Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Finance Business Partner
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23214
Overview
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. Responsibilities
Work closely with Directors and budget holders to produce the annual budget and quarterly forecasts, ensuring these are robust and realistic. Prepare monthly management accounts, highlighting key variances against budget or forecast and agreeing any required mitigations with relevant managers. Qualifications
You should be a qualified accountant or finalist (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) with 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 and strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills are essential to the role. You should also have strong Excel skills, and Unit 4 experience would be desirable. Contract and timings
Please note that this is a 12-month maternity cover fixed-term contract. We are planning to hold interviews online week commencing 2nd February. About Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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. Salary and benefits
The salary for this position is £46,556 - £53,882 per annum, depending on skills and experience [Band E]. Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst. Application
If you are interested in this position, please submit your application through the online portal, by clicking “Apply for this job”. Equality and inclusion
We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. No agencies please.
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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. Responsibilities
Work closely with Directors and budget holders to produce the annual budget and quarterly forecasts, ensuring these are robust and realistic. Prepare monthly management accounts, highlighting key variances against budget or forecast and agreeing any required mitigations with relevant managers. Qualifications
You should be a qualified accountant or finalist (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) with 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 and strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills are essential to the role. You should also have strong Excel skills, and Unit 4 experience would be desirable. Contract and timings
Please note that this is a 12-month maternity cover fixed-term contract. We are planning to hold interviews online week commencing 2nd February. About Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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. Salary and benefits
The salary for this position is £46,556 - £53,882 per annum, depending on skills and experience [Band E]. Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst. Application
If you are interested in this position, please submit your application through the online portal, by clicking “Apply for this job”. Equality and inclusion
We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. No agencies please.
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