Head of Treasury and Capital

Finance, Infrastructure and Commercial Services - Finance Services

This permanent full-time post is available immediately.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

We welcome applications from candidates interested in working part-time hours (minimum 0.8 FTE) and flexible hours (such as compressed hours).

Summary of the role

Reporting to the Director of Finance, this role sits within Finance Services team, in the Division of Finance, Infrastructure and Commercial Services, which provides financial information, analysis, insight and advice to customers. The team supports University executives, academics and researchers as well as Professional Services directors and managers to achieve the University’s strategic objectives. The services provided include management information, strategic financial planning and forecasting, scenario modelling and options appraisal, risk management, stewardship and monitoring of budgets and value generation.

You will be directing the Treasury and Capital activities from a finance perspective including the effective management of the University’s funding and liquidity, endowment oversight, banking relations, foreign exchange and interest rate risks, trade finance, debt management and credit risk. You will take both a broad overview of strategic issues and develop operational solutions relevant to the local environment, always seeking to drive improvements in the service. You will also lead and develop the wider Treasury, Financial and Capital accounting team.

The Higher Education sector is facing an interesting and challenging time and this role will be integral in ensuring the long term sustainability of the University in an exciting environment.

About you

We are looking for CCAB or equivalent qualified accountant, with recent, extensive post qualification experience and an ACT/treasury qualification or equivalent.  You will need to be able to influence at senior levels and provide team leadership, motivation and development. You will have highly honed communication skills and will be comfortable liaising and influencing at the most senior levels.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 41 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024).  We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today.  More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. 

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Further information

Please contact the Director of Finance, Joe Wall, [email protected]