Finance Reporting and Automation Business Partner - Team Manager - Krakow, Poland

Finance Reporting and Automation Business Partner - Team Manager - Krakow, Poland

Finance Reporting and Automation Business Partner - Team Manager

Role Summary

TheFinance Reporting and Automation Business Partner - Team Manageris responsible for leading a Data & Analytics team and partnering with global Business Leaders to deliver accurate, timely and insightful reporting and analysis. The role combines finance reporting with the design and delivery of strategic data assets, scaling automation solutions across the company, and managing a broad portfolio of global reporting needs (including Finance, operational and selected HR/people reporting). A key focus is driving process improvements, automation and datadriven decision making through strong global collaborator management.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like

• Lead and develop the Finance Data & Analytics team, including recruiting, coaching, and retaining a highly skilled and engaged workforce capable of delivering complex reporting, analytics and automation solutions in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Lead the teams scope, workload, priorities and ad hoc requests across multiple regions and functions.
• Ensure delivery against agreed Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators across finance, operational and peoplerelated reporting.
• Build and maintain strategic data assets (e.g., standardized data models, curated datasets, and reporting layers) to support scalable analytics and selfservice reporting across the organization.
• Design, build and implement automation solutions (including VBA and workflow automation) to streamline endtoend processes, reducing manual effort and improving data quality.
• Own and continuously improve selected global peoplerelated reporting (e.g., workforce and organizational metrics) in partnership with relevant functional collaborators.
• Establish a culture of continuous improvement, timeliness, and highquality data reporting, analysis and automation delivery.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with global Finance and business stakeholders to ensure alignment on priorities, service levels and strategic direction.
• Be responsible for MEC, forecast and plan reporting as well as business performance analysis for the assigned business units or areas of responsibility.
• Provide rapid, wellstructured insight summaries in response to urgent customer inquiries, ensuring accuracy and clarity under tight deadlines.
• Participate in regular review calls with Business Partners and Business Leaders across regions and functions, translating data into clear recommendations and actions.
• Project manage and oversee a portfolio of improvement and automation initiatives, including planning, prioritization, schedules, progress tracking, reporting key metrics, stakeholder communication and risk management.
• Provide expertise, challenge and support in the design, preparation and implementation of strategic projects to ensure expected outcomes are achieved.
• Conduct crossdepartment consultancy work in the areas of process optimization, digitization and automation of financial and other business processes.
• Act as a champion of standardization and data governance within the team and across Finance and other Centers of Excellence, promoting common definitions, metrics and reporting standards.
• Gather and evaluate feedback from customers and stakeholders to drive continuous improvement of processes, tools and insights.

How this opportunity is different

With over 300 employees, the EMEA Finance Centre in Krakow provides financial services for Aon entities in multiple countries. What distinguishes the department is its energy and commitment to providing first-class accountancy and analysis.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• Degree in Finance, Economics, Data/Business Analytics or related field.
• Excellent analytical, conceptual and technical skills, with the ability to translate business questions into data and automation solutions.
• Working knowledge of accounting and other financial management processes.
• Experience working with peoplerelated / workforce data is an advantage (or willingness and ability to quickly build this knowledge).
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Access, etc.).
• Advanced level of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
• Strong hands on experience with Databricks (including working with notebooks, data engineering / transformation pipelines and integration with BI tools).
• Experience with Structured Query Language (SQL) and working with relational databases.
• Handson experience with BI / data visualization tools (Power BI); ability to design scalable dashboards and standardized reporting.
• Proven experience delivering automation projects, including VBA and/or workflow automation tools, from design through implementation and stabilization.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and impactful personal communication (including negotiation and influencing) in a global, multifunctional environment.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, lead and motivate effective teams.
• Excellent problemsolving, conflict resolution and decisionmaking capabilities.
• Effective project and portfolio management skills, including managing dependencies and priorities across multiple initiatives.
• Proven ability to work on projects with aggressive schedules and changing priorities.
• Fluent English (C1); additional languages are an advantage.

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