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
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]
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