Finance Business Partner

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Finance Business Partner to support the Head of Finance Business Partnering in delivering high-quality financial support across the LMS Faculties. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work on a wide range of strategic and operational activities, providing financial insight, analysis and support to Faculties whilst helping to drive key priorities across the portfolio. The successful candidate will have experience working within a large, complex faculty and be comfortable balancing business-as-usual responsibilities with emerging priorities and strategic projects. You will play a key role in supporting Finance Business Partners and Faculty stakeholders, ensuring that competing demands and deadlines are managed effectively.,

• Supporting the development and review of strategic business cases, investment proposals and financial plans.
• Working closely with the Head of Finance Business Partnering to deliver strategic projects and faculty priorities.
• Supporting FBPs with operational support and guidance.
• Identifying opportunities to improve financial and operational processes, driving efficiencies, and enhancing service delivery.
• Managing multiple priorities simultaneously, balancing business-as-usual activities with project work and responding to evolving Faculty needs.
• Assisting with financial planning & forecasting activities across the faculty portfolio.
  
  The ideal candidate will demonstrate:
• Experience working within a large and complex faculty or organisational environment.
• Strong financial analytical skills and experience supporting the development of strategic business cases.
• A solution-focused approach with the ability to identify practical and effective ways forward.
• The ability to manage conflicting priorities and deliver high-quality outputs to tight timescales.
• Adaptability and resilience, with confidence working in ambiguous environments where priorities can change quickly.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships across a diverse range of stakeholders.
• A collaborative approach and willingness to support colleagues across a broad range of strategic and operational activities.
  
  Knowledge and experience of the LMS Faculties would be advantageous given the nature of the role and the requirement to quickly understand the faculty landscape and priorities.
What we offer As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Available documents