Senior Finance Analyst

Job Function

Reporting to the Deputy Head of Finance for College Providers, play a number one position within the provision of complete, efficient, and environment friendly administration accounting help and path to College Providers and the Finance Division. Guarantee the availability {of professional}, efficient and options targeted finance providers aligned to the achievement of the College’s Technique. Present prime quality technical help by means of insightful evaluation and concern decision and repeatedly enhance processes and procedures to help environment friendly and efficient operations inside a powerful inner management atmosphere. Help and develop enhanced liaison between the finance staff and the broader College Providers groups making certain correct, well timed, related, and dependable data permitting supply of a customer support focus.

Foremost Duties and Duties

1. Monetary Forecasts, Budgetary Management and Reporting: Accountable for accuracy and high quality of month-to-month College Providers Directorates administration reviews by means of a strong evaluate course of, figuring out and making required changes to Revenue, salaries, consumables, and any analysis, and industrial exercise. Put together correct forecast knowledge making certain that the method is frequently improved each when it comes to knowledge high quality and analytical perception. Integral within the staff making ready the month-end reporting course of, together with preparation of month-to-month consolidated administration accounts, reporting packs, monetary efficiency indicators and commentaries making certain there’s a “no surprises” tradition and data is correct and produced in a well timed method. The position holder can even evaluate and problem the month-to-month outcomes and forecasts forward of publishing and presenting to the Chief Working Officer. Present sturdy administration accounting help and problem to Directorates and their groups. Attending related conferences, the place applicable and current and form monetary efficiency.  Work with finances holders inside College Providers to offer efficient monetary reporting and evaluate and take corrective motion on finances variances. Take duty for areas of the monetary budgeting and planning course of, together with liaising with senior administration, consolidation of monetary data, manufacturing of commentary and reporting packs and making certain that proposed budgets have been evaluated and challenged. Be chargeable for the monetary integrity of monetary knowledge inside the Agresso accounting system, making certain all applicable monetary reconciliations are carried out with variances investigated and corrective motion taken.

2. Strategic monetary administration and enterprise growth: Play a lead position within the growth and evaluate of choices value determinations and enterprise plans/enterprise circumstances, offering sturdy monetary problem and making certain that every one enterprise circumstances progressed face up to scrutiny and comprise measurable supply standards. Act because the Key Finance Enterprise Accomplice for all Pupil Expertise spend, supporting the implementation of the technique, analysing spend and reporting on progress to Funding Committee. Sturdy analytical evaluate of directorates spend with suggestions on minimising price and maximising monetary return.

3. Course of Effectivity and Effectiveness: The position holder shall be anticipated to play a key position in optimising the service that the College Providers Finance staff present to the Directorates and wider Finance groups and take away duplication and wasted effort. They’ll have a transparent understanding of the wants of the client base and can work to ship an efficient service. This may embrace evaluate of processes to mitigate single factors of failure by sustaining course of notes and figuring out expertise gaps inside the staff. Guarantee all insurance policies, procedures and inner controls are complied with and help is delivered in an efficient and environment friendly method utilising the suitable company techniques and processes.

4. Management of staff / Organisational Improvement: The position holder will act as a line supervisor, with one direct report and can make sure that all facets of growth and evaluate are in place for that worker. As a key member of the College Providers staff, lead by instance, encourage and help within the growth of the finance staff, making certain behaviours and attitudes mirror College values. In doing so promote a steady enchancment method, making certain applicable skilled requirements and reveal a tradition of possession and accountability to make sure the supply of wonderful providers. Take part totally within the work and actions of the College-wide finance neighborhood and contribute to the event of College large finance options, working with the Head of Finance and finance colleagues within the central finance division and Faculties.

5. Different Duties: Present knowledgeable skilled recommendation and steerage, together with teaching and help to non-finance workers. Handle and take care of enquiries from inner and exterior clients, resolving queries and liaising, the place required, with different College colleagues. Act because the Key contact for exterior audit supporting the Deputy Head of Finance with the annual audit. Promote monetary consciousness and a tradition of monetary accountability throughout College Providers to make sure monetary sustainability is central to all enterprise actions.

