Finance Business Partner

Doncaster College; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

DN Colleges Group is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join its expanding Finance department. The role involves supporting budget holders, providing financial reports, and ensuring effective financial management, alongside a requirement for a degree or equivalent in finance.

Qualifications

• Proficient in managing multiple tasks & projects simultaneously.
• In-depth understanding of financial processes.
• Experience working within further education is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships to assist budget holders in forecasts.
• Provide high-quality financial information for decision making.
• Support colleagues with finance-related queries.

Skills

Communication

Numerical skills

Analytical skills

IT skills (Excel)

Education

Degree or AAT level

Tools

Finance software

Job description

The vacancy

DN Colleges Group is looking to appoint a Finance Business Partner to join its Finance department. Due to an exciting time of expansion and growth for the group, a new opportunity is created to develop your career and contribute to DN College Group’s ongoing success.

Successful candidates will be expected to travel between Doncaster College and North Lindsey College (Scunthorpe).

Responsibilities include…

• Developing and maintaining solid working relationships to assist budget holders in the preparation of forecasts and providing key information to assist in budget management.
• Supporting colleagues with finance related queries for both curriculum areas and support functions, providing a positive customer experience.
• Partner with the business through producing financial reports, effective negotiation, and analysing complex information to reach robust conclusions
• Providing detailed, high-quality financial information to enhance decision making, enabling delivery of strategic initiatives and improving financial performance.
  
  

The successful candidate will…

• Be enthusiastic and proactive, with excellent communication skills.
• Be proficient in managing multiple tasks & projects simultaneously, and work well under pressure – maintaining a key eye for detail.
• Be educated to degree or AAT level with strong numerical skills
• Have an in-depth understanding of financial processes, you will also have excellent IT skills (Excel) and understand finance software.
• Be self-motivated and analytical, able to work under pressure to meet deadlines, and ideally have experience working within further education.
  
  

To apply for this post, click ‘Apply now’, Informal enquiries about this vacancy may be made to [e-mail]

Closing date: 15th June

As part of the recruitment process and in line with keeping children safe in education, we will conduct social media checks on shortlisted candidates. Additionally, before commencing employment, all employees undergo safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS.

Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

About Us

At DN Colleges Group, we are working towards a common goal: to transform our communities through learning. This vision reflects our belief in our students and in our ability to transform their lives so positively. Our students are at the heart of everything we do.

Our educational hub spans Scunthorpe to Doncaster and beyond. We combine distinct, high quality teaching and learning with local, regional and global reach. We connect our students and staff with partners and employers across the east/west corridor from Sheffield City Region to the Humber and Lincolnshire, across the UK and internationally

Our values

This vision is supported by a set of values that underpin how we operate every day across our organisation. Across every team and department, we follow core values that guide our decision making, our interactions and our approach to challenges and opportunities.

These values are a fundamental part of DN Colleges Group, as we aspire to deliver outstanding and inspirational teaching and learning for our students every day.



Ambition

To achieve the highest standards.





Support

A caring, safe and inclusive environment.





Partnership

Collaborative working to achieve shared goals.





Innovation

We use our initiative and are agile in finding creative solutions.





Responsibility

We take individual and collective responsibility.





Equality

We work with integrity and are open, honest and respectful of each other.