Senior Director, Finance Business Partner - Technology

Job description

Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed. This is a senior finance leadership role acting as the principal Finance Business Partner to Technology, supporting the CTOO and Technology leadership. This role is a key member of the CTOO leadership ecosystem and a critical enabler of Prudential’s Efficient Growth and enterprise cost transformation agenda. It provides financial stewardship, strategic direction, and commercial insight across Technology, ensuring investments, operating models and service economics are aligned to Group strategy and deliver sustainable value. Key Responsibilities: 1. Strategic Financial Leadership: Serve as the principal financial adviser to Technology leadership, shaping and executing financial strategy aligned to Group priorities, Efficient Growth targets and enterprise transformation. Drive long-term value creation through strategic planning, capital allocation and investment prioritisation across Technology. Lead financial scenario modelling and strategic trade-off discussions for major transformation initiatives. 2. Financial Planning, Analysis & Reporting: Oversee financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting for Technology. Develop and maintain robust financial models to support strategic decision-making, cost optimisation, and performance management. Provide clear, decision-oriented insights for C‑suite, GEC and Board‑level discussions. Ensure alignment between Technology plans and Group financial targets. 3. Cost Management, Efficiency & VCC Economics Lead cost management and optimisation initiatives across Technology. Drive transparency of recharges to LBUs, ensuring they are explainable and defensible, avoiding cost distortions and under‑recovery. 4. Technology Investment, Transformation & ROI: Evaluate, prioritise, and monitor technology investments, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and maximising return on investment (ROI). Lead financial due diligence and business case assessments for new technology initiatives, including digital transformation, IT security, Data & AI and maximising opportunities to leverage VCC. 5. Financial Governance, Risk & Control: Ensure strong financial governance, controls and compliance across portfolio. Oversee financial risk management, proactively identifying and mitigating cost leakage and inefficiencies and structure issues in allocation and recharge models. 6. Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering: Act as a trusted business partner to Technology leadership and the intersect with Group Finance and LBU CFOs. Provide constructive challenge, commercial insight and fact-based recommendations. Champion cross-functional collaboration across Finance, Technology and Transformation teams. 7. Capability Building: Provide coaching, guidance and mentorship to finance business partner resources supporting Technology, fostering consistency in insight quality, commercial rigour and decision support. Foster a culture of commercial excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement. Core Competences & Skills: Strategic financial leadership: Shapes Technology strategy through investment prioritisation, scenario modelling and long-term value creation Technology investment & cost management: Leads governance of Technology spend, optimizing cost while maximizing ROI across major initiatives Executive business partnering: Proven ability as a trusted adviser to senior Technology leadership, influencing key decisions and strategic direction Insight & performance leadership: Oversees planning and forecasting and translates complex financial data into clear, forward-looking insights for senior forums Leadership across a distributed model: Drives consistency, quality and capability across aligned finance resources through coaching and influence Stakeholder navigation: Operates effectively in a complex, matrixed environment with multiple senior stakeholders Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related discipline Professional accounting qualification (CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent) ~15 – 20 years’ finance experience, including time in senior leadership roles Proven track record in group-level business partnering, cost transformation and investment governance Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.