Finance Business Partner

Job Title: Finance Business Partner - Cost of Sales

Salary: £33,300 - £43,400 per annum

Location: Cambridge & Hybrid

Contract: Permanent, Full Time (35 hours per week)

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join and support our English group. Collaborating closely with our Cambridge English Operations unit, particularly focusing on cost of sales (COS) functions within our core English operations, you will interact with individuals across various levels, including Directors. This role thrives on innovation, granting you the freedom to tailor your workflow and take the lead on your own initiatives. As a vital member of our enthusiastic team, you will deliver high quality financial support, acting as a trusted advisor for the business and leading the activities of the team in delivering robust financial analysis and ensuring full compliance with the requirements of a global organisation, incorporating a range of legal entities.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

With excellent relationship management and communication skills, you will create effective working relationships with business colleagues and work with them to ensure budgets are managed appropriately and the requirements of the financial cycle are complied with.

You will take responsibility for month end duties, including preparation of journals and creation of reports, as well as providing representation at month end meetings with managers and Directors to interpret and challenge financial performance.

You will assist in drawing up budgets and forecasts that accurately reflect the plans of the business area. Providing necessary support and communicating performance with Managers and Directors you will influence business decisions through the production of insightful financial analysis.

Working with and supporting the development of costing and pricing models to support accurate financial analysis of products and services, you will act as a true Business Partner, enabling the business area to achieve their results.

About you

You will ideally already hold or be working towards completion of a professional accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) or be qualified by experience, and have demonstrable experience providing a Business Partnering service along with the skills and ability to provide insight into business performance.

With excellent verbal and written communication skills, you will be able to use Excel to an advanced level, you will be able to manipulate complex financial data and produce accessible outputs for a wide range of stakeholder groups. Good time management skills are essential, as is the ability to apply relevant accounting standards appropriately ensuring accurate and compliant reporting and engaging with teams globally in operating within a complex structure.

With a high level of numeric reasoning, you will be able to display an aptitude for problem solving and decision making, while understanding when to refer queries to a higher level.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Sunday 17th March 2024. We will interview suitable candidates as and when they apply, so please do not delay putting your application in. We reserve the right to close the campaign early once we have received sufficient applications for the role.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

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