Join our team at EMBL-EBI Hinxton (UK) or EMBL Heidelberg (Germany) and play a pivotal role in transforming financial management information and systems in a leading multinational research organisation. As a Finance Business Analyst, you will leverage your expertise in IT and finance to enhance our financial reporting and decision-making processes.
This is a pan-EMBL role and you will be part of our Finance team which is based in both EMBL-EBI Hinxton (UK) and EMBL Heidelberg (Germany), working very collaboratively across sites. This role can be located at either EMBL-EBI site in Hinxton, UK, or at the EMBL Headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany.
Please indicate your location preference in your application. This is the same position as the one currently open on the EMBL-EBI website (EBI02261).
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is a non-profit, Intergovernmental Organisation funded by 29 member states and 1 associate member state. EMBL has around 1,900 members of personnel from over 80 nations based across its six sites: the headquarters in Heidelberg (Germany), the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Hinxton near Cambridge (UK), Grenoble (France), Hamburg (Germany), Rome (Italy) and Barcelona (Spain).
EMBL-EBI, part of EMBL, is a worldwide leader in the storage, analysis and dissemination of large biological datasets. We provide the global research community with access to publicly available databases and tools which are crucial for the advancement of healthcare, food security, and biodiversity.
Your Role
As a finance oriented business and systems analyst in a multinational research organisation, the role is to work with the experienced Financial Management Consultant to develop and enhance the financial management information reporting required for decision making.
Leveraging your IT expertise, particularly in databases, systems integration and data manipulation, you and the Financial Management Consultant in consultation with key EMBL stakeholders will work to create financial management reports for decision makers.
This will require collaboration and consensus building with various departments, analysis of data to calculate costings, identify trends, forecast performance, and drive efficient resource allocation.
You will need to be able to build strong relationships, foster collaboration and facilitating consensus-building across teams.
You Have
- Qualified or Part Qualified accountant or other relevant financial qualification
- Qualified by extensive experience will also be considered
- Minimum of 5 years of developing and manipulating data sets/data bases.
- Understanding of finance systems and their key controls that ensure data integrity.
- Word / Excel / Powerpoint
- Problem solving abilities
- Data manipulation and integration expertise
- Mid size finance system knowledge
- Implementation of finance systems experience
- Strong collaborative skills
- Ability to build consensus amongst stakeholders with differing priorities
- Ability and willingness to communicate with a broad range of diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to write reports and present financial updates
- An ability to discuss and highlight issues with stakeholders to help solve problems as they arise
You might also have
- Project and ERP rollout experience
- SAP or Workday or similar experience of using financial systems
Why join us
We are Europe’s research laboratory for the life sciences, performing scientific research in disciplines including molecular biology, physics, chemistry, and computer science. As an international, innovative, and interdisciplinary laboratory, EMBL is dedicated to advancing science and technology with more than 1,900 employees from diverse backgrounds.
Enjoy Lots Of Benefits
- Financial incentives: Monthly family, child and non-resident allowances, annual salary review, pension scheme, death benefit, long-term care, accident-at-work and unemployment insurances
- Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working patterns and hours
- Private medical insurance for you and your immediate family (including all prescriptions and generous dental & optical cover)
- Generous time off: 30 days annual leave per year, in addition to eight bank holidays
- Relocation package including installation grant (if required)
- Campus life: Free shuttle bus to and from work, on-site library, subsidised on-site gym and cafeteria, casual dress code, extensive sports and social club activities (on campus and remotely)
- Family benefits: On-site nursery, 10 days of child sick leave (under 12), generous parental leave, holiday clubs on campus and monthly family and child allowances
- Benefits for non-UK residents: Visa exemption, education grant for private schooling, financial support to travel back to your home country every second year and a monthly non-resident allowance.
For more details please see our employee benefits page.
What Else You Need To Know
- Contract duration: This position is a 2-year fixed-term project-limited contract to work on the financial management reporting project.
- Job location: This role can be based in EMBL Heidelberg (Germany) or in EMBL-EBI Hinxton, (near Cambridge, UK). You will be required to relocate if you are based overseas and you will receive a generous relocation package to support you.
- International applicants: We recruit internationally and successful candidates are offered visa exemptions. Read more on our page for international applicants.
- Diversity and inclusion: At EMBL-EBI, we strongly believe that inclusive and diverse teams benefit from higher levels of innovation and creative thought. We encourage applications from women, LGBTQ+ and individuals from all nationalities.
- How to apply: To apply please submit a cover letter and a CV through our online system. Please state in your cover letter your job location preference for Heidelberg (Germany) or Hinxton (UK).
- Interviews: interviews will be held via Zoom and are expected to take place in August. Exact details will be confirmed to selected candidates.
