Job Description

Company Description

By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world\'s energy? If so, read on.

Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs.

UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for groundbreaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow\'s power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative."

As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:

• Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
• Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
• Flexible working options including family friendly policies.
• Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders,
• Emergency paid leave, Generous annual leave allowance (30.5 days) increased with length of service,
• Wide range of career development opportunities
• A vibrant culture committed to being fully inclusive

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 - Property, you will play a pivotal role in reviewing and analysing 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. You are an effective team player with solid experience in preparing and analysing month end accounts, ensuring accurate recognition of expenditure & revenue in accordance with UKAEA financial policy. You will be collaborating closely with your business area and with the broader finance team.

Additional Responsibilities:

-Facilitating robust budgeting and forecasting by fostering relationships with project managers and senior management, both at project and business unit levels.

-Overseeing program accounting for for day to day activities and site projects, providing guidance on project structure, reporting, and budgeting.

-Helping to ensure a solid control environment, reconciling pertinent balance sheet accounts and ensuring audit-ready documentation for areas like prepayments, accruals, WIP, and Income in Advance.

-Working together with the Capital Project Accountant to enhance capital expenditure reporting and commentary for spending clarity, while also improving the Finance Property Model for streamlined service charge budgeting and reconciliation.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements:

-At least part-qualified, qualified by experience, or working towards a qualification in a relevant professional accounting body

-Experience of collaborating closely with business teams in a \xe2\x80\x9cbusiness partner\xe2\x80\x9d capacity

-To understand the fundamentals of revenue recognition

-Highly proficient in Excel and have experience of an ERP accounting system [Unit 4 (Agresso) would be an advantage]

-Able to work on occasion to challenging timescales while still ensuring accuracy

Additional Information

A full list of our benefits can be found here

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly people from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our \'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion\' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. 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.

All employees at the UK Atomic Energy Authority must complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and other appropriate security checks, including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

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: 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.

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