Finance Business Partner

The salary for this role is 37509. 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 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 into 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. Working closely with your business area and in collaboration with the broader finance team.
• Support the business budgeting and forecast processes build productive relationship 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 Income in Advance 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.

Qualifications :

Essential:

• AAT Qualified/in final stages (qualified within next 6months).
• PartQualified (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.
• Understand multifunding control requirements.
• 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).

Additional Information :

A full list of our benefits can be found here  welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We encourage applications from underrepresented 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 neurotypical individuals. Our Executive team supported by our Head of Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes 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:https://www/government/publications/criminalrecordschecksforoverseasapplicants 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.