Senior Finance Business Partner

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

At QBE, our purpose is to enable a more resilient future.

Are you passionate about working for one of the world’s largest insurers that offers excellent opportunities to grow your career and with offices in 27 countries?

Leveraging our deep expertise and insights, QBE offers commercial, personal and specialty products and risk management solutions to help people and businesses manage risks. Today, we employ more than 11,600 people around the world.

QBE Europe SA/NV is headquartered in Brussel and while we are international in our outlook, we are also proudly local in our operations.

We are currently looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner for Europe to join us and be a valued member of our team, where we will support you to grow and shape your career at QBE.

Senior Finance Business Partner (M/F)

The Opportunity

The Senior Finance Business Partner will build strong relationships with senior business leaders to deliver insightful narrative ensuring senior management are supported in making sound commercial decisions. This is a crucial role, acting as the ‘face of finance’ in order to embed financial metrics & considerations into key underwriting decisions & support the performance of each business line. The position can be based in Madrid, Paris, Milan, Brussels or Dusseldorf and you will report into the Finance Director, Insurance.

Your New Role:

- Develop the Finance strategy across function or division of QBE, proactively steering change & assisting senior management with decision making in driving the business through an analytical lens.
- Drive business results by ensuring the delivery of the financial planning and reforecasting processes across the division’s income and cost base are accurate and timely.
- Challenge plans to ensure delivery within budgets and work with senior management to identify and implement growth & cost saving initiatives.
- Work in conjunction with the wider Finance team to continually update and improve all management reporting including design of new reporting, adaptation of existing reporting and establishing best practice.
- Manage the delivery of full monthly commentary, analysis and communication of managed expenses across the respective function / division.
- Supports others in the team to assist in the achievement of their objectives and personal development, including coaching less experienced colleagues.
- Support ad hoc operational efficiency projects to significantly improve financial discipline and commercial awareness across the division.

About You

In order to thrive in the role as a Senior Finance Business Partner here at QBE, we would expect you to have working experience in most of the following areas:

- Proven ability to build successful internal business relationships
- Networking skills and influencing skills to ensure priorities are met.
- Ability to simplify and communicate finance terminology to non-financial colleagues
- Be resilient to challenge and not afraid to back themselves with senior management.
- Communicates effectively at all levels within the organization
- Ability to represent Finance to all stakeholders
- Negotiates, persuades and influences across QBE and external network
- Strong accounting skills

Why QBE?

Working for us. Working for you.

We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. Working for us. Working for you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA - because we know it’s not just what we do that matters, it’s how we do it that makes the difference.

Balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all. We want to foster an environment where flexible working is encouraged, while ensuring the job gets done and our customers receive a seamless experience

About QBE

We work hard to build a culture that best supports our people, and not only represents our business, but the world around us. Our goal is to provide an attractive and interesting workplace, as we want to attract and retain the best employees.

QBE European Operations is part of QBE Insurance Group, one of the world’s leading international insurers and reinsurers and Standard & Poor’s A+ rated. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, QBE’s gross written premium for the year ended 31 December 2021 was US$18.5 billion.

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How to Apply:
Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.

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