Finance Business Partner

Elsevier; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Finance Business Partner to provide analytical support to the Health and Medical Science team. This mid-senior level role involves collaboration with various departments, financial analysis, and the opportunity to influence business decisions. The ideal candidate will have a financial degree, relevant experience, and strong communication skills, working in a flexible environment with various benefits.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening and private medical benefits

Life assurance

Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to extensive learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a commercially facing Senior Finance Analyst role.
• Publishing industry experience is a plus.
• Strong English skills (spoken and written).

Responsibilities

• Providing finance analysis and reviews.
• Assisting the Finance Manager with budgeting and forecasting.
• Working on ad-hoc projects.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Financial Degree/Diploma

CIMA/ACCA qualification

Tools

Advanced Excel

ORACLE

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Finance Business Partner

Do you have a Financial Degree /Diploma, CIMA / ACCA qualification?

Do you enjoy using your analysis skills to provide financial insights?

Location: Oxford or Amsterdam

About our Team

This is a role with a real opportunity to make a difference. Use your analytical skills to help provide Business Decision Support to STMJ Health and Medical Science (HMS) – a global team responsible for approximately 1,000 journal titles (Human and Animal), with 100+ FTEs and revenues in excess of $200 million. With continuously changing business needs you will use your analysis skills to provide financial insights for decision making and help HMS to make the right business decisions.

About the Role

You will work with a variety of departments throughout the company including Publishing, Society Business Development, Sales, Operations, Procurement and Finance’s GFS and Centre of Expertise. You will be a business partner to Publishing Directors and Publishers for finance related matters - providing finance analysis and reviews, assisting with some finance models, training new publishers, providing oversight for royalty statements, and playing a pro-active role in the further improvement of management information for decision making. Your ability to build and foster connections and communications with the business will be pivotal to success.

Responsibilities

• Providing finance analysis and reviews
• Ensuring control process are maintained and improved
• Safeguarding the quality of data supplied to the business
• Working on ad-hoc projects.
• Assisting the Finance Manager with the budgeting and forecasting P&L processes
• Assisting in developing the financials for the strategic plan

Requirements

• Experience: Significant experience in a commercially facing Senior Finance Analyst role and of coordinating analysis. Publishing industry or Elsevier experience is considered a plus.
• System Knowledge: Advanced Excel and ORACLE system knowledge.
• Interpersonal skills: excellent communication skills, collaboration and teamwork, critical thinking & convincing.
• Personal drive: technical & professional expertise, practice self-development, ability to work in culturally diverse environment, curious mindset.
• Results orientated: customer focused, drives for results, problem solver, analytical and structured, ability to work to tight deadlines, planning and organizing skills.
• Strong English skills (spoken and written).

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

About the Business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance, Information Technology, and General Business

• Industries

  Book and Periodical Publishing, Writing and Editing, and Financial Services

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