Finance Business Partner
Northampton College
Northamptonshire
- £36,468 per year
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- Up to £36,468 (Dependent on skills, experience and qualifications)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 6 May 2024
Job overview
Finance Business Partner
Ref: ME2324078
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: Up to £36,468 (Dependent on skills, experience and qualifications)
Reporting to: Head of Finance
Primary Location: Northampton, Booth Lane Campus
Closing Date: Monday 6th May 2024
Interview Date: Monday 20th May 2024
About Northampton College
Northampton College is proud to be the leading provider of further education in the South East Midlands region. As a College, who have been rated by Ofsted as ‘good’ with outstanding features, we are committed to developing the professional and technical skills of our students, who are the workforce and leaders of the future.
The Team
The Finance Team are responsible for delivering accurate, reliable and timely financial management information and aims to provide a high quality, customer-focussed professional service, whilst adhering to strict accounting and funding body regulations. The team are proud to support Northampton College’s culture of high standards, an inclusive working and learning environment, and a professional committed workforce who are focussed on supporting our students to achieve the best they possibly can.
The Role
This is a key role in the Finance team and the post-holder will have responsibility for supporting financial planning, collaborating with curriculum departments on budgets, forecasts and procurement, analysing spending patterns and forecasts, and ensuring compliance with College and Department for Education regulations.
The Successful Candidate
The successful candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, abilities and qualities will include:
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to identify anomalies and reconcile data efficiently.
- Highly IT literate with extensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word software/capacity to use Microsoft Outlook proficiently.
- Experience of developing and reporting financial information to senior managers
- Collaborative team player, able to effectively communicate complex financial concepts to non-financial colleagues.
Rewards and Benefits include
- 39 days annual leave, comprising 28 personal days, pro rata (1 September – 31 August), including 8 bank holidays and 3 closure days. The College reserves the right to designate up to 3 closure days per holiday year.
- Discounts through membership of the NUS, ranging from Student Prime (Amazon), to eating out, fashion, beauty, entertainment, technology and travel.
- Eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (a defined benefit scheme including an employer contribution rate of 25.40%).
- Right to request flexible working from start date.
- Access to continued professional development.
- Free car parking and electric car charging facilities.
- Gym facilities.
- 24 hours per day, 365 days per year Employee Support Helpline.
- Enhanced maternity/shared parental and paternity schemes.
- Paid Compassionate Leave - up to five working days paid absence (in a rolling twelve-month period) on compassionate grounds in the event of bereavement or serious illness of a close relative)
If you would like to be a part of our successful team please go to https://www.northamptoncollege.ac.uk/working-for-us.html for further details on how to apply.
This post will require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Attached documents
About Northampton College
- Northampton College
- Booth Lane, Northampton
- Northamptonshire
- NN3 3RF
- United Kingdom
Northampton College is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational further education college situated in Northamptonshire. It is a 16-plus institution with three campuses: a major building at its main Northampton site, a smaller campus near the town centre and another 20 miles away in Daventry. It provides places for around 9,000 students aged 16 and over, most of whom are full-time and aged 16-18.
Northampton College was opened in 1973. It merged with Daventry Tertiary College to expand its Daventry campus in August 2004, and its Booth Lane campus reopened after a large redevelopment in 2012.
Principal
Pat Brennan-Barrett
Values and vision
Northampton College’s mission is to give students a sense of development through education. It is an inclusive learning environment that focuses on key strands of provision, provides high-quality learning experiences, and works alongside the local community to create a wider level of participation in learning. The college ethos promotes mutual respect, a high level of engagement and playing a positive role in the community.
Ofsted report
“The inclusive culture promotes a high level of recruitment of students from diverse backgrounds and with a wide range of abilities, many of whom are successful in gaining qualifications and progressing to higher levels of study. Resources and accommodation are almost all of a very high quality and are used very effectively; the learning environment is safe, very well-maintained and welcoming. Governors are very knowledgeable and provide well-informed and constructive challenge to managers in order to promote improvement.”
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