Senior Finance Manager Salary: Starting from £51,030 per annum inclusive of London Weighting Closing Date: 03/04/2024 Reference: 1142-24-PS

Docklands Campus

Starting from £51,030 per annum inclusive of London Weighting

Full Time

Fixed Term

24 months

Wednesday 03 April 2024

Monday 15 April 2024

1142-24-PS

Founded in 1898, we at the University of East London (UEL) are proud to change lives through education. Our goal is to advance industry 5.0 careers-first education and provide a clear path to the jobs and opportunities of the future. We’re committed to driving diversity in the 5.0 talent pipeline, working in partnership to promote talent wherever it is found and creating a balanced, inclusive, and green future.

But we can't achieve this goal alone. We need forward-thinking, innovative, and curious individuals like you to join our community and help us craft our future. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of people who share your passion for creating positive change. We’re an inclusive and welcoming community that is constantly moving forward, never satisfied with the status quo.

About the Job

The Senior Finance Manager oversees the Financial Management team's operations, ensuring timely, accurate, and robust handling of monthly income, expenditure, budgets, and forecasts. They provide accurate advice, reports, and commentaries that offer clear insights into issues, risks, and necessary actions. Efficient utilisation of systems and processes is paramount, as is the effective deployment of staff resources. This includes collaborating with the Associate Director Financial Planning to set objectives and priorities, distributing workload among team members, and supporting their training and skill enhancement.

About You

The ideal candidate for this position will be CCAB accounting qualification or CIMA qualified, with experience of management accounting, business partnering and financial budgeting and forecasting. You will be adept in building and maintaining networks with department heads and directors outside of finance, with the ability to offer commercially sound advice on a strategic and practical level.

Benefits Package

Here at UEL we understand it’s about more than just a salary. It’s about the entire package on offer along with our outstanding work environment and inclusive culture. We know the market rates for this vacancy and will offer a genuinely competitive salary DOE.

We care deeply about your wellbeing and our benefits includes: 20% pension (4% from you, 16% from us), 25 days holiday, plus 3 days over Christmas and bank holidays, hybrid working for most positions, and we’re always open to consider flexible working arrangements. We have a discretionary and non-contractual shared success bonus scheme with a value of up to £5,000 in the 23/24 academic year, subsidised gym membership, 3 times base salary life assurance, a cashback healthcare scheme and wide variety of other generous benefits including discounts on: Apple and Samsung products, holidays, clothing, fitness, lifestyle, dining out and weekly shopping.

Equal Opportunities

UEL is an inclusive equal opportunities employer and are proud of our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity achievements, including: zero gender pay gap, members of Stonewall and have won Athena Swan awards. We expect all employees of UEL to accept our EDI policy and will not tolerate discrimination in any form.

So, if you’d like to take your career to the next level with us here at the University of East London and are inspired by our environment and committed to success, we want you to apply today!

Further details

To begin your online application, please go to: https://jobs.uel.ac.uk/1142-24-PS and click 'Apply Online'.

The closing date for the receipt of applications is 3rd April 2024.  The proposed dates and the interview dates are 15th and 16th April 2024.

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To contact the recruitment team please phone +44 20 8223 3000 x 4600 or e-mail [email protected]

CVs without a completed application form will not be accepted.

At UEL we are committed to working together to build a community which values diversity in both our staff and student populations, is representative and inclusive, enabling all to progress and thrive.

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