Financial Business Partnering includes roles that provide dedicated financial support and advisory to business units to help drive growth, profitability and operational efficiency. Finance Business Partners work closely with business leaders, providing consulting and coaching, and insights to drive business decision making and performance.
Management stream includes those who primarily lead people for whom they have employee lifecycle responsibilities including hire/fire decisions, coaching/mentoring, coordination of tasks, appraising performance, pay reviews, and developing for future assignments.

The management responsibilities are in addition to job specific accountabilities for objectives such as setting direction and developing business & operational areas, developing policies & practices, and implementing business plans. The planning horizon can vary from short to long term dependent on the career stage and goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of direct and/or indirect reports.

Progression within this stream reflects acquisition of broad technical expertise, business and industry knowledge, and process and people leadership capabilities.
A colleague at this level contributes to wider decision making including the development of practices, processes and procedures. They have knowledge and understanding of the business, their own functional area and interdependencies with other functions.

They work independently within a broad framework, with a clear level of authority and solves complex challenges based on accurate identification of underlying factors/causes. They have awareness of the potential impact a proposed solution might have outside their own immediate area, and will work cross functional to mitigate as needed.

Leaders at this level develop departmental plans based on the functional strategy and execute through a team of professionals. They develop team members by coaching and mentoring to drive performance and build talent pipelines.