Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing information advice and support to Faculty Operating Officers, Heads of Department, Heads of Directorates & Financial Managers to enable them to plan and manage the financial affairs of Faculties and Directorates.
• Representing the Finance Directorate on working and project groups.
• Faculties\Directorates: business partner; financial information and advice to enable objectives to be achieved; revenue and capital forecasting; development of financial plans and budgets; progress against plans and forecast outturns; link between strategy and resourcing; staffing requirements and financial sustainability of new and replacement posts; capital expenditure planning; cost\benefit analyses; course and programme costing; financial training to relevant faculty and directorate staff.
• Corporate level (analysis): financial analysis; financial sustainability of business units; financial forecasting; financial benchmarking; financial appraisals.
• Corporate level (planning and control); budget development; progress against plan and forecast outturns; salary forecasting; cash forecasting; financial forecasting; balance sheet management.
• Corporate level (management reporting); management accounts for University and subsidiaries; related analysis and information for Executive and Court Committees; other management reports. 
• Supporting the Head of Management Accounts in achieving the objectives of the management accounting team; financial analysis; improving quality of outputs; adapting to changed requirements; improvement to financial models and work processes; enhancement to reporting platforms (Business Objects); maintain currency of financial procedural manual (vis-à-vis management information policy and procedures).

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA accountant Can be straight from practice or come from an industry background Not for Profit experience, particularly higher education, would be a bonus but not essential Highly computer literate with advanced knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint and computerised accounts systems Proactive, solution focussed individual Ready to drive for improvements and change within the team Strong presenting and interpersonal skills