Finance Business Partner - Servicing
$68,000–$90,000 year
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Partner senior stakeholders in the Servicing team to scale costs effectively and proactively identify insights for decision-making. Lead the delivery of the planning process to forecast complex headcount requirements and operating costs, while designing scalable financial frameworks to analyze the cost base. Perform variance analysis on key metrics to drive forecast accuracy and build a narrative on results for leadership. Manage communications and reporting across departments, share knowledge through cross-functional initiatives, and mentor junior colleagues on operational deliverables. Represent the team in initiatives requiring upward negotiation and influence.
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience acting as a trusted advisor to senior department leads, with the ability to negotiate and influence upwards
- Extensive experience building complex financial models (ideally through a planning tool such as Anaplan) and owning end-to-end cost analysis
- Proven track record of managing high-volume headcount planning and capacity modeling, ideally in an operational or customer-facing environment
- Experience in establishing effective policies and procedures, implementing cost controls and monitoring ongoing spend
- Have an ability to go beyond the numbers and understand the bigger picture
- Detail oriented, great at working autonomously and meeting deadlines
- You have excellent communication skills and are able to influence others
- You have a professional finance qualification such as the ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent (MBA or masters in Finance)
- Strong project management skills and ability to cut through complexity
- Strong communicator: articulate, clear, strategic – with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Able to operate to defined timelines while bringing together a diverse stakeholder group
- Able to work across multiple teams, offices, time-zones (and travel when needed!) with flexibility and a can do attitude
Desired Qualifications
- Proven experience acting as a trusted advisor to senior department leads, with the ability to negotiate and influence upwards
- Extensive experience building complex financial models (ideally through a planning tool such as Anaplan) and owning end-to-end cost analysis
- Proven track record of managing high-volume headcount planning and capacity modeling, ideally in an operational or customer-facing environment
- Experience in establishing effective policies and procedures, implementing cost controls and monitoring ongoing spend
- Have an ability to go beyond the numbers and understand the bigger picture
- Detail oriented, great at working autonomously and meeting deadlines
- You have excellent communication skills and are able to influence others
- You have a professional finance qualification such as the ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent (MBA or masters in Finance)
- Strong project management skills and ability to cut through complexity
- Love digging in data, numbers, thinking systematically, and analysing inter-dependencies
- Humble, comfortable operating with a level of uncertainty, keen to learn
- Passionate about what we're building at Wise
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