Finance Business Partner

Be part of a community working together to make science better. A society publisher with the perfect blend of not-for-profit purpose and commercial perspective. Here, we help each other be the best we can be: a team big enough to impact and small enough to care.

We are now looking for a proactive and collaborative Finance Business Partner to join our Commercial Finance team and play a key role in shaping financial decision making across the business.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract, we are looking for someone to join us from June 2026.

This is a highly visible and influential role, partnering closely with senior leaders, department heads, and project teams. You’ll bring financial expertise, strong analytical capability and excellent communication skills to support budgeting, forecasting, modelling and strategic planning.

Within finance you will bring mentorship - driving continuous improvement, including automation, process optimisation, and improved BI/reporting capabilities within the finance function.

• Leading the budgeting and forecasting process for your designated business areas, ensuring alignment with long term strategic plans.
• Engaging with business stakeholders on monthly performance, to deliver clear, insightful variance analysis, and capture financial risks and opportunities.
• Collaborating on finance transformation initiatives to improve automation and enhance BI reporting tools.
• Developing robust financial models and KPI reporting to track business performance and inform decision making.
• Providing ad-hoc analysis and financial modelling to support business cases, investments and strategic projects.
• Partnering with other departments to ensure financial strategies remain aligned with business objectives.
• Supporting preparation of the annual long term business plan alongside the Senior Finance Business Partner.

You’ll be a motivated and commercially minded qualified accountant, able to build strong relationships, influence senior stakeholders, and communicate complex financial insights in an accessible way.

• ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent, with relevant post qualified experience.

• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and performance analysis.
• Strong month end experience, including variance investigation and commentary.
• Proven ability to develop financial models and KPI reporting.
• Understanding of finance systems and BI tools (EPICOR and Power BI desirable).
• Experience supporting nonfinance stakeholders to build financial acumen.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience contextualising financial performance within market/external factors.
• STEM publishing knowledge desirable, or willingness to learn.

• Excellent communicator, able to work effectively with nonfinance colleagues.
• Strong problem solver with sound commercial judgement.
• Skilled at stakeholder management, influencing and coaching.
• Advanced Excel and data visualisation capability.
• Ability to manage detailed work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Collaborative team player with a continuous improvement mindset

We pride ourselves on being a flexible and inclusive employer, if you have a preference to work flexibly, please do apply.

IOP Publishing is a society-owned scientific publisher, providing impact, recognition and value for the scientific community. As the publishing arm of the Institute of Physics, 100% of our profit goes towards public and scientific good.

We are a world leader in the development of electronic publishing for the scientific community - working in the interests of science and scientists, we aim to maximise the impact of the research we publish;

We offer a truly international culture with offices in Europe, Asia and the US and our reach is global. Our culture is the perfect blend of dedicated and intelligent professionalism, informal, friendly collaboration and authenticity with a social conscience.

a competitive salary from £50,000 (Band

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