Finance Business Partner - COO, Management and Support Functions - 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CIO and the team to develop an overall understanding of Technology spend to inform decisions on technology investments, project prioritisation and benefits from investments.
• Create compelling insights and analysis from large data sets from Oracle and OneStream.
• Budgeting - collaborate with key stakeholders to develop budgets that ultimately feed into the Group budgeting process. Offer guidance and insights on budget processes, key metrics / KPIs and link between CIO and Group Finance.
• Review and maintain a Rolling Forecast to cover the financial periods outside of the usual formal forecasting cycle.
• Periodic review of the accounting treatment of the Technology investment portfolio for capitalisation treatment to be in line with the accounting standards. Ensure the accounting/ booking is in line with the guidance provided.
• Represent finance at the regular Technology / CIO meetings to approve deals, review portfolio, manage change management requests. etc. Financial oversight of spend process that includes regular review of proposed spend.
• First point of contact for all requests from business teams and liaison with the relevant internal finance contacts such as financial control, regional finance teams etc
• Review of requests in the Change Management process, that includes validating assumptions used in the change requests.
• Continuous improvement - look for opportunities to improve processes and help transform into a lean organisation including bringing some structure to the regular forecasting and monthly review process.
• Supporting regular and ad-hoc requests for information and analysis.
• Experience / Competences
• Essential
• Strong interpersonal skills and collaboration skills with hands-on experience of business partnering at a senior level.
• Ability to prioritise, meet deadlines and deliver high-quality, well-considered solutions.
• Qualified accountant with an understanding of IFRS accounting policies, especially capitalisation treatment of assets (tangible and intangible).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel knowledge (modelling, Pivots and advanced formulas).
• Ability to articulate key messages to various levels including finance and non-finance colleagues /stakeholders across the business.
• Can-do attitude, a service mindset, and proactive in responding to requests. A strong desire to succeed and enthusiastic.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to successfully manage multiple tasks.
• Diligent and a high attention to detail.
• Willingness to challenge the status quo and support strategic change.
• Conscientious, self-motivated, resilient and goal orientated.
• Excellent analytical skills and proven ability to take decisions and implement.
• Ability to develop new skills and understand new technology as required.
• Excels in a team environment with the ability to

Benefits

Additional Information

The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure. Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions. Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions. The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world's leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform. The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world's most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist. Role Overview The Finance Business Partner, reporting to the Head of Finance Business Partnering - COO Office is a high profile role that sits within the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team with the overall responsibility for the business partnering to the Technology division as well as supporting the wider Finance area. The Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) Office, under the Group COO delivers the Information Technology for the Group. The Finance Business Partner will create transparency in the Technology area, allowing the organisation to make smart, data-driven decisions that help optimize our technology investment portfolio, aligning with our broader strategic and financial objectives. The position requires a suitably qualified accountant who can support the Technology Investments and Finance leadership and bring appropriate rigour to the financial support and analysis based on strong open relationships

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