Head of Finance Business Partnering at Songtradr, the world’s largest B2B music technology company. Leading finance business partner support and driving budgeting and forecasting in a fast-growing environment.
Responsibilities
Lead the Business Partnering function and team, whilst collaborating with the finance and control teams across the following:
Partner with business unit leaders to review results and provide financial and data insights and guide the financial and operational teams on data requirements
Commercial Decision Support for vertical and horizontal leaders and influence key decisions with data-driven financial advice.
Provide real-time financial analysis to support pricing, contracts, investments, and initiatives.
Develop robust financial models to evaluate scenarios, risks, and opportunities and incorporate sensitivity analysis and simulations
Analyse and report on vertical and horizontal financial and operational KPIs, enabling proactive performance management.
Prepare, review and analyse actual results versus budget and forecast by horizontal and vertical for individual leaders, management and group reporting
Preparation of horizontal and vertical budgets and forecasts.
Drive budget and forecast accuracy and ability to prepare rolling 13 month forecasts.
Manage the people budget, forecast and actual model for timely reporting and forecasts.
Partner with the People team and horizontal leaders to make quick and informed workforce planning decisions.
Understand and analyze margins and profitability across the verticals.
Understand and analyze cost structures and margins across products, services, clients, geographies, projects & competitors and seek and influence opportunities for improvement
Identify opportunities for cost savings, revenue & profit growth, and process improvement
Partner with business units to execute efficiency programs
Improve financial understanding within business teams through coaching, support and reporting tools.
Flash revenue and GP reporting
Reverse due diligence and M&A support as needed to FP&A and Group Accounting Team
Payment approvals where required.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or equivalent
Minimum 10 years finance experience, with a minimum of 3-5 years team leadership experience
Executive Level stakeholder management and influencing skills
Excellent relationship-building and influencing skills across executive, product, creative and commercial teams.
Advanced Excel skills, and interpretation of data through Excel
Excellent presentation of financial information
Commercial finance skills
Management accounting skills
Strong relationship management
People management and leadership skills
Problem solving and ability to work in the ‘grey’
High growth technology/ founder led experience
Team player and leader who is collaborative, but also ready and willing to roll up sleeves to get things done
Desirable - marketplace industry experience is an advantage
Desirable - experience of working in a PE / listed company environment
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