Finance Business Partner – Estates

The opportunity

At University of the Arts London, we’re looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join our collaborative Central Finance team, where you will assist the Senior Finance Business Partner for our Estates department to provide critical insight through budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting, ensuring financial performance is aligned with UAL’s long-term goals and support operational and strategic decision-making. You’ll work closely with budget holders and leaders within the Estates department, providing month-end management reports, variance analysis, guidance, advice and year-end support to ensure the effective management of UAL’s financial resources and long-term financial sustainability. With strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset, you’ll build trusted relationships across the university, troubleshoot financial issues, and contribute to our positive team culture. You will undertake a range of responsibilities, covering business partnering, as well as financial reporting and analysis. This will involve:

• Collaborating with stakeholders within UAL's client portfolio to understand their operational and strategic priorities
• Managing financial risks and implementing effective and sustainable financial solutions
• Producing regular financial management information
• Compiling annual and ongoing budgets, as well as the annual budget setting cycle and processes
• The development and maintenance of the university wide management accounting structure

Your profile

What we’re looking for - 

• You will be a qualified finance professional, who is able to work with budget managers in preparing large scale budgets/forecasts.
• You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to work with stakeholders to influence decision making.
• You will have had prior exposure to year-end tasks, such as accruals/prepayments, fixed asset schedules and financial reporting. You will also have had the experience of bringing a strong financial accounting skillset into the role.
• You will have experience with working on large data sets with the ability to summarise into dashboards for presenting to senior management.

 

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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