data and Reporting teams, Compensation Accounting, Cost Accounting team, and Group Reporting.
The knowledge, experience, and qualifications you need.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Financial and business strategy: Provide senior management with relevant and timely analysis to enable it to assess performance against the Group's strategy and objectives; develop KPIs to assess the success of business and financial strategy; use internal and external benchmarking to assist decision making.Business performance reporting: Track performance against key targets and outcomes and produce regular corporate level management information. Highlight trends, key actions, and strategic implications. Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure Finance is well informed and has a strong voice in the organisation.Planning, budgeting, and regular forecasting: Lead the annual budget process, as well as the production of periodic re-forecasts, to highlight financial risks and opportunities; ensure the integrity of financial models and projections through suitable controls, documentation, and testing.Project reporting and investment appraisal: Lead the review and appraisal of Operations' investment initiatives to ensure alignment with Group's strategy and sound commercial decisions.Thought leadership: Become an integral member of the FP&A team helping to deliver new insights and continuous improvement.Detective analytics and diagnostics: Work with the Finance Data and Reporting teams to leverage data assets using advanced analytics, AI, and other data science techniques to enhance our control environment and deliver insights. The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help.
A background in cost FP&A / Finance Business Partnering and an understanding of Investment Management operational cost drivers would be an advantage.
Qualifications and technical accounting knowledge:
Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or international equivalent) would be desirable. Finance Business Partnering experience in an FP&A / similar role in a financial service environment is expected.
What you will be like.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, business acumen, and commercial awareness to communicate at an advanced level with stakeholders inside the organisation is expected. Evidence of managing, coaching, and motivating others is an advantage. The candidate must evidence prioritising their team's workload and managing expectations. The successful candidate will work side by side with senior functional stakeholders and should be influential in strategic decision making.
Demonstrating strategic insight and collaborating well with other global Finance colleagues, local management, and other departments will be imperative. Effective, professional, and proactive support for the wider business is expected. The ability to analyse data, process flows, and identify areas to improve efficiency while maintaining an appropriate control framework is expected.
We recognise potential, whoever you are.
Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought, facilitated by an inclusive culture, will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose.
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