Finance Strategy & Execution Analyst

About the role

We are looking for a Finance Strategy & Execution Analyst to drive planning governance and execution across Group Finance priorities. For the first 12 months you will work closely with the Head of Group Finance to strengthen delivery discipline leadership cadence and decision support. Group Finance is transforming end-to-end processes (Record-to-Report Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay) and modernising through AI-enabled tools. You will help track progress remove blockers and ensure initiatives deliver. The role reports to the Strategy Partner to the CFO and will as needed support analyses and materials for senior management discussions.

What you gain

A highly visible role with close exposure to senior stakeholders across Group Finance and the broader Finance leadership team. You will sit at the centre of Finances transformation agenda and gain hands-on experience with executive governance decision support and cross-functional deliverybuilding a strong platform for growth.

You will play a key role in

Supporting the Head of Group Finance (first 12 months) by:

• Setting governance cadence (weekly priorities milestones and decisions) and keeping stakeholders aligned.
• Turning priorities into plans (owners dependencies and critical path) and maintaining action/decision logs.
• Preparing leadership meetings (agenda pre-reads minutes and follow-ups) and escalating blockers early.
• Providing decision support and strengthening executive communication (options recommendations and clear trade-offs).
• Owning selected cross-functional workstreams end-to-end with clear milestones and outcomes.
• Taking part in governance discussions with Genpact/external partners including scope and SLA/KPI follow-up.
• Developing business cases and scenario analyses to support decisions.
• Supporting financial due diligence workstreams when needed.
• Improving ways of working through templates routines and playbooks.
• Producing high-quality materials to support executive decisions.

To succeed in the role you

• Have 35 years experience delivering finance-related initiatives (e.g. management consulting Big 4 advisory/finance transformation or a large global organisation).
• Have a Masters degree in a relevant field (e.g. finance economics business administration engineering technology or similar).
• Are fluent in English and communicate clearly in writing and meetings.
• Are analytical detail-oriented and comfortable building decision-ready materials in PowerPoint and Excel.
• Bring strong execution skills: structure work drive follow-through and manage stakeholders.
• Have experience supporting steering forums; outsourcing/provider governance (SLA/KPI follow-up) is a plus.
• Are structured and reliable under pressure and handle ambiguity and tight deadlines well.
• Show high integrity and discretion when handling confidential information.

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