Head of Financial Strategy (Part time jobshare) (London)
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Ref Number B28-00084 Professional Expertise Finance Department Finance, Commercial and Estates (B28) Location London Working Pattern Part time Salary See advert text Contract Type Permanent Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment No Closing Date 28-Jul-2025
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About Us
UCL is a world leading, global top 10 university. Made up of 11 faculties and additional central professional services teams, we employ 17,000 people to deliver ground-breaking research and exceptional teaching to over 50,000 students.
Weve got a really exciting opportunity for a Head of Financial Strategy to join us on a job share basis. In this job, youd work three full days a week from Weds to Friday, playing an extremely important role within our FP&A directorate. The Directorate leads on financial planning, internal management reporting and compliance reporting to our regulators, analysis and modelling. UCL has invested significantly in growing the FP&A function over the last two years, reflecting the Directorates critical role in setting the strategic direction for our University.
About The Role
As our joint Head of Financial Strategy, youll have the chance to set the financial direction of UCL into the next decade by developing UCLs next financial strategy. This is a high-profile job which will involve significant engagement with University Management Committee members including the Provost, CFO, Vice President - Strategy and Vice President - Operations.
In developing the strategy, youll lead finance engagement with UCLs Philanthropy team to build institutional understanding of how philanthropic income contributes to financial and strategic objectives.
Youll also lead on maintaining the current financial strategy, including identifying risks to delivery and identifying options to address any divergence from the current plan. This could include leading work to identify opportunities to reduce spend, or to generate additional income.
This is a senior role and as such will pay a full time equivalent salary of up to c. 90,000, plus excellent benefits.
A full list of duties can be found on the attached job description.
About You
To do this job youll need to be a fully qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience and demonstrable experience in a planning or finance role. Successful experience leading the development of financial strategy in a complex environment, and a track record of financial leadership and managing a team, is also essential.
If youve got previous experience of working in an HE institution and/or current knowledge of the funding environment for research and teaching thats great, but it is not essential for the role. What really matters is that youre someone with a passion for strategic financial leadership who is keen to help UCL deliver on its vision.
Job Description
Please review the job description, paying particular attention to the essential and desirable criteria, and ensure these are covered in your application. Please also ensure your cover letter addresses the following questions:
What would a successful jobshare partnership look like, for you?
Briefly describe a time when you set the strategic direction for an organisation. How did you decide the best way forward?
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
Additional 5 days annual leave purchase scheme
Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
Immigration loan
Relocation scheme for certain posts
On-Site nursery
On-site gym
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As Londons Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the worlds talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCLs workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
Available documents
Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.
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