Senior Finance Analyst

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The opportunity

This is an exciting time to join UAL finance, as we look to strengthen our planning and performance analysis function, to support the successful implementation of UAL’s new 10 year strategy.

This Senior Finance Analyst position is a key role in central finance, managing and analysing University-wide financial management information to develop reports and support strategic decision-making. This work covers a wide range of topics, including future year financial planning, in-year management accounts, regular Board reports on expenditure and forecasts, cash flow projections, scenario planning, external reporting and ad-hoc projects. You will have the opportunity to work across each of these areas, developing skills and knowledge, and contributing to the team’s continuous improvement efforts.

You will be an expert finance professional, comfortable working with large amounts of data, extracting key information, and presenting this in an accessible way for a non-finance audience. You will also have excellent attention to detail, being capable of reconciling information from multiple sources, and ensuring the underlying data for our reports remains solid.

You will be a strong communicator, capable of engaging with the Associate Director of Finance, Finance Director, and Chief Operating Officer to discuss your reports, analysis and planning models. You will also be a good team player, developing relationships with our network of finance business partners and college finance teams- working with them on our core budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes, and troubleshooting any issues in a positive and collaborative manner.

We are a friendly and welcoming team, with varied skills and experiences from multiple different backgrounds. We actively support individual personal and professional development throughout the finance function, and ­­­­­would work with the job holder to identify development opportunities within the role.

About you

This is an ideal opportunity to join a team with a diverse range of financial experience spanning higher education, public and commercial sectors.

You will have a strong foundation in accounting supported by a relevant accounting qualification. Your knowledge will include financial reporting standards and you will have demonstrable experience delivering comprehensive results to tight deadlines. You will also have strong communication skills, being comfortable presenting financial data to senior stakeholders in a clear and understandable manner. 

Your ability to write and develop financial reports using Excel at an advanced standard is key to this role as is the ability to motivate and lead others, set the direction for multiple functions whilst promoting collaboration across formal boundaries. 

In return, University of the Arts London offers generous leave, pension and a commitment to your continuing personal development and training in an environment that encourages excellence, creativity and diversity.

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Leila Farrance, Resourcing Adviser via email PSOstaffRecruitment@arts.ac.uk.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

Our culture

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to be members of the Race Equality Charter (REC) and Business Disability Forum, are a Disability Confident Scheme Committed and Living Wage employer and maintain our status as a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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