At IVC Evidensia, we are a leading veterinary services provider in Europe and North America with more than 2,500 clinics and hospitals across 19 countries and around 42,000 employees. We aim to have an extraordinary impact on animal lives, supporting in the region of 25,000 animals every single day across our international network. IVC Evidensia exists to champion the long‑term health and welfare of animals and deliver our purpose of Healthy Animals, Happy Owners.
Role Summary
As a Finance Business Partner, you will play a crucial role in bridging the gap between our Finance team and the Group IT department. Your primary responsibility will be to provide financial insights, analysis, and strategic support to enhance decision‑making within these business units. You’ll work closely with stakeholders, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and driving financial performance.
Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities
- Financial Analysis and Reporting: Provide insightful analysis that links financial data to business strategies, collaborate with department heads to interpret financial results and recommend corrective actions.
- Budgeting and Forecasting: Work closely with Group IT functional leaders to develop annual budgets and forecasts; monitor actual spending against budgeted amounts and identify areas for optimisation; assist in resource allocation decisions based on financial projections.
- Business Partnership: Act as a trusted advisor to the Group IT team, understanding their objectives and challenges; foster strong relationships to ensure effective communication and collaboration.
- Risk Management and Compliance: Ensure compliance with financial policies, regulations, and internal controls; collaborate with internal audit teams to address any identified gaps.
- Performance Metrics and Dashboards: Develop and maintain performance dashboards for Group IT; provide actionable insights to drive performance improvements.
Experience/Qualifications
A financial professional with strong competencies in both management accounting and finance business partnering.
- Essential experience in managing an FP&A cycle, with scrutiny and oversight of actuals reporting.
- Experience managing capitalisation and exceptional items reporting, particularly relating to intangible IT assets.
- Experience working with third‑party finance outsourcing partners.
- A history of steering business decisions from a finance perspective.
- Track record of driving change in an ambiguous and fast‑moving environment.
- Hands‑on approach to delivering results.
- Granular analysis of business cases and their underlying drivers, leveraging insights to drive action.
- Seeing recommendations through to realised benefits.
- Stakeholder management with resilience to overcome resistance.
EEO & Inclusion
As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer and a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates from all minority and diverse groups as well as those with disabilities and long‑term health conditions to apply. We will discuss reasonable adjustments if needed during the recruitment process.
What We Offer
- Competitive base salary.
- Work‑life balance.
- 26 days annual leave.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing.
- Pension.
- Discretionary bonus.
- Discounted staff pet care.
- Dog‑friendly office.
- Free parking available at Head Office.
Additional Information
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analysing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgement. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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