Robert Half Talent Solutions is currently looking for a Finance Business Partner EBU for a permanent position based in Brussels.

Our client is a fast growing company active in the Telecom sector.

As Finance Business Partner EBU you will be responsible for:

• Understand the monthly results of your affiliates and be able to explain variances versus budget, prior years and rolling forecasts, via a close collaboration with local and Group Finance or Support departments (Controlling, Tax, Accounting, Regulatory, Legal, Procurement, Treasury, …);
• Support/create the consolidation of the E2E financial performance cycle of the EBU Affiliates from all different points of view;
• Drive the rolling forecast process by monitoring deadlines, obtaining proper input data from the affiliates, and challenging the outcome of the rolling forecast models;
• Boost the affiliates' profitability by challenging financial analyses, business analyses and actionable reporting, obtained from/requested to the local finance teams;
• Steer the Long- and Short-term planning processes and push affiliates to deliver a challenging but attainable three years' plan and budget, within Group deadlines;
• Participate in the Affiliates Bid Approval Process (ABAP), aiming to validate the customer deals, by challenging the Leadership Squad/Board of Directors presentations and related business cases. Make sure that the rules, processes, and deadlines are properly respected;
• Challenge the profitability analyses of complex files received from the local finance teams and make recommendations to maximize shareholder value;
• Perform benefit management to measure the actual financial performance of a project compared to the business case assumptions;
• Get replies to ad-hoc questions coming from departments (e.g., IFRS, tax, treasury, consolidation, internal and external audit, taxonomy, …).

The required profile for the Finance Business Partner EBU position:

• Can take the E2E ownership for some EBU affiliates in an autonomous way;
• Has knowledge of the Telco and IT business or is willing to acquire it;
• Is well organized and can work with short deadlines;
• Is results-oriented, has an analytical mind and can cope with stress;
• Is a very good team player with excellent communication skills;
• Has very good presentation skills (oral and writing) and who can add a storytelling component to financial analyses;
• Is digital savvy with good knowledge of Microsoft Office Tools and is willing to invest in other software applications (TM1, Salesforces, …);
• And, last but not least, who is proactive, assertive and diplomatic.

Interested in this position of Finance Business Partner EBU at a young and dynamic company? Apply today.

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