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Assistant Finance Business Partner
Salary: From £33,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience
Contract: 2 year fixed term
Location: Hybrid - flexibility to work from home or at any of our main hubs (London, Bristol & Harwell preferred)

Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions. We believe education and research improves lives, and technology improves education and research.
Our vision is for the UK to be a world leader in technology for education and research and our mission is to power and empower our members with the technology and data they need to succeed. We know that digital technology has the ability to transform the student experience. We have the experience, expertise and know-how to drive that transformation.

About the role:
In finance we enable Jisc to achieve its strategic objectives by providing prudent and effective financial compliance, management and advice. We are responsible for maintaining Jisc’s solvency and liquidity. This includes all finance and tax matters, reporting, control, budgeting and forecasting at a group, directorate and service levels. We also manage all procurements across Jisc and assist and support the work of colleagues across Jisc.

In this exciting and varied role you will work with the Financial Reporting team and support the finance business partner with the delivery of effective financial management, control, reporting and advisory support for the directorate transformation programme. The transformation project vision is to create an amazing online experience for our members and customers and to deliver end-to-end automation and efficiency for product delivery and service. This is a great development opportunity if you are looking to take your finance career to the next stage.

We value meeting based interactions and cross team working so there is the requirement to travel our London, Bristol or Harwell office once a week. This will also give you further opportunity for collaboration, experimentation and creativity and to build relationships with the rest of the team and the area of the business unit you are working with.

Responsibilities will include:

Financial planning, budgeting and forecasting:

• Preparation and posting of month end journals including accruals and prepayments
• Working with the finance business partners to produce monthly management reporting for your directorate/s with insightful commentary and variance analysis of the results
• Be pro-actively involved in the finance transformation programme including reporting development, with the aim of driving continuous improvement across the Group

Financial advice and control:

• Working collaboratively with the wider finance business partner team to promote and share business partnering ideas, learnings, experiences and best practice ideas, learnings, experiences and best practice
• Providing advice and support to other areas of the wider finance function and work with them to ensure our reporting is aligned and streamlined and adds value in decision making
• Supporting the finance business partner with financial input into business cases to aid decision making in the business
• Work collaboratively to improve financial capability and understanding across the organisation

Key Skills and Experience:

• Experience in month-end management accounts including accruals & prepayments, variance analysis and commentary preparation
• A self-starter, able to work autonomously and capable of managing internal and external deadlines
• Able to explain financial reports to non-finance specialists
• Part qualified accountant or equivalent (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, ICAS, ICAI)

Please refer to the job description for full details.

Don’t meet every single requirement?
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box but we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

Why work at Jisc:
At Jisc, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to feel part of it, that to us is the definition of a meaningful career. We want to create a culture of lifelong learning. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors.
We celebrate diversity, embrace our differences and know that this is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we’re inclusive and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. So, if you are great at what you do and share our values, we want to hear from you.

At Jisc we believe a balance between your personal and professional life is essential to your happiness and fulfilment. We work flexibly at Jisc and focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life.

We offer hybrid working and although the majority of our staff work from home, getting face to face is something we value and find time for when we can. If you prefer an office environment all our hubs are open and offer a great space to work.

Our benefits are great too. We offer:

• Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and an additional three closure days over Christmas
• A generous pension scheme with above average employer contributions
• A range of leave options, including parental leave, volunteer leave and even career breaks.
• A generous budget to attend conferences and in-person training
• Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
• A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning
• Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive environment, plus your own Wellbeing allowance to spend on wellbeing for you
• Financial well-being support
• Discounts on big-name high-street stores
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee recognition awards and travel loans

Equality, diversity and inclusion
At Jisc, we strive to be best in practice and are working hard to achieve progressive change. ‘Always inclusive’ is one of our six guiding principles - a principle which actively encourages acceptance of differences within individuals.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, neurodivergence, trans status, veteran status or gender identity.

Application process:
Please do let us know what reasonable adjustments you need made to the application or selection process so you can do your best. We will be happy to help you.

Just so you know, we review CVs as soon as we can and aim to provide an update on your application after the closing date on 13/02/2023.