Assistant Finance Business Partner
Employer: Jisc
Location: A blend of working from home and your nominated hub office. The ideal candidate will be Bristol based. Specific patterns for working in the office are not mandated, and the frequency of time worked in the office is agreed with your manager. Meeting in person is something we value so you may need to travel on occasion to any of our hub offices.
Working hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: c£34,000 per annum (negotiable based on experience) + comprehensive benefits package
Closing date: 15th June 2026@5pm
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Closing Date: 15th June 2026@5pm
Job Title: Assistant Finance Business Partner
Salary: c£34,000 per annum (negotiable based on experience) + comprehensive benefits package
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week
Reports into: Finance Business Partner
Working style: Hybrid - A blend of working from home and your nominated hub office. The ideal candidate will be Bristol based.
About Jisc:
For 30 years Jisc has pioneered digital solutions for UK education and research, transforming how knowledge is created, shared and used.
We are uniquely positioned to protect, promote and lead the sector in digital and data transformation, making a difference to students, communities and society. Together, we are
working to build a better digital future for education and research.
Raise your potential at Jisc through our culture of lifelong learning. At Jisc, we're all about growth, so embrace new challenges, sharpen your skills and shape a career that excites you.
About the Team
In Finance, we power Jisc’s success.
We keep the organisation financially strong, compliant, and future-ready—providing expert insight, robust control, and smart financial management. From budgeting and forecasting to tax, reporting and procurement, we ensure every pound works hard. We partner across Jisc to support great decision-making and help turn strategy into action.About the role
As an Assistant Finance Business Partner, you’ll play a key role in helping Jisc make informed, strategic decisions.
Partnering with operational teams, you’ll deliver high-quality financial reporting, insightful analysis, and clear, practical advice. You’ll be hands-on with month-end activities, including journals, accruals and prepayments, and will help bring the numbers to life through meaningful commentary and variance analysis.
You’ll support budgeting and forecasting cycles, helping to challenge assumptions and improve financial planning, while gaining exposure to key projects across the organisation. Alongside this, you’ll contribute to business cases, support data analysis, and help drive continuous improvement through finance transformation and reporting enhancements.
Working closely with the wider finance team, you’ll build strong relationships, strengthen financial understanding across Jisc, and help ensure robust controls, governance and best practice are in place—all while developing your own skills as a trusted finance partner.
What you’ll be doing:
You’ll be confident translating financial information into clear, meaningful insights for non-finance colleagues, helping stakeholders understand performance and make informed decisions.
Using your strong Excel skills, you’ll analyse and manipulate data, build reports, and support forecasting and budgeting processes—turning complex datasets into practical, actionable insights.
You’ll play an active role in preparing forecasts and budgets, working closely with stakeholders to gather inputs, challenge assumptions, and ensure plans are robust and aligned to business priorities.
You’ll also be involved in the full month-end cycle, including preparing management accounts, completing reconciliations, and posting accruals and prepayments. Alongside this, you’ll provide variance analysis and insightful commentary, explaining key movements and highlighting risks and opportunities.
Strong communication skills will be key—you’ll work collaboratively across finance and the wider business, building relationships, supporting decision-making, and contributing to high-quality, accurate financial reporting.
What we are looking for:
You’ll bring a continuous improvement mindset, with the confidence and curiosity to challenge existing reporting processes and drive meaningful change.
You’ll enjoy working in a fast-paced, commercially focused environment, where priorities can shift and no two days are the same.
As a proactive self-starter, you’ll be comfortable working independently, taking ownership of your responsibilities and managing both internal and external deadlines with confidence.
Need to have
Part qualified accountant (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, ICAS, ICAI)
Nice to have
Power BI reporting
Project accounting
Don’t meet every single requirement?
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box, so we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements, but you feel this role is perfect for you. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
Hybrid working:
Specific patterns for working in the office are not mandated, and the frequency of time worked in the office is agreed with your manager. Meeting in person is something we value so you may need to travel on occasion to any of our hub offices.
Why work for us?
At Jisc, every role is meaningful, and every individual is valued. We foster a culture of continuous learning and personal growth, offering opportunities to develop new skills and make a real impact in education and research. With a strong focus on work-life balance, we embrace flexible working that prioritises outcomes over hours, empowering you to create a rhythm that energises both your professional and personal life.
Our Guiding Principles:
Jisc’s culture is powered by our four guiding principles: putting customers first, driving innovation, creating impact, and championing inclusive collaboration to deliver sustainable outcomes and shape a better future.
Discover the amazing benefits we provide! Here’s what you can look forward to:
Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
31 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) that includes three closure days over Christmas
Buy up to an additional 5 days leave during the flexible benefits window
Generous flexible pension schemes
A range of wellbeing lifestyle benefits including company paid health care cash plan, mental health first aiders and support
A company culture of continuous learning with access to thousands of LinkedIn Learning courses, and lots of resources and opportunities to support your development
Financial well-being support including access to preferential loan and savings plans, mortgage advice, will writing tools and support and resources to help you make the most of your money
A wide range of discounts and cashback from retailers and big-name high-street stores
Family friendly policies including enhanced parental, maternity and paternity and co-parental leave as well as opportunity for career breaks
Support your volunteering with up to 3 days volunteer leave
Equity, diversity and inclusion:
Jisc believe our people make all the difference in cultivating an inclusive culture that welcomes ideas, encourages innovation, and values belonging.
We work hard to create an equitable experience for our candidates and workforce which embraces all aspects of their identity including race and ethnicity, religion and belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, trans identities, age, class, disability, neurodivergence, or veteran status.
Application process:
Please let us know how we can best accommodate you throughout the recruitment process. We’re committed to making our process accessible and comfortable for everyone - just tell us what works best for you.
Just so you know, we review CVs as soon as we can and aim to provide an update on your application within 4 weeks of receiving it. However, you may hear from us a lot sooner, so please keep an eye out for our emails or calls!
We’re really looking forward to getting to know the real you. While we encourage the use of AI tools to help you get started on your CV or cover letter, we encourage you to review your application before submitting. Make sure it truly reflects your own voice, experiences, and personality.
If you are currently a Jisc employee, please apply through your Dayforce Employee profile.
We have a thorough background screening process that verifies the details you share with us in your CV and your application. Any inaccurate information supplied during the application stages can lead to a job offer being withdrawn.
Sponsorship:
Please note that this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. This decision is based on current Home Office eligibility criteria, which require specific conditions to be met in terms of job type, salary level, and other factors. As such, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this position.
No agencies please.
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