Deputy School Finance Business Partner

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s leading Universities, with an outstanding reputation for academic achievement. The School of the Biological Sciences (SBS) is one of the six Schools in the University. The School has a population of around 2000 staff and around 1000 postgraduate students, with a total spend in excess of £180m.

Working with the School Finance Business Partner (SFBP) the Deputy SFBP will contribute to the delivery of the School’s academic vision through providing accurate and timely financial advice and management.You will deputise for the School Finance Business Partner across the portfolio of school finance matters, allowing the Business Partner to undertake project work arising from the various transformation programmes. This includes providing strategic and operational financial leadership for the School and its departments, covering business partnering and business planning, management reporting and analysis, financial performance delivery and investment decision support, and the oversight of effective financial stewardship and governance.

You  will also have the opportunity to be involved with finance transformation projects including Financial Systems Replacement (FSR) and Enhanced Financial Transparency (EFT).

The Role

• Functional leadership for the provision of high quality partnering and business planning supportfor all Departments and Faculties in the School and the development of associated finance resources
• Play a key role in the development of future plans including taking a leading role on the production of a multi-year business plan to underpin the delivery of the School's long-term Academic Vision.
• Takeprimary responsibility for management reporting and analysis, financial performance delivery and  investment decision support
• Develops and appraise investment options, leading on the development of the financial aspects of business cases for all major projects and initiatives such as new building projects

Your Skills

• Qualified accountant with significant experience in complex matrix organisations
• Experience in effectively engaging with the culture and objectives of a complex institution
• Strong influencing and analytical skills, creative problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organisation

Benefits

The University offers an excellent benefit package including:

• 41 days annual leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Defined benefits pension schemes
• Flexible working options
• Family-friendly initiatives

Location

The University is supportive of hybrid working, where some work is undertaken on University premises and some in a remote working environment.

Funding for this post is available until the end of August 2027 in the first instance.

We are partnering with Pure Resourcing Solutions to recruit to this role as part of our backfill campaign, as well as a flexible workforce of around 30 people to 'backfill' the finance function and create the capacity for permanent staff secondments. To apply for this role or any of the other backfill roles please apply through the link to Pure’s website Pure Resourcing Solutions (prs.uk.com) .

Please contact a Recruitment Administrator at Finhr_recruitment@admin.cam.ac.uk , for any questions.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society. The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.