UCAS is at the heart of connecting people to higher education.

UCAS is the world’s leading shared admissions service for higher education. We provide application services for UK universities and colleges as well as delivering a wide range of research, consultancy and advisory services to schools, colleges, careers services, professional bodies and employers.

We’re a successful and fast-growing organisation, which helps hundreds of thousands of people every year. We're committed to delivering a first-class service to all of our customers — they're at the heart of everything we do.

Our Finance and Corporate Services business unit is a fusion of multiple functions — financial planning and accounting, facilities and building management, procurement, programme and project management, corporate governance and performance, organisational development, enterprise architecture, legal and compliance, and the CEO Office.

The Finance Team also defines UCAS' financial strategy.

The Finance Business Partner will provide a commercially focused assistant finance business partnering service across UCAS’ and its subsidiaries in support of delivering the UCAS strategy. This role will deliver a best-in-class finance business partnering service, will guide and influence senior leaders in the delivery of annual corporate
financial targets and increase financial awareness and understanding across the business.

Key accountabilities:

Business Partnering

• Lead and support the business unit Directors and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) on all aspects of finance,
  ensuring the leadership teams are making sound financial decisions.

• Provide financial insight, analysis and appropriately challenging SLT’s in support of the delivery of financial
  targets.

• Be forward looking to help advise and guide SLT’s on any potential financial impact their decisions have,nbeing proactive, pragmatic, accommodating and offering alternative solutions.

• Build trusting relationships with key stakeholders, to share knowledge and be authoritative when required.

• Effectively managing key relationships, being the first point of contact for analysis and support.

• Identifying risks and opportunities and suggesting mitigation.

• Driving action and change across the business to improve efficiencies.

• Help to build financial and commercial awareness across the business.

For full job description, please see role profile attached.

• ACCA / CIMA part qualified or above.

• Previous experience in a similar role.

• Comfortable to work without all the details to hand and ability to use problem solving skills to deliver the best outcomes.

• Confident to influence and challenge assumptions

• Strong communication skills and the ability to present financial data clearly.

• Excellent relationship-building skills.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Advanced Excel skills and strong system skills.

• Able to continually improve processes.

• Excellent time management, organisation and planning skills.

• Able to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Salary - up to £40,000 - Fixed Term Contract - 18 Months

• 30 days annual leave (pro rata for part time) (plus 3 concessionary days over Christmas and your bank holidays!)

• Flexibility – UCAS positively supports Hybrid working for its employees, meaning you can work between home and the office in a way that suits you and the business and also has a comprehensive Flexible Working Policy

• A generous pension scheme

• Hundreds of high street discounts and offers with Perkbox

• Internal training and development

• Subsidised gym and café

• Be rewarded for going above and beyond with our ex-gratia bonus scheme and Celebrating U, our quarterly employee recognition scheme