Junior Finance Business Partner

The opportunity

University of the Arts London (UAL) is seeking a talented and motivated Junior Finance Business Partner to join our friendly and supportive Pre-degree School and College Finance Business Partnering team on a full-time basis.

You will provide a comprehensive and customer-orientated business partnering service to budget managers from across the University, providing relevant financial information that will facilitate the smooth running of the costing and budget monitoring process.

Drawing on your in-depth, professional knowledge, you will work closely with budget holders to develop budgets, support month-end processes, ensuring these processes are completed in line with agreed approaches and to tight deadlines.

You will seek to establish close working relationships with Pre-Degree School and relevant stakeholders, to develop a full understanding of activities, deliverables, and operational challenges. 

You will also ensure that all transactions are recorded correctly within the finance system, performing relevant checks to confirm that tax, legal, financial, budgeting and HR and Payroll requirements have been fully considered and met correctly.

Your profile

You will be educated to degree level in a relevant subject area and will be actively studying for a professional accounting qualification. You will demonstrate a good knowledge of finance and management information needs, knowledge of finance information systems and an understanding of financial management controls and procedures.

You will have previous experience of financial planning, budget setting, management accounts and variance analysis, as well as experience of producing and explaining financial information and management accounts to tight deadlines.

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.

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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