Finance Manager

1 month ago

Oxford, United Kingdom University of Oxford Full time

The University of Oxford is a stimulating work environment, which enjoys an international reputation as a world-class centre of excellence. Their research plays a key role in tackling many global challenges, from reducing our carbon emissions to developingvaccines during a pandemic.

The Finance Division supports the academic, research and administrative community at the University providing sound financial advice and timely information with a range of support services including financial operations, financial reporting, financial supportand professional services.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the divisional team which provides financial oversight and support to the Maths, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS), one of four academic divisions at Oxford

The Divisional Finance Manager's key responsibilities will be:
Budgeting and forecasting
- To lead the Division's budgeting, forecasting and planning activity for a portfolio of departments, ensuring accuracy is maintained by providing an appropriate level of scrutiny and challenge, as necessary.
- To undertake financial planning and analysis in support of decision-making in the Division and its departments. To include for example, the preparation of financial plans and business cases, scenario modelling etc.
- May be asked to lead on the review and consolidation of the division's longer term financial plan, currently budget plus five further years. This will involve working through the individual departmental plans, to review in detail each of the changes inactivity reported, ensuring they are represented accurately in the plan and are based on sound assumptions. Provide detailed analyses of the plan to support the onward reporting to divisional General Purposes Committee and Divisional Board as well as the FinanceDivision.

Provide support and guidance to Academic Departments
- Part of a team providing a comprehensive wide-ranging financial support service to staff across the Division.
- To offer sound guidance to departments on ways of maximising resources by developing a detailed understanding of each department's non-research and research activities, as well as of the University's financial structure and resource allocation mechanisms.
- The post holder will not be routinely tasked with transaction processing but will be responsible for advising and guiding departments on the implementation of effective processes to ensure transactions are efficiently and accurately processed.
- To support existing finance staff within departments as required. Dependent upon staffing structures and the needs of the department, the post holder may on occasion be required to manage day-to-day finance processes and co-ordinate finance activity withina department. This would form part of the project related element of this role

Management Accounting and Reporting
- To work with departments to ensure effective monthly reporting and analysis activity relating to departmental and research activity is in place, and that appropriate corrective action is taken as a result. Communicate results effectively to both departmentalstakeholders and to the DFC.
- To review and advise departments on their accounting structures to ensure they are logical and effective and all reporting requirements can be met efficiently.
- To develop and enhance departmental reporting processes through the pro-active identification of information gaps and the implementation of improved management information and key performance indicators, in conjunction with the central reporting team.

Financial Control
- To support departments in responding appropriately to control weaknesses, as identified through, for example, self-assurance processes or audit findings.
- To identify proactively and deliver process improvements, balancing operational efficiency with appropriate levels of financial control.

The successful Divisional Finance Manager will be:

- Qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
- Have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. With a proven ability to establish and maintain multiple relationship to a high level of effectiveness, engendering confidence from a wide range of stakeholders.
- Experience of staff management, including the full range of line management responsibilities.
- Experience in a large, complex accounting environment with proven and demonstrable technical accounting skills, including budgeting and planning.
- Experienced in clearly communicating finance matters to non-financial staff, including senior management and administrators. In particular, demonstrable experience in negotiating with and persuading non-accountants.
- Proven leadership and teamwork skills. Evidence of the ability to network across complex organisational structures.
- Effective change manager with a proven track record of proactively analysing and successfully delivering change activity.
- Strong understanding of financial IT systems, including experience of using such systems, ideally Oracle Financials, and strong Excel skills.
- High levels of personal effectiveness, particularly co-ordination, organisation, and the ability to focus on achieving deadlines, ensuring that timetables/project plans can be met.

Desirable
- Experience of working within Higher Education.
- Educated to degree level

The Divisional Finance Manager is a grade 8 role.

As an employer, they genuinely care about our employee's wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that are offered, including:

- An excellent contributory pension scheme
- 38 days annual leave
- A comprehensive range of childcare services
- Family leave schemes
- Cycle loan scheme
- Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
- Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs

**Ref Code**:MPRE012023-5907701Z
**Closing Date**:01/03/2023

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