Head of Finance (Senior Finance Business Partner)

Job reference: PSX-025388
Salary: £45,585 to £56,021 per annum, according to experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Professional Services
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Permanent
Division/Team: Financial Analysis and Reporting
Hours Per Week: Full time
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 15/05/2024
Contract Duration: Permanent
School/Directorate: Directorate of Finance

The Directorate of Finance is seeking to appoint an outstanding individual to the position of Head of Finance (Senior Finance Business Partner). This is a permanent position as a key member of the Senior Finance Team.

Overall Purpose

The Head of Finance (Senior Finance Business Partner) is a member of the University Finance team working under the guidance of the Head of Faculty Financial Reporting and Analysis.  You will work alongside Heads of School/Directors/Senior Managers as a business partner to provide operational and strategic support on all financial matters.

You will be responsible for managing the financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes for your area of responsibility.  This will include analysis of performance and highlighting remedial action where required.  You will develop and continuously improve management information to assist School/Directorate budget holders.

The Person

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate:

• Good communication skills, verbal and written, with the ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders
• Possess strong numeracy skills demonstrating accuracy and attention to detail
• Customer focussed with excellent customer service skills and the ability to deliver a high-quality and professional service
• Possess excellent organisational skills, with the ability to plan and prioritise a variety of work activities in a busy environment and meet strict deadlines
• A continues improvement mind-set and capability to adapt processes to accommodate changes in financial reporting and across the higher education field

Within your application, please ensure you use the ‘additional information’ section of the form to provide examples, demonstrating how you meet each of the essential (and, if applicable, desirable) criteria detailed within the person specification of the role description.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

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Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: David Boyd

Email: [email protected]

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Further particulars including job description and person specification are available on the University of Manchester website - click on the 'Apply' button above to find out more.