Senior Finance Business Partner - IT & Libraries

University of Leeds; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner for IT and Libraries. The role involves overseeing financial performance, supporting strategic financial decisions, and engaging with leadership teams. Candidates should possess strong interpersonal and analytical skills. The position offers a hybrid working model, generous holiday, pension scheme, and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus approx. 16 Bank Holidays

Generous pension scheme options

Health and Wellbeing membership at The Edge gym

Access to childcare and shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experienced accountant with oversight and analytical skills.
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships at a senior level.
• Skills in financial strategy and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead business partnering support to IT and Libraries.
• Oversee annual planning, quarterly reforecasting, and monthly reporting.
• Engage with leadership teams to support financial strategy.

Skills

Strong business partnering skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Commercial perspective

Ability to produce insightful analysis

Job description

Senior Finance Business Partner - IT & Libraries

This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you an experienced accountant who is interested in a new challenge? Are you able to provide oversight, analysis, support, guidance and challenge? Can you build and maintain effective relationships at a senior level, to support and influence strategic direction?

We are seeking an experienced accountant who can bring a strong business partnering skills to the team, ensuring that the leadership teams' in IT and the Libraries have a strong understanding of their financial performance and dynamics, and are well informed and supporting in setting their financial strategy and making key financial decisions. As well as having strong interpersonal skills, we are looking for candidates with a commercial perspective, an ability to produce insightful analysis and to challenge based on that analysis.

This role will lead business partnering support to IT and the Libraries. This will cover annual planning, quarterly reforecasting, monthly reporting and variance analysis for these areas, coupled with active ongoing engagement with the leadership teams in those services.

The Library and IT Accountants will report into this role. In turn this role will report to the Head of Finance, IT & Libraries.

What we offer in return:

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) - That's 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance.
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Anjna Jassal, Head of Finance - IT and Libraries

Email: [e-mail]

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