Overview
Are you a results-driven finance professional with a passion for delivering strategic insights and driving performance? Do you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and have a proven track record in the insurance industry? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Finance Business Partner for Gal Re, focusing on the Latin America and Caribbean region. As a Senior Finance Business Partner, you will act as a key interface between Finance and the business, providing expert financial guidance and enabling data-driven decision-making. You will partner directly with senior stakeholders to achieve financial and operational targets, supporting sustainable growth within our insurance brokerage business. This role offers the opportunity to lead on strategic financial analysis, performance management, and budgeting, while also contributing to Gallagher-wide projects and initiatives. You will play a pivotal role in mentoring and developing less experienced staff, fostering collaboration, and ensuring high standards across the finance function. How you'll make an impact Provide strategic business partnering, financial analysis and guidance to senior leadership, highlighting key issues impacting performance. Deliver insightful financial information, including variance analysis, KPIs, and balanced scorecards, to ensure growth and profitability targets are met. Lead the budgeting and forecasting process, ensuring accuracy and completeness of business plans. Prepare and present monthly management accounts and forecasts, offering actionable insights to senior stakeholders. Develop robust business cases to support investment decisions and strategic growth initiatives. Drive change management and process improvement initiatives across Finance and the wider business. Embed strong financial controls and maintain a disciplined approach to task completion. Build strong relationships with key stakeholders to support value-added decision-making. About You A qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, or ACCA) with experience in supporting commercial, non-accounting managers with financial analysis and modelling for both income and costs. Currently working in a large and complex business - either within a leading blue chip, financial services or publicly listed firm. Prior experience working in a large accounting practice would be benefical. Robust stakeholder engagement within a complex matrix is essential. Great communicator, able to build strong personal relationships at all levels. Being a Spanish or Portuguese speaker, or having a willingness to learn Spanish, would be advantageous. Strong commercial awareness and influencing skills. Proactive. Prepared to take ownership of assigned tasks and multi-task. Proven knowledge of Management Accounting techniques and Financial Accounting principles. Excellent teammate with a can-do attitude. Able to work to tight deadlines. Able to communicate key messages clearly and concisely. Experience in cost management and reduction. Good awareness of what constitutes good conduct in a regulatory environment. Eligibility to work in the UK. Compensation and benefits On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve: Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up Health cash plan or Private medical insurance Other benefits include: Three fully paid volunteering days per year Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan Critical illness cover Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally Season ticket loan Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase Emergency back-up family care And many more…