The salary for this role is £37,509. Onsite working is expected for 3 days a week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.
This role is based at the following site: Culham, Oxfordshire.
This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.
As part of your application, please submit your CV, as well as a Covering Letter detailing your suitability to the role applied.
Please note, there are three vacancies available as part of this advert.
The Role
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As Finance Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of business objectives, providing planning & analysis, accounting, reporting and costing support to inform decision making and drive financial performance, whether this be for providing financial input into a new business case or closing the monthly accounts. Accuracy, timeliness, collaboration and understanding of performance are essential.
Key Accountabilities:
* Review and analyse performance, producing reports and commentary for individual project managers and business unit management to enable monitoring of profitability against budget and recommend corrective action if required.
* Provide costing information to project managers and finance review of proposals as required, to enable bids and contracts to be issued on a timely basis.
* Prepare and analyse month end accounts, ensuring accurate recognition of expenditure & revenue in accordance with UKAEA financial policy. Work closely with your business area and in collaboration with the broader finance team.
* Support the business budgeting and forecast processes, building productive relationships with project managers and senior managers to enable the creation of robust budgets and periodic forecasts at project and at a consolidated business unit level.
* Produce formal financial customer reports and liaise with auditors (UK and European) in order to facilitate payment for work performed.
* Support the maintenance of a robust control environment, including responsibility for relevant balance sheet accounts appropriate to the business area, such as prepayments, accruals, Work in Progress, and Income in Advance, ensuring they are fully reconciled with adequate supporting documentation available for audit purposes.
* Liaise with the Capital Project Accountant over the reporting of capital expenditure and associated commentary to ensure clarity as to spending and reasons for variances.
* Support finance wider initiatives, such as testing of new reports & upgrades.
£37,509 + excellent benefits including outstanding pension.
Minimum Requirements:
* AAT Qualified/in final stages (qualified within next 6 months).
* Part-Qualified (ACCA, ACA, CIMA), or qualified by experience.
* Experience with project costing and forecasting.
* Experience working closely with business teams in a “business partnering” environment.
* Understand the principles of revenue recognition.
* Good written and oral communication skills.
* Good attention to detail – able to work on occasion to challenging timescales while still ensuring accuracy.
* Ability to work as a team player & under own initiative.
* Highly proficient in Excel and have experience of an ERP accounting system (Unit 4 – Agresso would be an advantage).
We welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African, Pakistani and Bangladeshi British, and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent individuals. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and take steps to increase diversity within our organisation. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.
For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the following link for information on criminal records checks: Criminal Records Checks for Overseas Applicants. If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.
As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:
* Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
* Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
* Flexible working options including family-friendly policies.
* Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders.
* Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays.
* A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive.
What can I expect from the application process at UKAEA?
Once you have submitted a formal application via our website, all CVs will be reviewed shortly after the closing date of the advert.
By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.
Fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA are at the forefront of realising energy from fusion, working with industry and research partners to deliver the ground-breaking developments that will underpin tomorrow's fusion power stations with the aim of bringing fusion electricity to the grid.
As we work towards our mission and goals, UKAEA has devised values that capture the spirit of how we work. These values include being: Innovative, Committed, Trusted and Collaborative.
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