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Job
Finance Business Partner
Vacancy ID
12105
College/Exec Group
Finance
Location
Hybrid – UAL Various Sites/Home
Salary
£44,375 - £52,977 per annum + market supplement
Contract
Permanent
Hours
35
Apply by
23 January 2026, 11:55 pm
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The opportunity
This is a high-impact opportunity for an experienced finance professionals to take a leading role within University of the Arts London’s Central Finance team.
As Finance Business Partner, you’ll work closely with the Senior Finance Business Partner to provide expert financial insight through budgeting, forecasting and management reporting, including data analysis and KPI dashboards, ensuring these vital services are financially sustainable and strategically aligned with the University’s long-term goals.
You’ll collaborate directly with budget holders and senior leaders across the University, offering financial guidance, producing monthly management accounts and variance analysis, and supporting year-end processes.
Your work will directly inform operational decisions and long-term investment planning, to new business opportunities and cost-benefit assessments.
Your profile
We’re looking for a qualified finance professional (CIMA, ACCA, ICAEW, CIPFA or equivalent) with experience supporting large-scale budgets and forecasts, ideally in a complex or multi-service environment.
You’ll bring a strong financial accounting skillset, including experience in year-end processes such as accruals, prepayments and fixed asset schedules, and be confident working with large data sets to produce dashboards and reports for senior leadership.
The successful candidate for this role will have experience in a commercial environment and understanding of profitability analysis and course costing from multiple systems along with prior experience of supporting grant funded activity in a Higher Education setting.
You’ll also be:
- A clear, confident communicator with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-specialists
- Experienced in line management and staff development
- Comfortable influencing stakeholders and contributing to strategic decisions
- Highly organised and adept at balancing long-term planning with day-to-day financial operations
- Proactive, collaborative and motivated to find opportunities for savings, efficiencies and innovation
We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.
Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.
As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.
We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.
Application process
We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.
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