AMS PSR

On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for a Finance Business Partner (Inside IR35) until End of March 2026 contract based REMOTELY with occasional travel to Swindon.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.

UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers’ money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields - from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.

As a Finance Business Partner, your main responsibilities will be:

• Take responsibility for specific contracts, ensuring delivery of contractual financial obligations and effective utilization of contract funds.
• Implement and maintain the corporate system of financial control, ensuring efficient and effective financial controls within workstreams.
• Produce accurate financial reports, management information, and month-end reports to support decision-making.
• Actively manage risks and opportunities, oversee budget delegations, and track performance against control totals.
• Build and manage relationships with a range of stakeholders, providing constructive ideas for process and service improvements.
• Model future commitments, manage cost centre and project structures, and produce management information for budgeting, forecasting, and planning.

Essential:

• Experience in similar management accounting, budgeting & forecasting role(s) and previous experience of working in a Finance environment.
• Experience of financial modelling & controls and good IT skills, including good knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular Excel. 
• Strong numeracy & analytical skills and good written and oral communication & presentation skills

Desirable:

• Previous experience of Oracle, or of similar ERP accounting systems 

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".