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About the Role

The Finance team at CSG has been restructured to create a more integrated, agile, and resilient function, with clearer roles, stronger accountability, and enhanced career development opportunities. The new team structure strengthens our ability to sustainably meet the evolving demands of the University, providing clearer professional disciplines, defined career pathways, and greater opportunities for progression.

Responsibilities

Ensure delivery of financial performance in partnership with the School in line with the University Financial Plan.
Influence decision-making, drive change and foster collaboration, inclusion and continuous improvement.
Stakeholder and budget management.
Financial planning, forecasting and year-end delivery.
Training for budget holders.
Provide insightful financial reporting and analysis, including staffing, student numbers, Programme profitability and business cases.
Ensure robust controls, compliance, value for money and continuous process improvement.

Requirements

Degree educated (or equivalent experience) with significant accounting expertise and strong financial management skills.
Customer-focused, highly organised and able to manage competing priorities to tight deadlines, working independently with sound judgement.
Strong interpersonal and analytical skills are essential.
Ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders and solve complex problems.
Commitment to continuous improvement, accountability, governance, compliance and value for money is key.
Qualified accountant status and post-qualification experience are desirable.

Skills

Financial management
Stakeholder management
Budget management
Financial planning
Forecasting
Year-end delivery
Financial reporting
Financial analysis
Interpersonal skills
Analytical skills
Relationship building
Problem solving
Continuous improvement
Accountability
Governance
Compliance
Value for money

Location

London

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Significant accounting expertise
Post-qualification experience desirable

Education Level

Degree educated (or equivalent experience)
Qualified accountant status desirable

Salary/Compensations

Sector-leading salary

Benefits

Comprehensive package of staff training and development
Pension scheme

About the Company

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.
The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology.
Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.
Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

Equal Opportunity

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.
We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.
City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.