The Open University UK Hiring for Finance Business Partner Job at Milton Keynes, England Full Time

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The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.

The role

The focus of this role is to manage a team of finance staff in building partnerships with senior management stakeholders across the university on a cross-section of financial, accounting activities and projects. The aim is to drive impact and understanding of financial reporting on business performance and analysis, enabling a link to financial data to inform business strategies.

Skills and experience

The successful candidate will have the following:

• Excellent team development and leadership skills
• Extensive accounting and business partnering experience and ideally qualified CCAB/CIMA Accountant
• Track record of financial administration and experience of a similar role in a complex organisation
• Excellent understanding with accounting IT packages and systems
• Intermediate to advanced level Excel experience
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of budget planning, forecasting and monitoring and financial accountancy processes

The full summary of duties and person specification can be found within the Job Description.

If you would like to discuss the particulars of this post before making an application, please email Phebe Lau on Resourcing-Hub@open.ac.uk.

What you get in return

We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs.

We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Benefits include an attractive pension proposition and 33 days holiday per annum pro rata, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure days.

How to apply

Unless otherwise stated in the advert, all applications are completed online via the OU Job’s page and following the instructions below and clicking the “APPLY NOW” link below. Applications submitted via 3rd party websites will not be considered.

Access details for disabled applicants are available from the Resourcing Hub, telephone: 01908 655544, quoting the vacancy reference above.

To apply for this role please submit the following;

• Personal statement, up to 1,000 words, you should set out in your statement why you’re interested in this role and provide examples of where your skills and experience meet the required competencies for this role as detailed in the job and person specification.
  
• CV

The above documents will need to be submitted as one attachment during the application process, please include the personal statement followed by the CV in this document.

To ensure your file is uploaded to our system correctly, please make sure your document is saved with the following file name as appropriate to the vacancy you are applying for: 18xxx, surname, first initial.

You will need to have your documents ready ahead of submitting the electronic application.

APPLY NOW

Closing date: Wednesday 18th August 2021 – Noon

Interview date: w/c 6th September

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