EITS Finance Business Partner

We are the leading global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to our clients around the world. We help businesses to manage credit risk, prevent fraud, target marketing offers and automate decision making.

We also help people to check their credit report and credit score, and protect against identity theft. In 2020, for the sixth consecutive year, Experian has been named to Forbes Magazine’s Top 100 list of the “World’s Most Innovative Companies.”

We employ approximately 17,000 people in 44 countries and our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland, with operational headquarters in Nottingham, UK; California, US; and São Paulo, Brazil.

At Experian, we are committed to building an inclusive culture and to creating an environment where people can balance successful careers with their commitments and interests outside of work. Our flexible working practices support our belief that this balance brings long-lasting benefits for our business as well as our people. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, and if this is important to you, we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process.

Global finance services organisation is seeking a commercially astute finance business partner with outstanding influencing skills to support in the first instance the EMEA EITS organisation, working closely with the EMEA Technology Finance BP (Dharms Morarji) and playing a key role in understanding the IT cost base across the region, supporting the new EMEA CIO’s IT management team.

The successful applicant will provide tactical and strategic support to help drive value from the technology spend. They will identify initiatives to drive efficiency of the cost base, with accurate cost reporting and detailed analysis, to help give strategic direction.

As well as spend that is allocated as EITS, a key part of the role will be to bring together all IT spend across EMEA for a holistic view and value add by understanding the cost base, where scale can be leveraged, working with procurement, and in market IT teams. 

EMEA is a multi-country, matrixed functional business, and the successful candidate will need to have having strong influencing skills and be able to work across the business, to both learn, and then promote best practice.

As Technology Business Management - a new method for understanding cost drivers, is rolled out across the organisation, it is expected that this role will take direct ownership of understanding TBM and will help manage forecast and manage expenditure.

Responsibilities:

• Understand Regional organization (e.g. strategy, priorities, technology)
• Effectively manage budgets and review incremental costs; provide challenge and review and undertake analysis to understand commercial benefits of costs.
• Manage a vendor cost forecast over a rolling over 12-month period and work with procurement to identify commercial opportunities; build and help manage the EMEA IT contract database
• Prepare regional management reporting and analysis for presentation both to the EITS consolidation and EMEA Country finance teams
• Liaise with EMEA finance teams and review / challenge all IT expenditure regardless of business function
• Provide modelling and analysis for initiatives (e.g., product profit understanding, cost reduction opportunities, vendor contracts)
• Support creation of business cases (including SPC), and manage IT capital budgets and ensure value expectations from approved projects expenditure is met
• Drive continuous improvement in financial support & partnering
• Contribution to IT strategic planning for the Region
• Build Senior finance stakeholders’ relationships in EMEA and EITS finance organisations
• Develop & produce regular Consolidated Technology Reporting for the EMEA Region
• Drive continuous improvement and efficiency across all aspects of the financial processes.
• Ensure financial processes are compliant and aligned to the best practice global processes.
• Promote best practice and continue with business process improvements and re-engineering to drive efficiency and add value to the business.
• Act as a key member of Finance BPs team to determine priorities and drive process and organisational change improvements.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5+ years working in a fast-paced Finance Department with relevant in-role work experience.
• A tangible track record of independently improving the efficiency, accuracy and insight provided by finance processes.
• Appropriate Finance qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CPA) or equivalent
• Evidence of strong impact and influencing skills with senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage requirements to the smallest set that will provide the biggest impact in advancing business objectives – including delivery of those requirements within a short and pre-defined timeframe
• Experience of having worked in a fast-paced environment and able to successfully manage multiple competing priorities
• Ability to work cooperatively with colleagues, customers and stakeholders (e.g., members of EITS, business units, finance, sourcing, vendors).  Builds strong relationships with key players.  Takes proactive approach to meeting business partner needs.  Does what is feasible and sensible to maintain goodwill. Able to work across cultures and geographies.
• Ability to use standard Experian tools and systems, including Oracle, Hyperion and Excel; strong Excel modelling skills with attention to detail as well as an ability to see the bigger picture
• Understands Experian organization and operations.  Demonstrates awareness of business strategy, priorities and changes. 
• Ability to identify a desired future state that addresses a specific finance problem
• Ability to contribute in strategic debate, and has a knowledge of IT and technology trends

We offer:

• Personal Development - career pathway for professional growth supported by learning and development programs and unlimited access to online educational training courses, learning materials & books

• Work environment - excellent work conditions with friendly environment, recognized strong team spirit, and fun and quality recreation time
• Social benefit package - life insurance, food vouchers, additional health insurance, corporate discounts, Multisport card, and a Share options scheme
• Work-life balance - 25 days paid vacation and 3 additional paid days for participation in Social responsibility events
• Opportunity for Flexible working hours and Home Office

In order to stay safe and be responsible, we introduce a remote hiring process with online interviews for all candidates.

Interested to find out more about our Experian Bulgaria team, review our candidate book: https://view.pagetiger.com/experian-bulgaria-candidate-book/experian-bulgaria-candidate-book-2020