Assistant Finance Business Partner

Job Title:

Assistant Finance Business Partner

Posting

Start Date:

26/10/2026

Job

School/Department:
Finance

Work Arrangement:
Full Time (Hybrid)

Contract Type:
Permanent

Closing Date: 09/11/2026

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The Department of Finance provides a wide range of financial support across the whole University. You will be part of the Faculty Finance team within the Department of Finance, acting as an Assistant Finance Business Partner, focused on delivering excellent service.

The role will report on a day-to-day basis to a Finance Business Partner (FBP) deployed within the Faculty of Health.

The primary focus of this role is to provide sound financial support to our Schools, helping them ensure that their external research and doctoral funding achieves the research objectives specified by the sponsor’s terms and conditions. The role requires a flexible and pro-active approach and will support a variety of financial activities and colleagues across a number of Schools or business areas.

• Act as a recognised source of financial support and advice to Principal Investigators, their staff and other Professional Services staff in managing a complex and diverse portfolio of post award research accounts and doctoral studentship accounts.
• Initiate regular liaison and meetings with both internal and external sources in order to provide financial management information and advice via briefings and reports e.g. external sponsors, Heads of School, Principal Investigators and Human Resources.
• Supporting the Finance Business Partner with administering staff approvals and associated cost distributions for core funded or externally funded posts.
• Analysis and review of individual externally funded project accounts to identify potential under/overspends on a timely basis in order that remedial action may be taken as appropriate.
• Preparation of financial expenditure statements on externally funded projects as required, liaising with School staff and other Finance or HR teams as appropriate.
• Assist in the preparation of accruals for month end reporting.
• Assist in the review of local accounting and operational finance procedures, internal controls within the Faculty to ensure consistency across Schools (and other Faculty teams) and to minimise financial risks. Regularly review service levels to ensure excellent service is provided in the most efficient manner possible.
• Highlighting and disseminating best practice and up to date policy, procedural information as well as sponsor information to Faculty/Schools.
• Providing external auditors with relevant information necessary for completing the audit of externally funded projects.
• Plan tasks in accordance with known deadlines, including external sponsor requirements, monthly and annual University financial reporting requirements.
• Lead assigned project teams or contribute as part of a larger project team to support the achievement of a specific objective.
• As a member of our Professional staff you will be expected to demonstrate a commitment to the professional behaviours set out in the Sheffield Professional Framework. Please follow this link for further information:
  Sheffield Professional Framewor k.
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