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Join the Wellcome Trust, a leading global health foundation, and make an impact with your financial expertise in a role that shapes the future of health and wellbeing.
Overview
Salary £59064
Location London, UK - Hybrid
Nomad Friendly? Hybrid (In-person ~3 day / week)- London United Kingdom
Expires Expires at anytime
The Wellcome Trust is an influential global charitable foundation dedicated to improving health through science funding, advocacy, and partnerships. With an ambitious plan to invest £16bn over the next decade, the Trust is focusing on mental health, infectious disease, and climate-related health challenges. This is a pivotal time to become part of a team committed to making groundbreaking contributions to global health.
Role Summary:
- Provide financial business partnership as part of the Commercial Finance & Financial Planning & Analysis team.
- Support financial planning, analysis, and reporting to enable strategic decision-making.
- Collaborate with various teams across the organization to manage financial processes and deliver insightful analyses.
Role Requirements:
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).
- Experience in core accounting functions, such as budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Proficiency in Advanced Excel and finance systems like Agresso/Unit4, TM1, Tableau.
- Proven ability to manage workloads independently or as part of a team.
- Strong stakeholder relationship skills and excellent attention to detail.
Benefits include a flexible hybrid working model, with a balance of office and remote work that supports optimal performance and work-life balance. As part of the team, you will enjoy a dynamic work environment that encourages innovation and professional growth.
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships. We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.
The role entails working as a Finance Business Partner – Financial Planning & Analysis in our Commercial Finance & Financial Planning & Analysis team. You will be supporting the team within the Financial Planning & analysis team reporting to Senior Manager for Financial Planning & analysis (FP&A). This role is part of the Commercial Finance and Planning and Analysis Team, this team provide business partnering across the organisation to enable effective decision making, manage the financial planning process as well as producing analysis and reporting for ELT, the Board of Governors and to each area of the organisation.
Job requirements include ACA/ACCA/CIMA or relevant qualification, experience working in a core accounting role, eg producing variance commentary, budgeting and forecasting. Advanced Excel and finance systems skills as well as experience using finance and analytical systems e.g. Agresso/Unit4, TM1, Tableau. Ability to manage own workload with focus on delivery, to work on own or as part of a multi-functional team. Ability to build relationships with stakeholders and excellent attention to detail.
Benefits include a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best. We are currently working 2 days per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) from our Euston Road offices (as part of our hybrid Ways of Working) with the remaining 3 days working either remotely or in the office. From 1st September 2024 we will move to 3 days in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.
Upon a conditional offer being made, the successful applicant for this position will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (or equivalent) criminal record check to disclose any ‘unspent’ criminal convictions or conditional cautions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
