Senior Finance Business Partner - 12 month FTC

Ivy Rock Partners is proud to be partnering with King's College London in recruiting a Senior Finance Business Partner (academic) on a 12 month maternity cover contract .

Senior Finance Business Partners (Academic) provide strategic and financial management support to faculties; ensuring finance remains at the heart of decision making by providing expert advice and rigorous challenge and assurance.

The role will support the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) and the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative care (NMPC) providing executive support to Faculty and executive leadership, resolving issues and representing Finance at senior committees. You will regularly liaise with senior stakeholders, building rapport, trust and demonstrating your ability to problem solve.

This role is expected to lead on the production of monthly management accounts, providing valuable insights and analysis to support senior decision making. Both areas are significant in size and scope requiring multi-disciplinary finance expertise in both finance business partnering and management accounting. Continuing focus on finance capability and strengthening the finance span within the areas you partner will be an important aspect of the role in delivering effective financial management. You will be expert, enthusiastic and an approachable finance professional with strong interpersonal skills.

The role holder will be based at Lavington Street in central London with the option of regular co-location with senior stakeholders situated on other KCLCampus’ in central London. The post holder will be expected to work a minimum of 2 days per week on-site with the remainder of time working remotely. This pattern could potentially change in future, so flexibility with regards to location of work will be required.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate the FBP team supporting IoPPN and NMPC in relation to the regular forecasting and reporting cycle for faculty income and expenditure budgets; including tuition, research and operational expenditure.
• Providing finance business partnering support at both a senior and operational level; working closely with finance contacts for routine financial reporting.
• Providing rigorous challenge and assurance to stakeholders across all financial aspects including business case development, financial controls and routine financial management.
• Ensuring timely, accurate and insightful management information to budget holders; providing expert analysis to support decision making.
• Evaluating risks and opportunities and developing a strong financial narrative through variance analysis and other financial modelling.
• Developing budgeting, forecasting and costing models/tools at local level and integrating these into existing financial processes.
• Support multi-year planning activities through our integrated planning processes, currently applicable to financial years 2025/26 - 2027/28.
• Promote and encourage a better understanding of financial systems, processes and concepts within the faculties. Supporting wider initiatives to make financial processes and controls more efficient.

About the Finance Directorate

The role is in the Faculty Finance Business Partnering team, which is part of the Finance & Procurement directorate. The Finance & Procurement Directorate provides quality financial support and advice in pursuit of the university’s stated academic objectives. In particular it is committed to the provision of strong financial leadership in all areas of activity undertaken by the university, to the provision of sound professional advice on all aspects of financial management, and to the achievement and maintenance of a high-quality service.