Finance Business Partner

United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory; Risley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Annual leave 25.5 days + holidays

Bonus

Learning opportunities

Employee assistance

Cycle to work

Job summary

United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL) seeks a Finance Business Partner to lead a team delivering strategic financial advice and performance analysis for the business area. You will own the financial planning activity across in-year, project lifetime, rolling annual, 5 and 10 year horizons, and prepare robust business cases to support investments.

Join a collaborative organisation with excellent benefits and the opportunity to influence key operational and strategic decisions while

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with post-qualification experience.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (UK residency required).

Responsibilities

• Influencing strategic direction in the supported area.
• Leading the financial planning activity across multiple horizons.
• Providing timely, accurate financial analysis and management information.
• Leading and developing a finance team delivering cost/profit/accounting services.
• Ensuring compliance with financial policies and procedures.

Skills

Chartered Accountant

Security clearance

Board-level interaction

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualification

Job description

Job Description for Finance Business Partner:

There’s never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At UKNNL, you’ll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career. We’re an organisation that’s here to experiment and push the limits of what’s possible. So, if you’re keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at UKNNL, anything is possible.

As a senior functional manager, the Finance Business Partner leads a team of finance professionals to provide a range of financial services to the business or a specific area of the business (the supported area). The Finance Business Partner is a trusted advisor to and an integral part of the operational management team in the supported area and shares a responsibility for target setting and delivery with that team. Through the development and delivery of insightful financial reporting and performance analysis the Finance Business Partner will influence key operational and commercial decisions and drive performance in the supported area and, in collaboration with the operational management team will develop the plans which meet the company objectives. As a technical expert the Finance Business Partner will ensure that the supported area is operating in line with all relevant accounting and financial policies and processes.

Main Responsibilities for Finance Business Partner:

• Influencing strategic direction in the supported area.
• Influencing strategy of the finance function.
• Participating in major contract negotiations.
• Providing timely, accurate and insightful financial analysis and management information to link financial performance with business activity.
• Holding operational management in the supported area accountable for financial performance, ensuring all targets are met.
• Understanding the cost / revenue drivers in the supported area and providing insight to non-financial management.
• Challenging current ways of working, driving long term efficiencies / cost savings / revenue increases wherever possible.
• Leading the financial planning activity in the supported area across multiple planning horizons (in year, project lifetime. rolling annual, 5 years and 10 years).
• Analysing business opportunities and providing options and scenarios to support business decisions.
• Preparing robust business cases, in collaboration with the operation management team, in advance of submission to internal investment or customer committees.
• Leading and developing a team providing cost centre / profit centre / project accounting services to the supported area.
• Supporting operational management to identify and mitigate / realise risk / opportunities.
• Defining and delivering continuous improvement activities in the function and the supported area.
• Ensuring the supported area complies with all financial policies and procedures.
• Lead any audit activity relevant to the supported area.
• Set costing rates relevant to the supported area / contract.

Essential Criteria for Finance Business Partner:

• Chartered Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with demonstrable post qualified experience.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Finance Business Partner:

• Line Management Experience.
• Experience dealing with board level executives.
• Commercial and Operational Accounting Experience.

Why join us?

UKNNL isn’t just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It’s also a place where you’ll feel appreciated and valued. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

We also offer a range of employee benefits:

• Sector leading Family‑Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.
• UKNNL offers attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, UKNNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), UKNNL will still contribute 10%.
• Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.
• Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK.
• Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.
• Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.
• Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.
• Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco‑friendly.
• Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.
• Access to ‘Mydiscounts’ which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance.
• Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company

UKNNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole. This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

UKNNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where UKNNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures, providing reasonable adjustments as appropriate. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging and the ability to access to workplace in a way which works for you.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.