Senior Finance Business Partner - Academic

Senior Finance Business Partners (Academic) provide strategic and financial management support to faculties; ensuring finance remains at the heart of decision making by providing expert advice and rigorous challenge and assurance. 

The role will support the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine (FoLSM), providing executive support to Faculty leadership, resolving issues and representing Finance at senior Faculty committees. You will regularly liaise with senior stakeholders, building rapport, trust and demonstrating your ability to problem solve. This role is expected to lead on the production of monthly management accounts, providing valuable insights and analysis to support senior decision making. 

FoLSM is a complex faculty requiring multi-disciplinary finance expertise in both finance business partnering and management accounting. Continuing focus on finance capability and strengthening the finance span within the faculty will be an important aspect of the role in delivering effective financial management. You will be expert, enthusiastic and an approachable finance professional with strong interpersonal skills.  

The role holder will be based at Lavington Street in central London with the option of regular co-location with faculty seniors situated in the Guy’s Campus. 

Post holder will be expected to work a minimum of 2 days per week on-site with the remainder of time working remotely. This pattern could potentially change in future, so flexibility with regards to location of work will be required. 

About the Directorate 

The role is in the Faculty Finance Business Partnering team, which is part of the Finance & Procurement directorate. The Finance & Procurement Directorate provides quality financial support and advice in pursuit of the university’s stated academic objectives. In particular it is committed to the provision of strong financial leadership in all areas of activity undertaken by the university, to the provision of sound professional advice on all aspects of financial management, and to the achievement and maintenance of a high-quality service. 

This post will be offered on a permanent basis 

This is a full-time post.

Essential criteria  

• Professional accountancy qualification and membership of a professional body (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent) or an undergraduate degree in Accounting or similar with demonstratable experience in an equivalent sector with a commitment to qualification
• An analytical approach to problem solving 
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills 
• High level skills on finance systems and Excel 
• An ability to communicate complex finance issues to non-finance staff 
• Experience of management accounting gained either within a finance department or through working in practice  
• An ability to manipulate and adapt financial information in spreadsheets and other forms for a wider audience 
• Work independently, taking decisions based on experience and knowledge 
• Experience dealing with a wide variety of stakeholders 
• Comfortable working under pressure and to meet tight deadlines  
• Flexibility in their time management and availability  

Desirable criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent 
• Experience of line management

Further Information

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We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

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