Senior Finance Business Partner - Change

General

Job Description & Person Specification

Job Title: Senior Finance Business Partner – Change

Division: Finance

Reports To: Head of Business Partnering – Change

Key Relationships:Change Committee, PMO, Delivery Leads, Finance Leadership Team, Financial Performance, Finance Business Partners, Business Function Heads, Group Planning Team, Accounts PayableTeamand other Business Users

Job Summary:

Beazley is transforming how it works —modernisingsystems, sharpening processes, and elevating Finance’s role in shaping strategic decisions. As the pace of change accelerates,we’reshifting from transactional project accounting to true business partnering that drives value, accountability, and benefitsrealisation.

In this role,you’llprovideend‑to‑endfinancial leadership across Beazley’s strategic change initiatives.You’llwork closely with Strategy, Change, and business stakeholders to ensure costs and benefits are clearly understood, accurately tracked, and reflected inhigh‑qualityreporting that enables confidentdecision‑making.

Ultimately withplatforms like Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning,automationandself‑serveMI will free you to focus on insight, challenge, and investment appraisal — not mechanics.

This is a role for someone who wants to shape commercial outcomes, influence senior stakeholders, and ensure Beazley makes the right investment choices forlong‑termperformance.

Key Responsibilities:

This role will provide partnering and independent financialchallengeacross changeprogrammesensuring business value for money & accountability for financial outcomes and benefits.

Business Partnering & Executive Influence

• Act as a trusted advisor to the Change portfolio, bringing financial insight to support strategic decisions.

• Influencedecision‑makingearly and hold stakeholders accountable for financial outcomes.

Business Case Appraisal,Prioritisation& Value for Money

• Review andvalidatebusiness cases, ensuring clear benefits, costs,risksandprioritisation.

• Support stakeholders in building strong business cases and securing funding.

• Provide robust financialchallengeand ensure assumptions are documented and trackable.

• Leadcost‑savingand efficiency initiatives that improve Beazley’s financial cost base.

BenefitsRealisation& Tracking

• Maintain a central baseline of benefits and costs for all change initiatives.

• Support teams to track benefits against business cases and explain variances.

• Ensure corrective actions are agreed andmonitored.

Project Analysis, Reporting, MI & Forecasting

• Analyseexpense trends and deliver clear, actionable insights.

• Buildaccuratemonthly forecasts and highlight risks, pressures, and opportunities.

• Present analysis in concise,executive‑readyformats with clear narrative.

• Developself‑serveMI to shift focus from mechanics tovalue‑addinsight.

Month End, Accounting &Capitalisation

• Ensuretimelyandaccuratecost recognition and insightfulmonth‑endcommentary.

• Apply appropriatecapitalisationin line with accounting policy.

• Anticipate variances early andmaintaina “no surprises” approach.

Governance, Risk, Controls & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain a monthly risk and opportunityviewacrossprogrammes.

• Uphold strong financial controls and adherence to policy.

• Drive process improvement initiatives tomoderniseways of working.

Technology / Digital Ways of Working

• Use Copilot, AI,Adaptiveand Workday to automate reporting and reduce manual effort.

• Embedsystem‑ledreporting and reduce reliance on spreadsheets.

Personal Specification:

Essential criteria that you'llbring:

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with portfolio or complex programme experience in technology‑enabled change within Financial Services.
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• A track recordof business case appraisal and benefitsrealisation, including post‑implementation reviews.
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• Able to design visually compelling, executive‑ready presentations that clearly communicate complex financial insights and strategic narratives
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• Strong commercialchallengeand clearrecommendation writingfor senior audiences.
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• Month‑end, forecasting andcapitalisationdiscipline with a pragmatic,‘no surprises’mindset.

Nice to have:

• Insurance/Lloyd’s familiarity.

• Experience with agile funding or product‑centric operating models.

• Experiencewith Workday/Adaptive and Power BI (or similar).

• Line‑management or matrix leadership of analysts.

General

We are a flexible and innovative employer offering a friendly, collaborative,diverseand inclusive working environment. We actively encourage and expect applications from all backgrounds. Diverse thinking,enthusiasmand passiondrivesinnovation at Beazley – can you help us to be the best?

We empower people to choose where to work given the work they need to do. Collaboration in office spaces is important, so we ask that our colleagues work from our office minimum of 2 days per week, with the remaining days for you to decide what works best for you and the role you are in.

Beazley will offer the person a competitive salary and discretionary bonus with a strong benefits package including commuting reimbursement, free in‑office lunch, excellent parentalleaveand financial physical and mental wellbeingcontributionsamong others.

It is important that within all your interactions both internally and externally you adhere to Beazley’s core values - Being Bold, Striving for Better, and Doing the Right Thing – as they contribute to an internal environment of teamwork and promote a positive brand image and experience to our external customers.

We also expect Beazley employees to comply with Beazley procedures, policies and regulations including the code of conduct (including PRA and FCA Conduct), undertake required training, uphold business ethics, and carry out additional responsibilities as individually notified (including membership of Beazley committees or working groups).