Head of Finance – London College of Communication

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The opportunity

As Head of Finance at LCC you will lead and manage the finance team, ensuring the provision of accurate and timely financial information and delivery of a professional service to a wide range of stakeholders.

Reporting into the Head of Academic Finance and whilst supporting the LCC Management Team, you will be responsible for the provision of Finance Business Partnering, including Financial planning, financial reporting, and analysis together with the college finance operations. You will play a key role in strategic decision-making within the College and provide financial analysis to monitor the delivery of the University’s strategic objectives.

About you

The successful person will have:

• Qualified with a recognised Accounting Body
• Experience of providing leadership and management of a finance team
• Experience of financial planning and budget setting, preparing information for senior management to assist with decision making
• Ideally, a background working in the higher education sector, but this is not essential
• Experience of working with large data sets with the ability to write and develop financial reports
• Advanced Excel and IT skills. Experience with Agresso Business World/ Excelerator is highly desirable
• Brilliant communication skills, experience being a driver for change and bringing about continuous improvement

Closing date: Monday, 27th February 2023 at 9am.

First stage interviews are due to take place the week commencing 6th March.

For further information and to apply, please click the link to Head of Finance (LCC) post or contact our retained advisor, Kathryn Moss, Senior Consultant at Robertson Bell via email at UAL@robertsonbell.co.uk or on 0203 824 7100 .

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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