Job Title: Finance Business Partner, Technology
Salary: £33,300 - £43,400
Location: Cambridge; Hybrid working
Contract: Permanent [Full time 35 hours per week]
A new opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join our dynamic Finance department at Cambridge University Press & Assessment.
The successful candidate will join the Infrastructure Business Partnering team which provides information, analysis and advice to support decision making at Group, business area and budget holder level. This role will play a crucial part in partnering with and delivering to the evolving requirements of the Technology team, who are under-going their own transformation.
About the role
This role will be critical to supporting the cost management of our people assets through:
* Management and leading the support to Technology budget holders for staff costs and headcount.
* Provision of monthly variance analysis and insightful commentary on key drivers for each Technology division.
* Lead on the budget and forecasting exercises for all Technology staff costs, including ensuring submissions are robust and the timely identification of any risks and opportunities arising.
* Provide clear communication with budget holders on budget and forecasting exercises both on timeframes and planning assumptions.
* Collaborate with Technology and Portfolio teams in the review of technology resource capacity for projects in order to support the improvement of budgeting for staff costs chargeable to projects.
* Ensure the accuracy of technology staff cost recharges (from all locations) to projects, using appropriate accounting processes.
* Collaborate with Technology team (and other relevant stakeholders) to ensure that contractor costs are accounted for in an accurate and timely manner against the relevant applications/Technology divisions.
About you
Are you ready to make an impact? We're looking for candidates with a relevant accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ICEAW or similar), or those working towards one, or qualified by experience.
You will excel at manipulating financial data to create clear, accessible outputs, and you'll have strong technical skills in Excel and Power BI. Your expertise in SAP or other EPM systems will be crucial. If you thrive on analytical thinking, communicate with clarity, and love collaborating with a team, we want to hear from you!
Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
* 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
* Discretionary annual bonus
* Group personal pension scheme
* Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
* Green travel schemes
We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 20th November 2024 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place the week commencing 2nd December 2024.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
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