Deputy Director of Finance Business Partnering (Operations)

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About us:

This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to make a big impact here at King's. The university is a large, complex, and internationally engaged organisation with ambitious plans and we're looking for someone who wants to be part of the Financial Strategy, Planning & Performance team looking to make a step change in our financial service and be part of enabling and delivering our strategic aspirations over the next few years.

Please see the links below for supporting information for prospective applicants. This also includes some background information about the university including rankings, research outputs and our current fundraising initiative. www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings.

"King's aspires to tackle global challenges and serve society in a way that is contemporary, forward-looking and unrestrained." - King's Vision 2029 www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/strategy

About the role:

As a finance function we will draw on analytical, economic and a deep contextual understanding of activity across our core education, research and service missions. Our team exists to deliver high quality financial information and provide decision support to the operations directorates of the university.

Reporting to and working closely with the Director of Finance Business Partnering (Operations), this role will lead the Operations FBP team to develop and deliver a high-quality finance business partnering and decision support to the central professional services of the university including financial planning, reporting and insight across revenue funded activity.

We are seeking to further grow financial literacy, sector/service specific awareness and advice for decision makers at King's. This will have at its core a commitment to the use of data to inform and improve long term planning, in year forecasting and financial performance in partnership with directorate and central service leadership. Bringing consistency, intelligence and a partnering approach, the business partnering service will be close to and integrated into the real activity at the college.

You will also support the Financial Strategy, Planning & Performance function in development and improvement projects. Examples include the development and definition of the FBP and management accounting roles, a professional competencies framework to support career progression and performance at all levels, supported by learning and development opportunities and improving key processes for example in staff forecasting.

As part of the function's senior management team, this role will lead a team of finance business partners who will provide outstanding partnering services to our core operational teams including Estates, IT, Students & Education, Research Management and on other crucial 'head office' activities. Working closely with the corporate reporting team on the provision of management accounts, you will work with the Director of Finance Business Partnering to lead on financial performance support in-year and across our three-year financial planning framework.

More widely, as a senior member of the finance function, you'll play a part on cross finance / college initiatives and be expected to deputise for the Director of the team as and when required.

This is a full time position offered on an indefinite contract.

About you: (the candidate)

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential Criteria

1. Professional Accountancy qualification.
2. Leadership skills and a service approach in your professional work. Resilient with the ability to run multiple objectives, across teams, and in complex political processes.
3. Understanding of running financial planning, forecasting, and reporting in a complex and large organisation.Ability to operate and deliver change and improvements across a finance function.
4. Leadership and delivery of longer and shorter-term forecasting and planning processes taking a range of stakeholders with you.Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in the written word and in person in a variety of formats including committee presentations and policy documentation, and to a range of stakeholders at different levels of seniority.
5. Numerate and IT literate with the ability to use the standard suite of office software together with excellent knowledge of one or more corporate finance and reporting systems.Recent experience of leading financial support and advice functions and services in an area relevant to the role.
6. Experience of delivering operating financial improvements for an organisation.Supporting teams to achieve complex and competing objectives over a variety of time horizons in partnership with other technical leads and partnered areas.
7. Management and development of a team of technical/professional staff who manage their own work and activities.
8. Ability to build and manage internal and external relationships.
9. Self-management and ability to work independently to meet deadlines.
10. Attention to detail and working to a high level of accuracy.

Desirable Criteria

1. Degree level Qualification
2. Experience of having worked in or with the university sector

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click "Apply Now". This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.