Operations Analyst

Job Title: Operations Analyst

Salary: £42,000 to £56,800

Location: Cambridge, Hybrid

Contract: Full time (35 hours per week), Permanent

Join our operations team. You'll influence decisions in our Core Technology department through analysis and forecasts, collaborating with senior stakeholders to impact budget management.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

This is a key position within the Operations function of Core Technology. The role involves working closely with stakeholders at various levels to ensure accurate analysis, reporting, and forecasting of department budgets.

The role also includes developing the capability to analyse the resource mix across Core Technology, ensuring that resources are effectively allocated to meet the requirements of our team.

Additionally, the role offers the opportunity to collaborate with stakeholders to design and develop interactive dashboards and reports, ensuring that leaders are well-informed and engaged.

About you

You will have a strong relationship with our values. Someone who communicates clearly and builds strong relationships within and across teams and organisational structures, as we work towards providing an excellent service to our stakeholders.

You will excel at manipulating data to create clear, accessible outputs, and you'll have strong technical skills in Excel and Power BI. Expertise in SAP or other EPM systems would be beneficial.

If you thrive on analytical thinking, communicate with clarity, and love collaborating with a team, we want to hear from you!

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package , featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 29 th November although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take before mid-December.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.