Head of Finance Business Partnering (France & Luxembourg) F/H

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Role Purpose

The Senior Manager, Finance Business Partnering acts as a trusted advisor to business leadership, combining strong financial expertise with deep business understanding. The role bridges finance and operations, supporting performance management, strategic initiatives, and value creation across assigned business areas for France & Luxembourg.

Finance Business Partnering

• Acts as primary finance leader for his territory.
• Supports decision‑making through financial insights and performance analysis.
• At the consolidated level, drives cost, margin, and profitability discussions with business leaders.
• Partners with senior business leadership or multiple business units.
• Leads complex performance improvement and value creation initiatives.
• Influences strategic decisions and investment prioritization.
• Manages local Finance Business Partners and shapes partnering best practices.
• Ensures alignment and efficiency of data flow with Global Business Shared Services.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance partner for assigned territory, providing financial leadership and guidance aligned with strategic goals.
• Interpret financial results, forecasts, and KPIs, translating them into business‑relevant insights and recommendations.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes by working closely with FP&A, ensuring business plans are realistic and value‑driven.
• Drive cost optimization, profitability analysis, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to business cases, investments, and transformation programs through financial evaluation and risk assessment.
• Act as a liaison between finance (FP&A, GBSS) and business teams, ensuring alignment between actual performance and forward‑looking plans.

Stakeholder Interaction

• Business Unit heads and operational leaders as trusted financial advisors.
• FP&A and GBSS to ensure coherent planning, reporting, and performance management.

Skills & Experience

• Strong business acumen with solid grounding in financial analysis and performance management.
• Proven ability to influence, challenge, and support senior stakeholders (including C‑level).
• Experience operating in a complex IT international organization.
• Solid people management experience (minimum 5 years).
• Experience operating for multiple countries (ideally with France and Luxembourg).

Workplace type

Hybrid Working

Equal Opportunity Employer

NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category.