About this Finance Business Partner IT role at Philips
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Finance Business Partner ITJob Description
Your role:
- Partner with IT Infrastructure leadership on strategy and financial commitments for the approximately EUR 180 million cost base, using business modelling, scenarios and risk assessments to challenge assumptions and connect priorities to business value.
- Lead the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), quarterly outlook and monthly reviews. Build plans around demand, capacity, vendors, headcount and investments; explain structural and timing variances and agree corrective actions with accountable owners.
- Evaluate infrastructure investments and transformation cases through total cost of ownership, cash impact, benefits, risks and sensitivities. Compare cloud, on-premises, capacity and sourcing options; track investments and realised benefits, balancing savings, long-term efficiency and resilience.
- Partner with Procurement and service owners on vendor economics, renewals and commercial decisions. Analyse prices, volumes, utilisation, commitments and exit costs; reduce avoidable spend and translate evidenced, non-duplicated savings into forecasts and financial outcomes.
- Partner with the TBM Office to connect IT service costs and allocations to financial statements, ensuring transparent service unit costs, reliable reconciliations and consistent data.
- Advance AI-led finance transformation in forecasting, variance analysis, reporting and process automation. Establish baselines, measure insight, forecast quality, cycle time and effort savings, and pilot and validate solutions with finance experts before scaling proven, reliable use cases.
- Embed responsible AI adoption through approved tools, access controls, data governance and documented human review. Retain human accountability for financial judgement, approvals and controls, and coach colleagues in AI and analytics to sustain adoption.
- Connect FP&A, Accounting and finance partners to ensure consistent reporting, accounting compliance and effective ICS/SOX controls within the role’s scope. Maintain documentation, standardise data and processes, address control weaknesses and present clear recommendations to senior finance and IT stakeholders.
You're the right fit if:
- Minimum of 8+ years of relevant professional experience in Finance (Accounting, Controlling, Business partnering)
- University Master in Economics or Finance
- Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills at senior management level.
- Ability to analyze big data sets and extract valuable insights
- Eager to learn and always curious mindset
- Demonstrates a continuous improvement mindset and the ability to apply AI effectively within the current environment.
- Fluent in English
Compensation & benefits
Doing meaningful work should come with fair, transparent rewards. The base salary range for this role is €[70187]–€[130312]. We determine pay within the range using objective factors, like the skills the role requires, your relevant experience and the responsibility you'll have in this role, alongside internal equity and local market considerations.
This role is eligible for [bonus/incentive], with your rewards linked to [KPIs/company results]. We’ll share the full approach with you during the interview process, so you can make a clear, informed decision. Benefits include [key benefits].
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
About Philips
Are you ready to do the work of your life to help the lives of others? Learn more about our business, discover our rich and exciting history and learn more about our purpose.
If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care.
