Finance Business Partner Associate Director

Job Description

The NielsenIQ Finance Business Partner (FBP) plays a critical leadership role in the Commercial organization.  FBP’s are key members of the regional, functional and global leadership teams, and play a unique role in driving clarity, transparency, actions and performance improvement in all areas of value creation. 

As a senior finance leader at NIQ, your accountabilities span both strategic and executional management, and require excellence in collaboration, influencing and team building.  Senior finance leaders role-model critical behaviors on behalf of the whole business.

Job Description

• Provide senior level finance business partnering support for the WEU Nordics cluster and WEU Regional Retailer Vertical. Finance business partnering key accountabilities:
  • Driving performance
    • Lead financial performance management & reporting, ensuring clear, accurate timely reporting (forecasts, actuals, OP, 3YP)
    • Provide fact-based, actionable insights to drive value creation across the entire business
    • Drive a transparent, clear narrative on performance drivers, execution requirements, risks and ops etc.
    • Lead continuous improvement in reporting, forecasting and planning to drive simplification and standardization
    • Partner closely with regional FP&A to drive clarity, simplicity & speed in all financial reporting and planning
    • Leading the development of the periodic forecasts, collaborating with various departments to gather input and ensure alignment with strategic goals
    • Building and maintaining financial models to analyze different scenarios, assess business performance and make informed decisions
    • Conducting in-depth analysis of financial and operational performance, identifying trends, key performance indicators (KPI) and areas for improvement

• • Strategy development & execution
    • Partner with commercial leaders to develop a world-class commercial strategy & supporting 3-year plan (3YP)
    • Drive execution of the strategy – develop, manage performance, communicate & cascade and proactively course-correct
    • Partner with key stakeholders to embed commercial strategic direction into key processes and ways of working
    • Providing financial insights and analysis to support strategic decision making, such as investments, cost optimization and resource allocation
  • Controls & Governance
    • Actively partner with other finance teams to create & maintain an environment of strong internal controls, good governance and efficient financial processes

• Leadership and team management key accountabilities:
  • Talent development
    • Recruit and retain a team of engaged capable finance professionals
    • Ensure clarity in ‘what’s expected’ – role definition, performance, development
    • Drive a growth mindset and performance culture among the team
    • Focus on personal and professional development throughout the down-line
  • Leadership
    • Role-model critical leadership behaviors, in particular – collaboration, active listening, managerial courage, standing alone, powerful influencing
    • Leverage the matrixed organization to drive alignment and clarity
    • Actively enroll and manage all internal and external stakeholders, and make use of subject-matter experts
    • Develop financial acumen in others

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master degree in Accounting, Finance or related field 
• Fluency in English
• Qualified finance professional, with 8+ years of finance leadership experience
• Experienced in managing critical senior level stakeholders across various functions
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex problem solving and ‘structure white space’ to bring clarity and transparency
• Able to handle diverse agenda that spans outside of core finance, in order to be able to provide a ‘total business’ perspective

Additional Information

Desired Characteristics:

• Able to thrive in a deadline driven, fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage team well
• Experience working in a multi-national corporation and a matrixed organization
• Outstanding analytical abilities, strong interpersonal skills, and an ability to work and communicate effectively with all levels in the organization
• Excellent team player and ability to take ownership of tasks/projects
• Highly skilled at problem solving
• Experienced in using data insights to help drive decision-making and influencing stakeholders
• Expert in MS Office Tools – MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of CRM systems such as Salesfor