Senior Finance Business Partner

6 months ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Luminate Education Group Business Support Full time

About the Role

We are looking for an innovative and highly motivated finance professional to join our close-knit finance team. We provide financial data and support to managers/Heads of to make informed decisions. We get involved in all aspects business planning with the principals and heads of to ensure they have all the information they require to make the right decisions.

The role is based at our Park Lane Campus, which is short 10/15 minute walk from the train station. We are able to offer hybrid working (2 days at home and 3 days in the office) in this role.

What You Will Do
- Provide a high-quality financial management service to a group of budget holders and be the primary finance link for a specific area of the group.
- Line manage other members of staff in the delivery of a range of financial services, including preparation of financial information for accounts, collaboration with budget holders to support financial planning and forecasting, and supporting their effective decision making with appropriate strategic support and advice.

About You
- You should have a professional qualification with at least 2 years post-qualification experience.
- Be able to supervise and motivate colleagues and team members.
- Ability to cope with continuous and complex changes,
- Advanced problem solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication skills with peers and non-finance colleagues.

About Us
Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.

We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions - Finance, Human Resources, ITSS, Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estates and Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.

As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.

Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.

Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.

**SAFEGUARDING**

**EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION**

We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It’s not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.

**Benefits**:
There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:

- **Annual leave entitlement**:

- If you work full time, you'll get at least 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 5 discretionary closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
- Support Staff 27 days (increasing to 32 days after 5 years service)
- Academic 37 days
- Senior Management 37 days
- **Generous Pension schemes**
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- **Memberships and discounts - **employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
- **Travel and commuting - **discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
- **Learning and development opportunities -** including staff development days
- **Employee wellbeing initiatives**:

- **Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - **this will vary depending on role requirements



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