Finance Business Partner (Research Infrastructure)

Francis Crick; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance

Season ticket/planner loan

Annual leave purchase

Childcare support allowance

Bike to Work scheme

Defined contribution pension

Job summary

Francis Crick Institute in London seeks a Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial insight across scientific infrastructure and research teams.

You will partner with senior leaders to shape investments, people and resources, turning complex data into clear recommendations.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with FP&A, commercial finance or finance business partnering experience.
• Strong analytical skills to turn financial data into insights for non-finance audiences.
• Experience shaping investment, budgeting and long-term planning decisions.
• Familiarity with Workday Financial Management, Adaptive Planning or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning across scientific and research infrastructure teams.
• Partner with senior leaders to shape investment and resource decisions.
• Build financial models and translate data into actionable insights.
• Support investment decisions including equipment and workforce planning.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and financial performance.
• Enhance forecasting, reporting and ways of working using data and technology.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

FP&A

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial Modelling

Power BI

Workday

Adaptive Planning

Stakeholder Management

Data Analysis

Education

Professional accounting qualification

Tools

Workday Financial Management

Adaptive Planning

Power BI

Job description

• This is a fantastic opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to put their expertise at the heart of world-leading biomedical research. You’ll partner directly with the Crick’s Scientific Platforms, technology and research infrastructure teams—the experts providing the cutting-edge equipment, technology and specialist capabilities that enable our scientists to do their best work. As their trusted finance partner, you’ll help shape decisions around investment, people and resources, bringing financial insight to everything from long-term planning to investment in specialist scientific equipment. It’s a highly visible role where your work will directly support the Crick’s mission to make discoveries about human health and disease
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning across a portfolio of scientific and research infrastructure teams
• Partner with senior scientific and operational leaders to shape investment and resource decisions
• Build financial models and turn complex data into clear, actionable insight
• Support investment decisions, including those involving specialist scientific equipment and workforce planning
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, value for money and financial performance
• Use data and technology to improve forecasting, reporting and ways of working

Benefits

• 28 days of holiday each year, plus three additional days (usually taken over Christmas) and bank holidays
• Life assurance
• Season ticket/car parking loan
• Annual leave purchase
• Childcare support allowance
• Back-up dependent care
• Discounted annual gym membership
• Bike to Work scheme
• Payroll giving
• Shopping discounts
• Defined contribution pension scheme, with the Crick contributing between 3% - 16% of salary

Proactive, organised and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a complex environmentQualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with experience in FP&A, commercial finance or finance business partneringStrong analytical skills with the ability to turn financial data into meaningful insight for non-finance audiencesAn interest in using your finance expertise to support world-leading biomedical researchStrong experience across budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and performance analysisA confident and credible business partner who can build trusted relationships and influence senior stakeholdersExperience driving change or improving finance processesExperience within a scientific, research or similarly complex environmentExperience with Workday Financial Management, Adaptive Planning, Power BI or similar tools