Finance Business Partner

Cover-More Group helps people travel safely across the globe every day. We are there at every step of a traveller's journey, to keep them safe and help them out if something goes wrong. We are committed to providing reliable, fast, flexible and bespoke services for our customers as well as the many well-known brands we partner with, such as travel agencies, airlines, banks and major sporting clubs!In the post-pandemic world, travel insurance is more important than ever. We are committed to delivering an exceptional service for our customers and we want you to be part of that journey.So, what's the job?

• This is a high visibility 2IC role directly reporting to the CFO, Australia and New Zealand supporting the business on commercial finance and FP&A activities
• You'll be controlling the annual budgets and in-year forecasts for the A&NZ region and work with business leaders on evaluation of new partners, portfolio optimisation and establishing / validating portfolio, channel and partner commercials
• You'll be responsible for delivering quality and insightful commentary on business drivers and variance analysis as part of management reporting cadence to Group and A&NZ stakeholders
• You'll work with the Sales & Distribution team, Products & Pricing and New Markets team to establish commercial business cases for new partnerships and commercial review of existing contracts
• You'll have the opportunity to influence the business on optimising cost-to-serve and cost-to-acquire KPIs
• You'll develop accurate commercial modelling to support new tender or renewal decisions. This involves extensive collaboration across the business to collate inputs and developing key assumptions
• You'll lead the co-ordination & management of the budgeting & forecasting process for A&NZ region
• You'll complete ad hoc preparation & presentation of analysis as required by business stakeholders in the A&NZ region
• You'll review balance sheet and P&L reconciliations to ensure that there are “no surprises” in financial reporting for A&NZ region through errors and omissions.
• You'll drive innovation across the finance function to provide more insightful information delivered more efficiently.

And what are we looking for?

• You'll be CA/CPA qualified
• You'll have 3-5 years' experience in a similar role
• You'll have strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex financial aspects in a way that can be understood by internal customers
• You'll have financial modelling, analytical, validation skills
• You'll have effective stakeholder management and problem-solving skills
• You'll be flexible in your approach and have the ability to reprioritise workload

So, why choose us?We value optimism, caring, togetherness, reliability and determination.We have more than 1500 employees worldwide: we're a global group of digital specialists, actuaries, marketers, doctors, nurses, case managers, claims specialists, finance experts and customer service professionals. We share a global mission to look after travellers, at every step of their journey.Job flexibility. We understand the importance of making sure that work fits into your life, not the other way around. Our hybrid work week policy ensures our employees maintain work-life balance with the flexibility of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.Career growth. We want you to continue to learn, develop and bring your ideas to the table. We want to hear what you think, and we want you to work with the business - not for the business!Take the time you need, for you and your community. We encourage you to take the time you need, when you need it. We offer regular annual and personal leave benefits along with anniversary leave, volunteer leave and a comprehensive paid parental leave scheme.Travel and work with us. We'll help you keep travelling in your career, oh and quite literally with free travel insurance for you and your partner. We also offer great discounts through our extensive travel partnerships…so start planning for your next trip today!Diversity and inclusion. We respect who you are and thoroughly embrace diversity. So whatever walk of life you wander, just be you and come as you are.Apply today and let's go great places together!#LI-Hybrid