Job Title: Senior Expense Business Partner
Target Start Date: 7th July
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available
Salary Range: Up to 96,000
Location: Flexible across esure and Ageas offices
Senior Expense Business Partner : We are looking for an experienced Senior Expense Business Partner to join our Finance team on a 6-month fixed term contract. This is a key role supporting the UK Executive Team, helping the business manage expenses effectively, deliver cost targets, and make informed financial decisions.
You will be a trusted partner to senior leaders, providing clear financial insight, driving cost discipline, and supporting major integration and transformation projects. This role is ideal for someone with a strong FP&A background and significant experience managing expenses within a large, complex organisation.
Main Responsibilities as INSERT JOB TITLE:
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Partner with senior leaders and UK Executive Team members on all expense-related matters.
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Provide clear financial insight and recommendations to support business decisions.
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Lead expense budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities.
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Challenge and influence stakeholders to improve cost management and accountability.
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Drive deep-dive reviews to identify cost risks, opportunities, and efficiencies.
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Support integration projects by tracking costs, benefits, and delivery against targets.
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Improve expense reporting, management information, and planning processes.
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Help strengthen financial controls, governance, and best-practice FP&A standards.
Skills and experience you need as INSERT JOB TITLE:
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Significant experience in expense management within an FP&A environment.
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Strong background in financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
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Proven ability to build relationships and influence senior stakeholders.
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Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience working with executive-level leaders.
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Experience supporting integration, transformation, or change programmes.
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Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn data into meaningful insight.
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Excellent communication and presentation skills.
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Experience within insurance or financial services is highly desirable.
At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.
Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:
Flexible Working- Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.
Supporting your Health- Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Mindfulness.
Supporting your Wealth- 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
Supporting you at Work- Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
Supporting you and your Family- Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
Benefits for Them- Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
Get some Tech- Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
Getting around- Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
Supporting you back to work- Return to work programme after maternity leave.
About Ageas:
We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.
As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone.
We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.
Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements. To find out more about Ageas, see About Us.
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