Finance Business Partner

Do You Want to Be Part of a Global Team Where Collaboration Drives Success?

At Hempel, success isn’t just about meeting targets – it’s about collaborating, innovating, and making a real impact.

Join our team as Finance Business Partner

What You Will Do?

Business Partnership & Decision Support

• Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders (e.g., Directors, VPs), translating financial data into actionable business strategies

• Participate in leadership forums (e.g., BRMs, townhalls) and provide commentary on business performance

• Proactively guide leaders through trade-offs, investment decisions, and risk mitigation plans

Performance Management

• Leverage performance data (shared by Global FP&A & FDI) to uncover key drivers, identify opportunities, and recommend corrective actions that support informed business decisions.

• Drive discussions on risks & opportunities and track key initiatives that impact profitability, growth, and cash flow

• Lead the financial sign-off of business performance for assigned function/segment

Forecast & Target Alignment

• Collaborate with Global FP&A during planning cycles to validate business assumptions, strategic inputs, and non-financial drivers

• Support target setting for business areas by connecting operational knowledge with data-driven insights

• Represent the business in aligning forecast assumptions with market trends and operational realities

Commercial Support & Business Cases

• Provide targeted financial insight, analysis, and strategic guidance to Operations, Commercial, or Supporting Functions to drive performance, optimize resources, and support decision-making.

• Review, challenge, and co-develop business cases for new initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities

• Provide ROI analysis and help prioritize initiatives that create financial and operational impact

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build cross-functional relationships with leaders across verticals/segments in Hempel

• Act as the liaison between business units and centralized finance teams (Global FP&A, GBS, Group Finance)

Ensure consistency and clarity in how business assumptions are translated into financial outcomes

Key tasks

• Business partnering & decision support (30%)

• Performance management & analysis (20%)

• Forecasting & planning alignment (15%)

• Commercial support & business cases (20%)

• Stakeholder management & cross-functional alignment (15%)

Key Success Criteria’s / KPIs

• Forecast reliability and ownership within assigned segment

• Improvement in segment profitability and margin optimization (including OPEX efficiency)

• Effective identification and realization of risks and opportunities

• High stakeholder satisfaction and trust in finance partnership

• Quality, relevance, and timeliness of financial insights and business cases

• Cash flow optimization, including strong focus on Net Working Capital (NWC

What Are We Looking For?

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field

• MBA or master’s in finance (preferred)

• 6+ Years experience in similar role

Other skills and experience:

• Brings advanced expertise in Commercial / operations / supporting functions finance, guiding leaders with actionable financial insights that support function-wide decisions.

• Develops and interprets complex models and scenarios to evaluate strategic choices and recommend trade-offs.

• Effectively influences cross-functional stakeholders, even amid uncertainty, while presenting to both finance and non-finance audiences.

• Leverages deep understanding of financial systems and BI tools to improve reporting quality and decision-making.

• Drives collaboration across teams, supervises professionals when needed, and ensures accountability for outcomes.

• Contributes to the development of new approaches, tools, and processes within the function.

Does This Sound Like a Match?

Click the ‘Apply for position’ button and submit your CV and application letter in English via our recruitment system.

Application due

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Chemicals

At Hempel, you’re welcomed to a global community of +7000 colleagues around the world. A workplace built on shared trust, mutual respect and support for each other. 

We’re on a mission to double our impact. To succeed, we need bright minds and team players. Which is why, from day one, your input, ideas and initiative are not only welcomed, but expected. In return, you will enjoy great opportunities for development in a growing global company – and be part of the solution by contributing to our global impact. 

At Hempel, we are committed to everyone feeling safe, valued and treated equally, in an environment where each employee can bring their authentic selves to work.  We believe that inclusion is key to innovation and by bringing together the most diverse perspectives and talents,  we can achieve great things, together.