Senior Management Accountant

This is a fixed term full time role available from 1^st December 2024 until 13^th February 2026 to cover maternity.

The role offers the opportunity for hybrid work - on the Streatham campus and from home.

Summary of the role:

This role will provide financial support to the Professional Services within the University, providing senior budget holders with the expert financial guidance and support necessary for making informed strategic decisions.

The Senior Management accountant will be responsible for leading and developing a team undertaking financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and monitoring and will play a key role in providing decision support in the delivery and financial management of large and diverse budgets across the Professional Support Services; including areas such as Finance, IT, Digital, and Estates with work ranging from monthly management accounts and commentary to commercial business case development.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with proven experience in managing effective relationships in a business partnering role, able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, team leadership skills and be comfortable with working in a changing environment and managing change.

The post holder will report to the Head of Finance for Professional Services, and work closely with colleagues across the University and in particular colleagues within FICS.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 41 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. 

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Further Information

For further information, please email Sally Turner sally.turner@exeter.ac.uk

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