Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Bournemouth University is entering an exciting new chapter. With a bold and distinctive BU2035 strategy and a clear vision for the future, we are redefining what it means to be a future-focused, globally connected institution. Our ambition is to provide learning and skills for a digital future, prepare graduates for a rapidly changing world, and create increased impact regionally and internationally while driving economic growth.

To help us deliver this transformation, we are now seeking to recruit an exceptional leader to join the University Executive Team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Reporting directly to the Vice-Chancellor, you will shape and delivery a financial strategy that ensures robust financial governance and controls, while enabling investment, innovation and growth. You will bring creativity and commercial acumen to explore new funding models, partnerships, and income diversification, ensuring long-term sustainability for the institution.

You will bring senior financial leadership experience and a proven track record of delivering financial transformation in a complex organisation. You will be robust and resilient, with a strong intellect and the capacity to thrive in a professional services role within an academic community. The ability to operate at pace, influence at board level, and build financial literacy across the organisation will be essential.

This is a unique moment to join a university on the rise under new leadership. Bournemouth combines the energy of a thriving coastal town with the ambition of an institution investing heavily in innovation. We have recently secured major funding for the South West’s only Cyber Security and AI Centre and are driving forward plans to strengthen our position regionally, nationally, and internationally. Our BU2035 strategy sets out a future focused on digital excellence, entrepreneurial growth, and partnerships that connect our students and research with industry.

If you have the skills and experience we seek, and share our vision, passion and values, we would be keen to hear from you.

Closing date: Friday 27 February 2026

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