Finance Operations Manager

Location: Hybrid role – York base
Salary: £47,301 per annum + Benefits
Contract: Full time, permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week

Advertising End Date: 29th September 2024, 11.59pm

Finance Operations Manager - Benefits:

• A generous pension plan with the Universities Superannuation Scheme
• Enhanced family leave benefits
• 31 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Remote/Hybrid working model … to name a few.

Finance Operations Manager - The Role:

Advance HE is looking for a dedicated and detail-orientated team player to join us as we strive to make higher education the best it can be. Your focus will be on overseeing and holding accountability for the timely and accurate delivery of financial operations across the organisation – so whether you’re producing management accountants, preparing and supporting annual audits, or managing the excellent internal customer service and enquiry handling, you’ll be sure to make your mark at Advance HE.

As our Finance Operations Manager, you’ll manage the delivery and execution of high quality, compliant accounting inputs and output, whilst simultaneously reporting timely and accurate financial metrics. This includes effectively line managing six finance operations personnel and working closely with two Finance Business Partners, to ensure the effective, efficient, and customer-focused design, adoption/usage and continuous improvement of relevant systems and associated workflows. You will also lead process improvement initiatives, streamline systems and procedures, and optimise digital approaches.

This role is an exciting and variable one where one day you could be liaising with key external suppliers and internal stakeholders, and the next ensuring that operational and financial performance is developed to maximise the return on investment and operational delivery.

Finance Operations Manager - Knowledge, skills and experience:

We are looking for:

A Finance Operations Manager with strong clear communication skills, be able to manage multiple priorities, and be an effective problem solver. They should also be computer literate and have strong team leadership and people skills.

• Experience of financial operations and management of operations, including project-based accounting
• Experience in line management of multiple employees
• Experience of leading change, leading people through change and problem solving
• Experience of VAT returns (Partial Exemption VAT advantageous)
• Experience of external Audit and management of
• Experience maintaining accurate records and documentation, working with confidential and sensitive information
• Strong skills in using MS Office packages, including Outlook, Word, Excel, Power BI, and Teams
• Qualified accountant, or studying final stages
• Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

About Advance HE:

Advance HE is a member-led, sector-owned charity that works with institutions and higher education across the world to improve higher education for staff, students and society.

Our strategic goals to enhance confidence and trust in higher education, address systemic inequalities and advance education to meet the evolving needs of students and society, supports the work of our members and the sector.

We are experts in higher education with a particular focus on enhancing teaching and learning, effective governance, leadership development and tackling inequalities through our equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) work.

We deliver our support through professional development programmes and events, Fellowships, awards, student surveys, providing strategic change and consultancy services and through membership (including accreditation of teaching and learning, equality charters, research, knowledge and resources).

Using our expertise and sharing best practice, we work with our network of global associates and partners, and with people, providers and systems around the world to understand contexts and challenges and deliver solutions.

It is our people and the people we help that really make us who we are.

To Apply:

If you have the skills and experience required for this role, please click on Apply today to be taken to our site to complete your application.

Advance HE is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background.

No agencies please.