Finance Business Partner

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew • Richmond, VA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting into the Head of Financial Planning and Performance, you will support Kew's mission by ensuring that Kew's senior managers receive the information required to make excellent financial decisions. Working as part of the Financial Planning and Performance team, you will help embed finance business partnering across the organisation and develop enhanced financial management capability by providing support and financial advice.
You will work closely with Directors and budget holders to produce the annual budget and quarterly forecasts, ensuring these are robust and realistic. You will also be responsible for the preparation of monthly management accounts, highlighting key variances against budget or forecast and agreeing any required mitigations with relevant managers.
Please note that this is a 12-month maternity cover fixed-term contract.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.
We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.
Join us on our journey as protectors of the world's plants and fungi.

Requirements

• qualified accountant or finalist (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)
• significant experience in management accounting and business partnering within a complex organisation, preferably from the commercial or not for profit sector
• Excellent attention to detail
• strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills
• strong Excel skills

Nice To Haves

• Unit 4 experience

Responsibilities

• produce the annual budget and quarterly forecasts
• preparation of monthly management accounts, highlighting key variances against budget or forecast and agreeing any required mitigations with relevant managers

Benefits

• opportunities for continuous learning
• generous annual leave entitlement
• flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership
• competitive pension
• employee discount scheme
• free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees