Senior Finance Business Partner (Academic)

Ivy Rock Partners is delighted to partner with King’s College London in search of two Senior Finance Business Partners. These exciting opportunities are permanent positions that sit within the Academic team, ideal for a driven finance professional ready to take on a pivotal role in a dynamic, high-performing team.
King’s College London is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the United Kingdom. Located in the heart of London, it is a member of the Russell Group, representing excellence in research and teaching. King’s is renowned for its contributions to various fields, including medicine, law, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

The Roles:
As a Senior Finance Business Partner, you’ll bring your expertise to key faculties, providing strategic and financial leadership. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, you’ll ensure that finance sits at the heart of decision-making processes.
This is a role where you can make a real impact, combining strategic insights with hands-on financial management to drive operational and academic success.

What You’ll Do:

•  Take ownership of forecasting and reporting cycles, ensuring faculty income and expenditure budgets are both accurate and actionable.
• Provide expert financial analysis and insights to inform strategic decisions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders, offering rigorous challenge and assurance across financial activities.
• Develop and implement tools for budgeting, costing, and forecasting, seamlessly integrating them into existing processes.
• Drive financial literacy and process improvements across the faculties, embedding best practices and ensuring robust financial controls.

What We’re Looking For:

Essential Skills & Experience:

• A professional accountancy qualification (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, or equivalent).
• Proven experience in management accounting and finance business partnering.
• Exceptional analytical skills, with the ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel proficiency and strong financial systems expertise.
• A track record of engaging with senior stakeholders and operating under pressure to meet deadlines.

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge of financial systems such as Business World/Agresso/Unit 4.
• Line management experience.

Why This Role?

• Competitive salary
• The chance to contribute to the success of world-leading faculties.
• A flexible working environment based in central London, with the opportunity to work remotely 3 days a week.
• The ability to grow your professional network in a globally recognised institution.

Benefits include:

• 30 days of annual leave (not including bank holidays) and 3 optional volunteering days a year
• USS pension scheme
• Maternity and adoption, paternity and partners leave available to staff from the day you join King’s with no qualifying period
• Reward and recognition schemes
• Travel season ticket loan
• 20% discount on nursery age childcare in partnership with Busy Bees.
• A huge range of discounts on groceries, electrical, household and wellbeing products and services, travel and experiences
• Employee Assistance Programme
• King’s Sport & Wellness
• A multitude of career development opportunities and more…

If you are interested in hearing more, please get in contact with Megan Hunter (meganhunter@ivyrockpartners.com // 07392687349) for a confidential conversation about the role.