Finance Business Partner

Senior Finance Business Partner

Department: Finance

Reports to: Regional General Manager / Chief Finance Officer

Office Location: Carl-Schurz-Str. 7, 41460, Neuss

Why Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions?

At Toshiba, we're transforming retail with innovative solutions that tackle everyday challenges. Our mission is to turn retail visions into reality by providing expert guidance and cutting-edge technologies. We help retailers navigate obstacles and accelerate their growth, reimagining customer engagement.

Innovation drives retail success, so we invest in future technologies to keep pace with evolving customer expectations. We work closely with clients to develop strategies and solutions that align with their goals, ensuring their business shines today and in the future.

Join Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions and be a key partner in our customers' success. If you share our vision of a seamless, interactive shopping experience, let's drive this together.

Role Overview - What’s ‘In-store’?

The Senior Finance Business Partner will act as the primary financial advisor to the Regional General Manager and Senior Leadership Team (SLT). The role will focus exclusively on driving value through commercial insight, supporting execution of strategy, and improving business performance.

The focus will rest exclusively on forward-looking, value-adding activities that shape operational and commercial decisions, as well as strategy execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the GM and SLT to challenge and influence decision-making across commercial, operational, and strategic initiatives.
• Provide financial leadership on Request-For-Proposal reviews, investment cases, customer profitability, and sales forecasting.
• Analyse customer, product, and channel profitability to identify growth opportunities and areas for performance improvement.
• Develop financial models and scenario analysis to support pricing, commercial negotiations, and new market entry decisions.
• Lead the regional forecasting and budgeting process in partnership with the central finance team.
• Translate group financial targets into actionable regional business plans, challenging assumptions where necessary.
• Monitor performance against budget, forecast, and key KPIs; identify variances and partner with leadership to drive corrective actions.
• Deliver clear, concise financial reporting and presentations to the GM, SLT, and Group Finance.
• Collaborate seamlessly with Finance Centre team on accounting, tax, and compliance activities.
• Act as the regional point of contact to ensure financial operations are aligned with business needs.
• Collaborate, share and support fellow Finance Business Partner colleagues with delivering a standardized and best practice approach to FBP across Europe.

Which skills, competencies and experience are we looking for?

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• Ability to operate at tactical/operational level and strategically.
• Experience in sales forecasting, customer profitability analysis, and commercial contract support.
• Strong analytical and modelling skills, with advanced Excel/Power BI capability.
• Skilled in preparing and delivering impactful presentations to senior audiences.
• Excellent influencing skills; able to challenge senior stakeholders constructively.

Personal Characteristics:

• Strategic thinker with strong business curiosity.
• Proactive, resilient, and comfortable working in a changing environment.
• Highly collaborative, able to build strong cross-functional relationships.
• Hands-on and detail-oriented, while able to maintain a big-picture view.

EEO

Toshiba is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Individuals who may require reasonable adjustments because of a disability for any part of the employment process should email [email protected] to inform of any requests.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We at Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions firmly believe that our people are an integral part to the success of our customers. Furthermore, we’re committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for all our people as highlighted by our 5 Core Principles (Create Outreach, Foster Belonging, Unleash Opportunity, Diverse Cultural Engagement and Culture of Transparency).

With over 50+ years of commitment to retail, we are RETAIL. Our RETAIL values (respect, empowerment, teamwork, adaptability, leadership) characterize what our employees and clients can expect when they work with us every time and all the time. We’re passionate about our customers the retail industry and becoming a more responsible company as we help create a brighter future.