Finance Business Partner

5 giorni fa


Lombardia, Italia EF Education First A tempo pieno

Join a forward-looking team driving lasting change.


Role Description:
We’re looking for a strategic Business Partner to lead financial management for our Italian market, covering multiple products and both Promotion and Production entities. This role is ideal for a finance leader passionate about aligning finance with business strategy, driving transformation, and ensuring governance and compliance across all levels.

As the Business Partner for Italy, you will own key responsibilities in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, reporting, and business partnering. You will advise senior stakeholders, manage performance insights, oversee financial close, and support contract negotiations. In addition, this role will champion transformation initiatives, including Oracle implementation, and promote continuous improvement across our finance functions.


Key Responsibilities:

  1. Business Partnering:
    • Budgeting & Forecasting: Manage budgets, forecasts, and financial plans aligned with organizational goals; ensure forecast accuracy, cost control, and insights.
    • Performance Reporting: Deliver financial reports, dashboards, and KPIs to stakeholders, highlighting business performance.
    • Financial Analysis: Analyze financial data to identify trends, variances, and improvement opportunities, including pricing.
    • Contract Management: Oversee contract reviews and negotiations, securing beneficial terms.
    • Strategic Advisory: Serve as advisor to the Country Manager, Regional Manager, School Director, and CFO.
    • Administration: Handle administrative tasks, including ticket approvals, refunds, and sales balances.
  2. Finance & Legal Governance:
    • Finance Operations: Ensure timely period close; prepare financial reports, statutory filings, and manage audits.
    • Compliance: Enforce compliance with EF policies, regulatory requirements, and Global Control Policy (GCP).
    • Legal Governance: Work with experts on consumer law, employment law, school accreditation, legal disputes, PoA, and approval matrix.
    • Tax & Legal Management: Proactively handle tax and legal matters; collaborate with Central Legal on Terms & Conditions.
    • Board Governance: Oversee governance and board responsibilities, including AGM, board protocols, and reporting.
    • HR Oversight: Work with HR to manage employment contracts, payroll, and legal compliance.
  3. Transformation:
    • Oracle Implementation: Lead Oracle module implementation, ensuring accurate localization and integration.
    • Continuous Improvement: Drive initiatives across finance and business operations for enhanced efficiency.


About EF

EF is the world leader in international education. Our mission is to open the world through education and so far we have helped over 15 million people learn a language, discover the world or earn an academic degree.

We have fifteen subsidiaries and non-profit organizations, schools and offices in over 50 countries and employ over 40,000 staff and teachers. In today’s increasingly complex and interdependent world our mission is more relevant than ever.

EF is an equal opportunities employer. EF offers competitive salaries and a multicultural working environment. If you are motivated by the prospect of an international career with a dynamic and forward-thinking company, we want to hear from you.

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