Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner – Estates & Facilities Management Finance

Job Title: Finance Business Partner • Department: Finance • Work Arrangement: Part Time (Hybrid) • Contract Type: Permanent • Salary: £38,784 per annum • Posting Start: 30/06/2026 • Closing Date: 15/07/2026

Responsibilities

• Provide sound financial advice and support to departments, ensuring effective management and monitoring of departmental funds, including operational budgets and other external activities.
• Participate in budgeting, monitoring, reporting and forecasting routines, including month‑end, quarter‑end and year‑end processes.
• Oversee a portfolio of large, complex activities, making decisions and reacting to changing and conflicting priorities.
• Engage regularly with finance and non‑finance teams.
• Manage at least one staff member.
• Work with the Department of Estates & Facilities Management to provide finance support and information, ensuring financial plans are sustainable and risks identified, understood and managed.
• Deliver expert financial support, guidance and management information with a focus on excellent customer service.
• Prepare accurate income and expenditure forecasts on a monthly and quarterly basis, analyse variances against budget/forecast and recommend actions or mitigation.
• Prepare quarterly and year‑end reconciliations and coordinate year‑end procedures across departments.
• Provide information and advice on budgetary control and activity forecasting, identify and offer solutions to minimise risk or conflict with university financial regulations.
• Support and enable finance staff to work to the highest professional standards and encourage a culture of continuous professional development.
• Lead colleagues in challenging activities and processes, identifying and delivering improvements to maximise effectiveness.
• Collaborate with other finance business partners, the finance manager and head of finance to plan workload allocations, ensuring objectives and deadlines are achieved and productivity optimized.
• Carry out other duties commensurate with the grade and remit of the post.

Person Specification

• Sound working knowledge of the key principles of financial management, including financial forecasting, budget monitoring and control, and month‑end routines.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, relationship‑building and influencing skills; professional credibility to operate as a finance leader and advisor.
• Leadership skills in managing, motivating and developing a team; ability to motivate high performance in line with the department’s vision and values.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills; ability to interpret and evaluate financial and business information to inform decisions.
• Qualified or part qualified accountant (e.g., CIMA, ACCA or equivalent qualification).
• Ability to communicate complex financial information to a non‑financial audience, including the production of high‑quality financial reports.
• Excellent IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel, and experience with finance systems and reporting solutions in an operational environment.
• Proactive ability to work to multiple deadlines, organising team resources and prioritising workloads.
• Awareness and interest in the issues facing the higher education sector.

Employer Statement

Our diverse community of staff and students recognises the unique abilities, backgrounds, and beliefs of all. We foster a culture where everyone feels they belong and are respected. Even if your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with this role’s criteria, your contribution is valuable, and we encourage you to apply. Please ensure that you reference the application criteria in the application statement when you apply.

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