Job Description

About us

UCL is a radically different university. Founded in 1826 in the heart of London, we were the first university in England to welcome students of any religion and the first to welcome women on equal terms with men. Today UCL has over 40,000 students and 12,500 staff and is one of the world\xe2\x80\x99s top 10 universities. We have a culture of promoting diversity and sustainability, and 30 Nobel laureates among our alumni and current and former staff.

Estates at UCL is a large division, with responsibility for an extensive capital investment programme, a large and complex property portfolio and a number of university-wide services delivered by commercially managed service contracts. This is an exciting opportunity to meaningfully shape the Estates Finance team and the service it delivers to our stakeholders.

About the role

In this job you\'ll play a key role in the Estates Finance team to provide \'best in class\' support to the Estates Division on all matters financial. You\'ll support the Head of Estates Finance, provide guidance to other team members, working alongside Departmental Directors and Senior Stakeholders and colleagues within wider Finance to ensure the successful delivery of the Estates strategy and financial goals, development of budgets and forecasts, and monitoring and reporting against actual results. You\'ll also play an important liaison role with the Central Finance Division and External Bodies ensuring full compliance with UCL financial regulations.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer a salary of between \xc2\xa350,085 - \xc2\xa358,895per annum. Due to the key nature of this job, we may be able to pay more for an exceptional candidate.

About you

To do this job you\'ll need to be a fully qualified accountant with experience of working in a Business Partnering role within a complex organisation. You\'ll have experience of preparing budgets, forecasts, regular management reporting and KPIs within a large organisation. You\'ll also have experience of delivering financial analysis and producing reports to non-finance staff, demonstrating measurable outcomes, and leading meetings with non-finance colleagues.
If you have experience of working in Estates finance or higher education, have some team leadership experience, and have previously used Oracle, then that\'s useful. But if you haven\'t, but feel you meet the rest of the criteria, we\'d still love to hear from you!

Please ensure you review the essential criteria on the job description before applying.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer a salary of between \xc2\xa350,085 - \xc2\xa358,895per annum. Due to the key nature of this job, we may be able to pay more for an exceptional candidate.

We also offer great benefits, some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Flexible/hybrid working
• Additional 5 days\xe2\x80\x99 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/reward-and-benefits to find out more

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London\xe2\x80\x99s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world\xe2\x80\x99s 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 UCL\xe2\x80\x99s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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