"Assistant Finance Business Partner"

Assistant Finance Business Partner

University of Sheffield - Finance

Placed On: 28th November 2025
Closes: 4th January 2026
Job Ref: 1944

Job description:

Do you have knowledge of financial procedures and accounting concepts? Are you able to analyse, interpret and communicate financial data? You could be who we are looking for!

Our vision is to be one of the best Universities in the world, renowned for the excellence, impact and distinctiveness of both its research and its research-led learning and teaching.

The Department of Finance provides a wide range of financial support across the whole University. The Faculty Finance teams provide advice and support to the Faculty which they are aligned to, covering departmental expenditure, budgets and all project activities.

The role involves provision of sound financial advice and support direct to departments. We want you to ensure the effective management and monitoring of a range of departmental funds. This includes the use of the Faculty’s external projects, both research and other sources of funding. Duties include:

• the provision of financial information and advice, drawing on a sound proven understanding of central operations
• ensuring external funding achieves the objectives specified by the sponsor’s terms and conditions
• operational understanding of specific departmental and /or faculty practices with the objective of helping improve the efficiency of financial administration within the Faculty.

We are looking for:

• a hardworking, pro-active hands-on finance professional
• someone comfortable getting involved with various areas of University finance relating to departments and faculty
• someone who is happy working with both non-financial academic colleagues as well as finance colleagues.

What We Offer

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

Find out more at sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits and join us to become part of something special.