Finance Business Partner

Job Description

Job title:

Finance Business Partner

Department:
Finance

Location:

Fareham, Hampshire (3 days office/ 2 remote)

Working hours:

Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 4:30

Cooper Vision is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses with a presence in over 100 countries. Being part of Cooper Vision means helping improve the way people see each day. It’s more than making contact lenses, it’s about giving lens wearers freedom and confidence to move about their daily lives. We’re all about bright futures – for our people and those who wear our contact lenses.

As a Finance Business Partner, you will play a highly visible and hands on role, requiring a strong commercial understanding and business acumen. You will add value and deliver creative data analysis aimed at improving the efficiency of the market.

• Working closely with the Commercial side of the organization while displaying an international mindset.
• Collecting, monitoring and creating financial models for decision support, and improving financial performance by analyzing results, monitoring variances, identifying trends, creating alternative scenarios and recommending actions to management.
• Preparing the annual financial budget, the monthly forecast and the weekly sales flash in partnership with the commercial team.
• Influencing decision‑making in investment allocation.
• Oversee the accounting process for the assigned region, including monitoring and reporting monthly financial performance, verifying sales forecasts, interacting with distributors regarding debt, credit notes, and other finance matters.
• Reviewing and approving customer contracts.
• Providing creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs, improve financial performance, and calculate sales promo ROI.
• Identifying trends, advising the company, and recommending actions based on sound analysis, preparing ad hoc reports where required.
• Preparing US GAAP close analytics, including GL subledgers, provisions, and accruals.
• Working in strong partnership with the UK‑based Shared Service Centre and the EMEA FP&A team to ensure month‑end processes are performed on time and in compliance with accounting rules, and to generate insights.
• Overseeing internal and external audits in the assigned business.

We are looking for someone with:

• Ability to provide and communicate effectively high‑quality advice supporting preparation of business cases/deals.
• Strong presence, comfortable working with Leadership Team to build a case and recommend actions.
• Good presentation skills, including presenting to senior management.
• Proven ability to analyze actual vs. plan results and summarize underlying drivers of variances as well as providing clear and succinct interpretation of results to management.
• Ability to participate in a multi‑cultural, multi‑linguistic operating environment.
• Computer literate, excel, outlook, word, PowerPoint (proficiency level).
• Knowledge of US GAAP.
• Experience of working with Cognos, experience of working with EPM.
• Proven attitude to work in team (mainly cross‑cultural and remote teams).
• Good stakeholder management skills.

• Minimum 3 years' experience in a multinational environment.
• Direct, hands‑on experience in creating, tracking and controlling actual, forecasts and budget metrics, and with an unrelenting curiosity to identify opportunities to benefit the business.
• Ability to communicate in English both written and verbal, Finance technical vocabulary in English is a must.
• Matrix style organization experience.
• Higher degree in Accounting/Economics/Finance.

• Experience in MNCs is highly desired.
• ACCA, CIMA, CPA, CMA incl. in progress is a big plus.

You’ll receive competitive compensation and a fantastic benefits package including: bonus, private medical insurance, 25 days holiday, pension scheme, healthcare cover, life assurance, access to our Wellness Platform to support you in mental health and wellbeing, a discounted contact lens scheme and much more! We are committed to our employees’…