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Job DescriptionOur Global Customer Services (GCS) business in APJMEA spans a wide mix of markets, currencies, and delivery models — and it is growing fast. As Finance Business Partner, you will be the finance lead for that business: owning planning and reporting, keeping the control environment sound across the region, and giving service and delivery leaders the numbers and the interpretation they need to make good calls.
This is a hands-on partnering role rather than a purely reporting one. You will sit close to the service delivery teams, understand how services revenue and project delivery actually behave, and translate that into forecasts and insight that leadership can act on.
What you'll do
- Lead financial planning, analysis, and reporting for GCS across the APJMEA region
- Build and manage budgets, forecasts, and financial models that support commercial and operational decisions
- Own month-end and year-end close for the region, delivered accurately and on time
- Maintain a robust internal control and risk management framework, and ensure compliance with local and international financial regulations across the region's markets
- Partner with service delivery, sales, and operations teams to improve project margin, utilisation, and operational efficiency
- Present financial insight and clear recommendations to senior management, including the drivers behind the numbers and the options available
- Manage, coach, and develop a team of finance professionals
- Improve financial processes, systems, and data quality so reporting is faster and more reliable
- Contribute to strategic initiatives and special projects across the region
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- 7+ years in finance management, ideally within a multinational organisation
- Strong command of financial analysis, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting
- Working knowledge of project accounting methodologies (revenue recognition, WIP, project margin)
- Practical experience with risk management and internal controls
- Project management experience, with the ability to run finance workstreams end to end
- Advanced Excel and confidence in enterprise finance systems
- Active AI user, or experience using AI as an everyday working tool — you reach for it to speed up analysis, drafting, reconciliation, and research, and you can judge when the output is trustworthy and when it is not
- Proven people leadership and team development experience
- Clear, credible communication and presentation skills with non-finance stakeholders
- High level of ownership, accountability, and initiative — comfortable identifying an issue and driving it to resolution
- Persistence in working through operational obstacles, and the ability to navigate internal processes and stakeholders effectively
- Ability to work well in a fast-paced, multicultural environment across multiple time zones
Preferred
- Professional qualification: CPA, CMA, ACCA, or equivalent
- Experience in a multinational technology or software company
- Exposure to a customer services or professional services P&L
- Track record of applying AI or automation to finance workflows — close acceleration, forecast modelling, variance commentary, or reporting automation
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- 7+ years of experience in finance management, ideally within a multinational organization
- Strong financial analysis, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting skills
- Working knowledge of project accounting methodologies, including revenue recognition, work in progress, and project margin
- Practical experience with risk management and internal controls
- Project management experience and ability to run finance workstreams end to end
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence using enterprise finance systems
- Active use of artificial intelligence as an everyday working tool, with ability to assess output reliability
- Proven people leadership and team development experience
- Clear communication and presentation skills with non-finance stakeholders
- High ownership, accountability, initiative, and ability to drive issues to resolution
- Persistence in navigating operational obstacles, internal processes, and stakeholders
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, multicultural environment across multiple time zones
- Professional qualification such as CPA, CMA, ACCA, or equivalent
- Experience in a multinational technology or software company
- Exposure to a customer services or professional services profit and loss statement
- Experience applying artificial intelligence or automation to finance workflows
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is presented as part of the package in North America through a 401(k) plan and references to pension/defined contribution arrangements in some contexts.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as available in some regions, including health, dental, life, and disability insurance offerings.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Variable pay elements such as monthly bonuses and profit sharing are described as meaningful in certain roles, with bonuses tied to performance outcomes like reduced downtime.
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What We Do
IFS develops and delivers enterprise software for companies around the world who manufacture and distribute goods, build and maintain assets, and manage service-focused operations. Within our single platform, our industry specific products are innately connected to a single data model and use embedded digital innovation so that our customers can be their best when it really matters to their customers – at the Moment of Service. The industry expertise of our people and of our growing ecosystem, together with a commitment to deliver value at every single step, has made IFS a recognized leader and the most recommended supplier in our sector. Our team of 5,000 employees every day live our values of agility, trustworthiness and collaboration in how we support our 10,000+ customers. Learn more about how our enterprise software solutions can help your business today at ifs.com. Follow us on Twitter: @ifs Facebook: www.facebook.com/ifsdotcom Instagram: www.instagram.com/ifsdotcom Visit the IFS Blog on technology, innovation and creativity: https://blog.ifs.com/
