Head of Business Development, Finance

Do you want to be a key player in executing COWI's commercial and strategic ambitions? Can you combine financial expertise with strategic insight to impact decision-making and business results? If you have extensive experience in business partnering, finance, or commercial strategy, we invite you to join COWI and shape the future of our finance organisation.Lead finance partnering for Business Development and shape COWI's futureAs Head of Business Development Finance, you will be the finance business partner and advisor to the Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO) and lead a small team supporting the business development organisation. You and your team will provide strategic analysis, actionable recommendations, and decision support to improve business performance. Reporting to the Head of Group FP&A and Value Steering, you will connect strategy to execution, ensuring that commercial and operational decisions align with COWI’s growth objectives.Your key responsibilities will be to:Act as a trusted advisor to the CBDO, guiding key strategic decisions across geographies and sectors. Aid development and support the execution of the commercial strategy, creating coordinated and aligned efforts to grow both top- and bottom-line performance. Ensure optimal resource allocation of commercial efforts between sectors and geographies to maximise value creation. Develop and mature our pricing excellence. Monitor and analyse project and business performance and translate insights into actionable measures to meet targets. Support execution of the commercial strategy, improving overall commercial performance. Enable functional transformation by enhancing finance business partner capabilities, promoting a performance-driven culture, and elevating ownership of key financial metrics. Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.The first step to thriving in this role is that you are motivated to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues or partners. Developing ties with others is something you do naturally by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways, but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.On top of that, you likely have:A master’s degree in finance, business administration, economics, or other relevant discipline. Extensive experience in business partnering, financial strategy, or commercial roles within a global or multi-sector organisation. Effective ability to build meaningful relationships and guide executive management with clear communication and business acumen. High initiative, personal motivation, and ability to deliver tangible business results. A place to work and so much moreAt COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently 7,400 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.Got more questions?If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Christina Rams Hoxer, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, at crhr@cowi.com.Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, our goals, and what life is like at COWI.Before you applyAll you need to include in your application is your CV - no photo or application letter. At an interview, you can tell us everything we need to know about why you’re interested in joining COWI. As for the photo, we prefer to form our first impression in person rather than from a picture.Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key.We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.