The Role

Fixed Term Contract until May 2025

London Business School require a Research & Fundraising Finance Analyst to join our Finance team on a fixed term contract until May 2025.

You will be supporting the Finance Business Partner within Research & Fundraising, and have a primary focus on a number of areas including Research @ LBS and supporting our Advancement team.

We require a candidate who doesn’t have to be qualified, but has experience ideally within a fundraising setting.

Main Responsibilities

• Working collaboratively with the Research & Faculty Office [RFO]) to faculty for the internally awarded Individual Faculty Budgets (IFBs) and Research & Materials Development funds (RaMDs)
• Monitoring income to ensure that expected income (contribution from research, donations and the income guarantee) is received 
• Acting as the primary finance contact for Advancement; responding to queries, posting journals, providing analysis etc on a timely basis 
• Acting as the primary finance contact for Advancement; responding to queries, posting journals, providing analysis etc on a timely basis 
• Assist, as required, with internal & external audits 
• BACS payment approvals as timetabled 

Who we are looking for

• May be working towards relevant professional qualification.  
• Good communication skills and the ability to break down technical issues and explain them in layman’s terms.  
• Experience of using software related to own area of specialism to extract, analyse and report on data.  
• Excellent organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail.  
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.  
• Positive experience of working within a customer-services orientated environment.  
• Budget management experience 

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!
• Generous pension package, 14.5% employer contribution (in return for employee enrolment and contribution)
• 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
• Up to 5 days volunteering leave or parent /carer emergency leave

All enjoyed in a Smart (hybrid) Working environment so we’re looking forward to discussing how, where and when you might work best to deliver in your new role.

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. 

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.

Closing date 3rd May 2024

London Business School