Finance Business Partner

Job role and purpose

We’re looking for a proactive, commercially minded Finance Business Partner to support our Lifecycle Services business line. In this role you will work closely with business leaders, providing financial insight, analysis and guidance to support decision-making and drive sustainable business performance. Our Lifecycle Services business line covers the IT asset disposal for both workplace IT and data center equipment including project management, logistics, secure collection, processing, data removal, global trading, recycling, and reporting of retired IT assets. You can read more about our Lifecycle Services here.

Main responsibilities & tasks

• Partner with business line (Lifecycle Services) management team to provide financial insights that influence strategic and operational decisions.
• Drive Business Line profitability and support long-term planning and financial modeling.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior management, enhancing efficiency, profitability, and value creation.
• Lead business line budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning, while streamlining processes with finance and country teams.
• Align financial targets with business unit and country goals, including headcount planning.
• Own the Business Line P&L and deliver clear performance analysis and timely financial reporting.
• Build financial models, business cases, and ROI analyses to support investments and strategic initiatives.
• Maintain structured reporting (P&Ls, commissions, margin and revenue reports) and develop KPIs and dashboards.
• Identify risks, opportunities, cost savings, and revenue-enhancing actions, providing proactive recommendations.
• Ensure strong financial controls while enabling commercial flexibility.
• Prepare accurate KPI and data inputs for Board reporting and lead bottom-up P&L reviews.
• Identify and drive process improvements across finance and operations.
• Support new commercial offerings and define related finance processes.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations, policies, and transfer pricing requirements.
• Avoid financial risks related to the business line.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration and support change and transformation initiatives.

Qualifications and experience

• Relevant degree in finance, accounting, economics or a related field.
• Multiple years of experience in finance business partnering or a similar role.
• Proven experience in an international matrix organization, with cross-regional collaboration beyond the U.S., particularly within EMEA.
• Strong financial and analytical skills with solid understanding and experience of finance processes in multi-national environment.
• Proven ability to work with senior stakeholders in an international environment.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex financial concepts.
• Commercially minded, with strong business acumen and strategic mindset.
• Ability to identify inefficiencies, drive change and continuous improvement.
• Independent, proactive, and adaptable; able to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Fluent communication skills in English, other language skills are seen as a benefit.
• Proficiency in financial systems and advanced Excel skills; experience with BI tools (Qlik Sense) is a plus.

About 3stepIT

Technology Lifecycle Management In 1997 we broke the mould when it came to IT procurement, management, and disposal. We saw the need for businesses to get more out of their IT, and to do it sustainably. And for over 20 years, we’ve helped businesses to embrace the circular economy model and have saved millions of devices going to landfill and tons of carbon emissions. We’re proud to manage millions of assets and thousands of clients in countries across the globe. Which all means you can trust that we’re not only true experts at what we do, but that we’re also the ultimate safe, trusted pair of hands when it comes to the acquisition, management, and refresh of your IT devices.