Senior Finance Business Partner – Strategic Projects

Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: Hybrid – CSM King’s Cross/Home
Salary: £50,961.00 - £68,406.00 per annum
Contract: Full time
Hours: Full time

Job description

The opportunity

The Senior Finance Business Partner is responsible for liaising with budget managers across UAL to ensure we manage our financial resources effectively to achieve financial success and resilience. 

As an expert Finance Professional you will adopt an agile approach in teams and also develop relationships and influencing decision making to support long term financial sustainability. The post holder is responsible for delivering effective support for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and providing financial analysis to monitor the delivery of the University’s strategic objectives.

An enhanced salary will be provided to the successful applicant to reflect the strategic nature of the role and their inclusion on the Associate Directorates SMT.

About you

We are looking for 

• Experience of leading projects.
• Experience of contributing towards the strategic direction of a team.
• Experience of building effective relationships with budget managers across an organisation
• Experience of working with large data sets ability to write and develop financial reports using excel at an advanced standard
• Experience of working in a fast moving financial environment, working to key milestones and delivering comprehensive results to tight deadlines
• Communicates effectively orally and in writing adapting the message for a diverse audience in an inclusive and accessible way
• Plans, prioritises and manages resources effectively to achieve long term objectives
• Works collaboratively in a team and where appropriate across or with different professional groups
• Builds and maintains positive relationships with students or customers
• Suggests practical solutions to new or unique problems

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Closing date: 4 October 2024, 11:55 pm