Finance Projects Manager

Shape the Future with Our Finance Team! Ready to make an impact? 

This is your chance to join a collaborative, forward-thinking Finance Team helping to organise and deliver a range of finance related projects which will help us to support the University strategy. Projects will be focused on improving processes within finance, ensuring operations run smoothly and that as a team we continually add value to the organisation -helping us deliver on the University’s strategic vision. You will be working closely with the Deputy Chief Finance Officer, and colleagues across Schools and Professional Service Departments to understand benefits that can be gained from process improvements that will act as enablers to positive change. 

Your ideas and contributions truly matter, and you’ll be a catalyst for innovation, to improve workflows and create solutions that make a real difference.  To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate will have:

• A professional understanding of finance controls and processes
• A relevant degree and professional qualification in either finance or project management
• Experience of managing complex projects in a large organisation
• Experience of working with stakeholders to achieve an organisational aim or objective

For full details of the role, and the skills and abilities required, please see the attached job description and person specification. This is a full time (37 hours per week), fixed term post, and we welcome applications from candidates seeking to job share.

You will be based at our Moulsecoomb Campus. Our current hybrid working policy means you can work from home for up to 3 days per work. A minimum of 2 days per work must be on-site.

Apply today and take the next step in your career—your future starts here!

If you wish to discuss this role, please contact Sue Owen, Deputy CFO s.owen2@brighton.ac.uk

Further details:

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system, with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page

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