Finance Business Partner

5 hours ago


Kew Gardens, United Kingdom Kew Gardens Full time

**Finance Business Partner - Research Grants & Science**:
**Are you an experienced Finance Business Partner seeking an opportunity to support a leading science division at Kew in achieving its strategic goals?**

We have an exciting role within our Finance department, reporting to the Head of Project & Fund Accounting, where you will play a pivotal role in providing Kew’s senior scientists with the financial insights they need to manage their grant-funded research projects.
- Hours of work
- Full time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £43,123 - £49,738 per annum, depending on skills and experience (+ £2900 market supplement, to be reviewed annually)
- Directorate
- Resources
- Location
- Kew Gardens, Richmond, Wakehurst, West Sussex, Hybrid
- Closing Date
- 13/10/2024
- Documents
- Employee Benefits - RBG Kew.pdf
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- Job Profile.pdf
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**More details**:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Collaborate with colleagues across Kew Science on new funding proposals to develop comprehensive, fully costed budgets for submission to funders, often working within tight deadlines.
- Manage post-award financial activities for a portfolio of research projects, including monitoring and reporting actual expenditure to ensure alignment with funder requirements, and providing regular financial reports to both researchers and funders.
- Produce monthly management accounts, forecasts, and budgets for several Kew Science departments, with an total annual budget of approximately £20 million.

**About You**:
With proven experience in research-funded project accounting, you will join a team of five supporting Kew Science. You will bring a track record of providing professional, collaborative financial support to non-finance colleagues within a diverse organization.

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.

The salary for this position is £43,123 - £49,738 per annum, depending on skills and experience (+ £2900 market supplement, to be reviewed annually)

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.

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