Data/{Qualifications}, Abilities and Expertise

Data/{Qualifications}

Important:

A1 Capacity to reveal the competencies required to undertake the duties related to this degree of put up having acquired the required skilled data and administration expertise in the same or variety of completely different specialist roles. Or: Scottish Credit score and Qualification Framework degree 9,10 or 11 (Extraordinary/Honours Diploma, Put up Graduate Qualification), or equal, together with being professionally certified in related self-discipline, with a broad vary {of professional} expertise in a administration position(s).

A2 Membership of a recognised CCAB/CIMA accounting skilled physique.

A3 Complete data of enterprise processes.

A4 Demonstrable expertise in the same administration accounting position inside a big complicated atmosphere.

A5 Complete data of strategic planning, budgets, and forecasts.

Fascinating:

B1 Data of monetary governance and regulation within the HE sector.

Abilities

Important:

C1 Glorious management and administration expertise.

C2 Excessive degree influencing and interpersonal expertise, in a position to rapidly construct credibility and ship affect in any respect ranges.

C3 Strategic thinker, means to develop technique and coverage and implement successfully.

C4 Capacity to drive ahead and ship change in step with strategic and operational goals and priorities.

C5 Capacity to constructively problem the established order, affect change and current arguments primarily based on sound skilled judgement and experience.

C6 Sturdy industrial consciousness with a transparent understanding of key enterprise drivers and the flexibility to rapidly perceive the strategic company agenda with a view to work successfully in partnership with senior managers.

C7 Properly-developed report writing and presentation expertise with the flexibility to current and translate complete and sometimes complicated data and monetary ideas for non-financial colleagues.

C8 Excellent and confirmed analytical and problem-solving expertise with the flexibility to make well- thought-about choices, resolve conflicts and reveal sound, skilled judgement.

C9 A self-motivated particular person with the flexibility to work successfully below strain and to tight timescales with an inherent ability for prioritising work and handle competing calls for.

C10 Superior expertise in the usage of Microsoft packages akin to Excel, Phrase, Entry, and PowerPoint.

Expertise

Important:

E1 Substantial post-qualification administration accounting expertise with a confirmed monitor report in in main and managing the monetary planning, reporting and governance inside a big complicated atmosphere.

E2 Demonstrable expertise of working with and influencing throughout all ranges of an organisation together with senior administration working in a political or extremely complicated atmosphere – offering path, delivering outcomes, constructing on relationships and functionality and demonstrating private resilience.

E3 Confirmed expertise of constructing sturdy enterprise circumstances with non-financial professionals and presenting these to senior administration.

E4 Confirmed expertise of working as a key member of a multidisciplinary staff, offering monetary management, help, and problem.

E5 Confirmed expertise of efficiently contributing to steady monetary course of enchancment and alter with demonstrable operational and monetary efficiencies delivered.

Phrases and Circumstances

Wage shall be Grade 8, £48,350 – £56,021 each year.

This put up is full time and open ended. Relocation help shall be offered the place applicable.

As a part of Workforce UofG you’ll be a member of a world altering, inclusive neighborhood, which values ambition, excellence, integrity and curiosity.

As a valued member of our staff, you’ll be able to anticipate:

1 A heat welcoming and fascinating organisational tradition, the place your skills are developed and nurtured, and success is widely known and shared.

2 A superb employment package deal with beneficiant phrases and situations together with 41 days of depart for full time workers, pension – pensions handbook https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/payandpensions/pensions/, advantages and low cost packages.

3 A versatile method to working.

4 A dedication to help your well being and wellbeing, together with a free 6-month UofG Sport membership for all new workers becoming a member of the College  https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/workers/healthwellbeing/.

We consider that we are able to solely attain our full potential by means of the skills of all. Equality, variety and inclusion are on the coronary heart of our values. Functions are notably welcome from throughout our communities and specifically folks from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) neighborhood, and different protected traits who’re under-represented inside the College. Learn extra on how the College promotes and embeds all facets of equality and variety inside our neighborhood https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/.

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