Cost Finance Business Partner (FP&A) - MENAT

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Global Finance is integral to HSBC’s purpose and strategy, playing a valued role in managing costs and deploying capital in the most effective way. Our global team of finance professionals partner with the business to provide trusted insights and forward looking analysis; accuracy; efficiency and control to frame and influence business decisions. 

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a  Cost Finance Business Partner (FP&A) - MENAT. 

The Role

In this role you will support the Head of Strategic Cost Management and Head of Finance (Technology & COO) through effective business partnering and financial analysis of our MENAT Technology and Chief Operating Office (GCOO) functions.

Key Accountabilities:

• Strategic partnership and collaboration: Serve as a lead business partner for Technology & Chief Operating Office stakeholders, collaborating closely with the MENAT Transformation Office, business units, and legal entities to meet key objectives.
• Financial analysis and insight: Prepare comprehensive costs analysis of Technology, Chief Operating Office and other functions’ across the MENAT region, ensuring transparent representation of investment spend, delivery of finance targets and key strategic initiatives. Act as the primary finance contact for GCIO/GCOO forecasting and planning, working with the Transformation Office and regional stakeholders to highlight and escalate investment requirements and gaps
• Challenge and track performance drivers: Evaluate key performance indicators to identify and quantify risks and opportunities. Proactively monitor and drive related actions to completion, delivering regular verbal and written updates to senior management, including Operating Committees and the Board.
• Software capitalization and amortization: Promote consistent understanding of software capitalization and amortization impacts across countries and business teams, ensuring clarity and alignment.
• Investment spend: Lead the assessment of Change The Bank investments and their impact on intercompany charges.
• Innovation and process improvement: Embed the use of core low code tooling (e.g. Alteryx, PowerBI) into Finance processes and champion the use of other Innovative technologies to re-engineer FP&A processes to improve efficiency, analytical quality and control environment.

In order to apply for this role, you will have the following:

Education and professional qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree for UAE visa eligibility is essential.

Business Partnering & Core Competencies

• Experience of building collaborative relationships with senior business and finance stakeholders to drive business objectives and outcomes
• Experience in executive communications in both written and verbal form, and use of data to support arguments and decisions
• Experience in managing competing priorities, identifying, escalating & resolving issues
• Experience in execution of financial planning, forecasting and analysis including succinct performance reporting, insights and recommendations
• Experience in performing deep-dive analyses (e.g. to identify cost efficiencies / value opportunities for the business).
• Experience of operating within large, complex matrix organizations

Finance Technology

• Intermediate to advanced hands-on proficiency in low-code automation tooling for large scale data manipulation (e.g. Alteryx, or similar) and data analysis & visualization (e.g. PowerBI, or similar) including deployment and use of solutions.
• Experience or exploratory use of AI, coding or other low code technology

In addition, the following are preferred but not essential:

• Previous experience in a cost management role
• Previous experience within regulated financial services and an understanding of the banking industry and core operations & processes.

We support our staff to adopt flexible and alternative ways of working where possible, including working from home and different hours subject to approvals.

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