Job Description

About usUCL Finance is divided into 4 Directorates: Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Finance Business Partnering, Management Accounting and Financial Services. They are responsible for the management of UCL's financial performance and strategy and for the provision of services and advice.This is a secondment opportunity, open to UCL employees only, for a period of twelve months.About the roleThe role is based in the Life and Medical Sciences Faculties Finance Business Partnering team. The Business Partnering team provides strategically focused support to leadership teams across UCL. The team forges strong relationships with stakeholders to enable expert advice, critical challenge and timely decision support to enable the best financial performance.Duties include:xe2x96xaa Leading the preparation of the monthly management accounts pack to include insightful management analysis
xe2x96xaa Working closely with the Finance Business Partners and FP&A reporting team to identify and develop online reporting opportunities
xe2x96xaa Working collaboratively with the Axiom Reporting team and FBPs to optimise the use of Axiom for data capture, analysis, and reporting
xe2x96xaa Leading on standardising and preparation of faculty presentations and reporting with the finance Business Partners to support the annual budget and in-year forecasting
xe2x96xaa Leading on the engagement with stakeholders to understand their reporting needs and along with the design of reports and tools to address the prioritised needs and improve the quality of financial reporting
xe2x96xaa Working collaboratively with the Finance Business Partners and Axiom reporting team on the development of specific Axiom reporting enhancementsA full range of duties can be found on the attached job description.About youThings you'll need for this job include:xe2x96xaa To be a fully or part qualified accountant with significant experience or demonstrable experience in a reporting or finance role
xe2x96xaa Strong understanding of financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes
xe2x96xaa Experience of building positive relationships with stakeholders
xe2x96xaa Good working knowledge of reporting systems, preferably Oracle Financials and reporting tools such as Axiom and TableauPlease review the job description, paying particular attention to the essential and desirable criteria, and ensure these are covered in your application.What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

xc2xb7 Additional 5 days annual leave purchase scheme

• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)

• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

xc2xb7 Immigration loanxc2xb7 Relocation scheme for certain posts

• On-Site nursery

• On-site gym

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs Londons Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the worlds talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCLs workforce.These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.Available documents

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