Head of Finance – New income streams

Overview

In this senior role you partner with senior stakeholders to provide commercial insight, financial advice and robust investment assessment that supports strategic growth for the University. You balance investment opportunities with academic aims within regulatory frameworks, helping to deliver sustainable decision making. You will develop processes to assess investment, costing and pricing, and challenge stakeholders to ensure sound financial delivery. This role sits in a high-impact area of financial planning and analysis, contributing to growth, sustainability and academic excellence.

Pay / Benefits

• 26 days holiday plus approx. 16 Bank Holidays
• generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
• health and wellbeing: discounted campus gym membership
• personal development through Organisational Development & Professional Learning
• on-site childcare
• shopping discounts and travel schemes

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial insight and financial analysis to support strategic growth initiatives
• Assess investments, costings and pricing to enable robust decision making
• Partner with senior stakeholders to shape financial direction and risk management
• Coordinate with other finance specialists to ensure accurate accounting implications
• Develop and maintain processes for investment appraisal and budgeting
• Support delivery of sustainability and growth targets within statutory constraints

Key requirements

• strong communication
• stakeholder management
• analytical thinking
• accounting knowledge
• financial planning and analysis
• investment appraisal

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