The Role

Build your finance career at a world-leading business school

London Business School are looking for a talented Finance Analyst (Management Accountant) to join our FP&A team and support budgeting, forecasting, planning and management reporting across the School.

This is an excellent opportunity for a developing finance professional who enjoys analysis, business partnering and turning financial information into meaningful insight.

You will support the delivery of budgeting, forecasting, planning and management reporting activities for assigned business areas.

As a key member of a collaborative FP&A team, you will provide accurate, timely and relevant financial information to support informed decision-making. You will also contribute to monthly and year-end processes, support business partnering activity and help maintain financial models and analysis.

Main Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted finance contact for supported business areas, responding to financial queries and issues.
• Build understanding of business area drivers and key financial issues.
• Positively represent the Finance team with business partners and colleagues across the School.
• Deliver accurate, concise and timely outputs for budgets, forecasts, monthly reporting, management information, key variance analysis and commentary
• Support business areas with financial planning and reporting.
• Assist with annual accounts and other finance processes as required by senior FP&A colleagues.
• Provide analytical and business case support for new developments and ad hoc projects.
• Contribute to financial modelling and analysis.

Who we are looking for

• Professional qualification, part-qualified status, or equivalent experience.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritise and focus on material issues.
• Advanced IT skills, particularly Excel, and ideally experience with TechnologyOne.
• Ability to produce effective financial and non-financial management reports, analysis and recommendations.

Why London Business School

London Business School; a global and vibrant business community based in two of the world’s most dynamic cities, London and Dubai. It’s where extraordinary minds and diverse perspectives connect, to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. We offer best in class hybrid learning to our students and participants, whilst creating a flexible, supportive and dynamic working environment for our people to excel in, whatever their location.

What you can expect from us

• Generous annual leave of 27 days PLUS extra between Christmas and New Year! 
• Automatic enrolment to a fantastic workplace pension scheme
• Free onsite gym and swimming pool! 
• Amazing range of professional development to support your career path
• Enhanced cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental and financial health 

At London Business School, we support Smart Working - a hybrid approach designed to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance while delivering the best outcomes for your role and the needs of our customers. All roles require a minimum of two days on campus each week to foster a vibrant, collaborative community.
For this role specifically, you will be expected to be on campus 2 days per week. 

We operate with ‘core hours’ – 10:00-15:00 – to maximise opportunities for connection and collaboration across teams during the working day. Outside of these hours, you may still be required for meetings or collaboration based on your role and customer needs. Additionally, we offer Protected Time - a flexible, one-hour slot, within the working week dedicated to your learning and development, wellbeing, or focused, quiet work

Our commitment to driving inclusion and belonging 

We are a globally reaching institution, committed to creating tangible and sustainable change in driving inclusion & belonging within our School, education and society at large.  We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone in our community feels they belong and thrive. This is a key school priority, and we want everyone who joins LBS to feel respected, welcomed, and heard.  

Candidates needing sponsorship should assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by evaluating their circumstances against the relevant criteria before applying 

Please note we start screening CVs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. A successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.

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