Assistant Vice President, Finance COO COE Business Manager

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Assistant Vice President, Finance COO Centre Of Excellence Business Manager.

In this role, you will:

• Deliver essential management information on the function's cost performance as well as projections for the monthly forecast and annual planning cycles. Includes monthly actuals reporting and month-end readiness activities such as accruals and invoice management, professional fees monitoring, and adjustment journal preparation.
• Align FTE plans to the future organizational shape and impact of the strategic change agenda.
• Support the regional/functional COO in providing management information and data analysis on the function's cost base, including key statistical data metrics on headcount movements, open positions, diversity, span of control, and snapshot survey actions, amongst others.
• Own the implementation of the agreed and optimized cost management structure, including but not limited to cost center management and systems structures, and ownership of corrections to OSPD structures and cost re-classifications, if any.
• Support the regional/functional COO in management and coordination of internal and external Third-Party Risk Management controls monitoring and remediation of gaps as required.
• Continuously look at ways to simplify the forecast, budgeting, and FRP processes that help facilitate a more efficient Group forecasting process. Act as a catalyst for change.
• Support other logistical activities with CRE (Corporate Real Estate) and other teams, including owning the BCP requirements for the COO team and ensuring action across Finance.
• Own regular reporting, delivery service, or recharging tasks that are required to ensure expected operations continue as expected.

The Business Manager role is essential to the improvement of the cohesion of the Finance function across the regions and other Finance areas.

To be successful, you will:

• Have an excellent level of financial management and business analysis experience requiring strong technical and commercial understanding of what drives the numbers reported.
• Have proven relationship management and team engagement skills, with the ability to deal with all senior/junior levels within a global organization.
• Be a qualified accountant; ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA is desirable.
• Have experience of running an annual planning process; experience in cost management and analytics would be an advantage.
• Have excellent systems skills, including use of TM1, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Have prior experience of working with offshore/satellite teams; this is desirable.