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About the Role
The Director of Strategic & Financial Planning will play a pivotal role in shaping the University’s strategic direction, influencing investment decisions and driving commercial performance. This role leads the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and Business Intelligence functions, integrating financial insight, business performance, and market intelligence to identify opportunities and guide growth.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and delivery of the University’s five-year business plan, translating strategic priorities into robust financial and operational plans.
- Partner with the CFO and Executive Board on investment decisions, resource allocation, financial performance, and long-term sustainability.
- Oversee budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and scenario planning, ensuring financial plans reflect student recruitment and enrolment forecasts.
- Bring together FP&A and Business Intelligence to deliver meaningful analysis, KPIs, and management information that support effective decision-making.
- Identify commercial opportunities, emerging risks, and performance improvements through financial, operational, and market insight.
- Lead and develop the Heads of FP&A and Business Intelligence, strengthening their teams and embedding effective business partnering across the University.
- Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, reporting capabilities, and financial systems.
Requirements
- A recognised accountancy qualification, such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA, or equivalent demonstrable expertise in strategic financial planning.
- Proven experience leading strategic planning, financial planning or FP&A within a complex organisation (Education, private equity-backed or investor-focused environment or similar).
- A strong track record of developing and delivering business plans, budgets, forecasts, and financial models.
- Experience partnering with executive and board-level stakeholders to influence strategic and commercial decisions.
- Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to identify opportunities, manage risk, and drive financial performance.
- Experience leading specialist teams and building effective cross-functional relationships.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to turn insight into action.
- Experience in Higher Education, particularly an understanding of student recruitment and enrolment planning, would be advantageous.
- Must be able to prove the right to work in the UK.
Skills
- Strategic planning
- Financial planning
- FP&A
- Business Intelligence
- Financial modelling
- Scenario planning
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Commercial acumen
- Risk management
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Influencing skills
Location
- Moorgate, London
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- Recognised accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- £115,000 per annum
Benefits
- Generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days plus Bank Holidays
- Private Medical Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Training and Qualifications (including Course Sponsorship/Fee Discount)
- Season Ticket Loans
- Student Discounts
About the Company
- The University of Law is committed to delivering an outstanding student experience and achieving its strategic ambitions.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse student population, striving to increase the representation of age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background of our employees.
- We’re also committed to providing adjustments to those who may require support with the recruitment process - please contact the ULaw Talent Acquisition Team talentacquisition@law.ac.uk.
- Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.