Role Description
We welcome applications from finance professionals who enjoy partnering with non-financial colleagues and providing high-quality management accounting to support strategic decision-making in a complex operational environment.
About the Role
To provide a professional management and financial accounting service to the Themes/Centres within the Faculty that you are responsible for, ensuring that financial management is maintained to the highest standard to support the Faculty in achieving their strategic aims. To provide strategic and appropriate management information and recommendations to the Directors of Theme and Heads of Centre’s to enable them to take strategic forward looking financial decisions with respect to the monitoring, growth and development of their Themes.
You will support the Head of Management Accounts and the embedded Finance team to become a recognised Centre of Excellence for budgeting, forecasting and financial information within the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences (FEAS) and act as a contact point for financial queries.
About You
You will be a qualified accountant or have significant experience working in a management accounting environment, with the ability to interpret financial information and provide clear, practical advice.
You will bring:
* Experience of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and management reporting
* Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail
* Confidence communicating financial information to non-financial stakeholders
* Advanced Excel and Microsoft Office skills
* The ability to manage multiple priorities and work to deadlines in a complex environment.
Experience gained within a large, complex organisation or the higher education sector, along with knowledge of Agresso or similar financial systems, would be advantageous.
About Us
As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact .
The Finance Professional Service Unit plays a critical role in ensuring the University’s financial integrity and sustainability. Working across the University and its subsidiary companies, Finance provides timely, accurate and insightful financial information to support decision-making and strategic planning.
Our Values and Commitments
Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more .
We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working .
Working Arrangements
Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.