About Us:

We are looking for a Management Information and Reporting Senior Finance Business Partner for 12 months Secondment / Fixed Term Contract.

PwC's Business Partnering teams work hand-in-hand with our employees across the firm, informing our leaders on the key decisions that drive the business forward.

We entrust our Business Partnering teams to be proactive and honest, to build relationships and influence, to understand, challenge, and hold a mirror to the business, and to translate the numbers into a business story.

To facilitate our exciting growth, PwC is evolving to future-proof our Business Partnering teams. To empower our people to focus more on insight, collaboration, and commerciality, we are placing new specialised Lead roles within our Business Partnering teams.

About the Role:

As the MI & Reporting Senior Finance Business Partner, you will take ownership of your Business Partnering team's Management Information and Reporting strategy, working closely with the Finance Director and the Planning & Reporting Centre of Excellence.

Your role will involve providing specialized reporting expertise, driving continuous improvement, and fostering strong relationships with stakeholders. The individual will work closely with this team, and the other MI & Reporting Leads, to synergise and guide the firmwide approach to reporting.

As the MI & Reporting Senior Finance Business Partner you will have the opportunity to draw upon technical knowledge and commercial insights, as well as excellent interpersonal skills, to drive, influence and challenge the business to achieve short and long term financial objectives.

This position reports directly to the Finance Director.

Key Responsibilities of the Role:

Lead the Finance MI & Reporting to deliver high quality reporting, drive continuous improvement and foster excellent working relationships with stakeholders.

Meet regularly with Planning & Reporting Centre of Excellence and MI & Reporting Leads to discuss improvements including standardisation, automation, self-service uptake, consolidation and best practices.

Review reports produced by the Centre of Excellence and where required add additional in depth team-specific analysis relevant to goals.

Work collaboratively with the Business Partners to ensure reporting remains relevant and insightful, and aligned with the firm's financial objectives.

Prioritise and manage Finance requests for reporting according to business impact and urgency, working together with the Centre of Excellence.

Develop and manage the reporting catalogue, challenge local offline reporting and identify synergies with other MI Leads to standardise, automate reporting.

Work with other MI Leads and CoE to develop a future looking strategy, with contribution to the development of the maturity roadmap.

Key Responsibilities of the Role:

Lead Finance MI & Reporting: deliver high-quality reporting, drive continuous improvement, and foster excellent working relationships with stakeholders

Collaboration and Improvement: meet regularly with the Planning & Reporting Centre of Excellence and MI & Reporting Leads to discuss improvements, including standardization, automation, self-service uptake, consolidation, and best practices

In-Depth Analysis: review reports produced by the Centre of Excellence and provide additional in-depth team-specific analysis relevant to goals

Strategic Alignment: work collaboratively with Business Partners to ensure reporting remains relevant, insightful, and aligned with the firm's financial objectives

Request Management: prioritize and manage Finance requests for reporting based on business impact and urgency, working together with the Centre of Excellence

Catalogue Management: develop and manage the reporting catalogue, challenging local offline reporting, and identifying synergies with other MI Leads to standardize and automate reporting

Future Strategy: collaborate with other MI Leads and the Centre of Excellence to develop a future-looking strategy, contributing to the development of the maturity roadmap

Additional Requirements:

Experience with data presentation software/products including Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI

Analytical skills

Understands and applies principles of data to reporting, such as quality, model, confidentiality, definition and management

Focused on continuous improvement and has a technology enabled mindset

Reporting experience

Experience of high level business strategy

Accounting Qualifications