Job Description

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Salary Range: \xc2\xa344,414 - \xc2\xa352,841

College/Department: Corporate Service Group, Finance

Contract type: Open-ended - Full Time - 35 hours per week

Supporting management of the Deanery of Biomedical Sciences of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine by providing financial information, insight and analysis, as well as other business partnering services.

The Opportunity:

Supporting College senior management teams by providing and presenting financial management information, insight and analysis, thus enabling development and delivery of their plans, budgets and forecasts. Providing professional financial management support and business-partnering services to department budget holders and their staff. Advocating application of finance policy and procedures across the University.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Degree or equivalent with a relevant professional financial/accounting qualification (e.g. ICAS, ICAEW, CIMA or CIPFA), or substantial vocational experience (typically 10 years) demonstrating development through involvement in a series of progressively more demanding work/roles.
• A proven record of accomplishment in managing relevant financial and administrative tasks.
• Experience of leading and managing significant projects and budgets.
• Experience of providing analysis and strategic advice to senior managers.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, proven ability to explain complex finance concepts and the implication of financial decisions to non-specialists, excellent analytical skills and admirable IT skills (in particular, design and use of complex spreadsheets).
• Superb interpersonal, people management and time management skills, with proven ability to influence others to achieve aims and evidence of successfully developing own team.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits , staff discounts, , flexible working and much more. Access our for further information and use our to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

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The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

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About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow\'s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

About the Team:

Corporate Services Group aims to support operational delivery of the University\'s mission, core strategic goals, and the ongoing plans of Colleges, Schools and other Support Groups.

In support of the University\'s Strategy 2030, we support and enable the delivery of the University\'s mission and strategic goals, not the least of which is promotion to the staff and student experience. We liase with Colleges, Schools and other Professional Services Groups to:

• Develop a stimulating physical environment in which our students and staff can flourish, through our Estates, Accommodation and Catering and Events and Sports & Exercise teams;
• Enhancing the University\'s research and innovation success via the Edinburgh Innovations team:
• Promote responsibility for the wider environment through our Social Responsibility and Sustainability Team:
• Safeguard and service our wide-ranging research and other activities via our Health & Safety team, and our Bioresearch & Veterinary Services Team;
• Oversee and support Risk Management, Business Continuity and Emergency Management across the university;\xc2\xb7
• Support Data-Driven Innovation initiatives across the University, via the DDI Programme Delivery Office;
• Promote commercial and other endeavours both via our Corporate Development Team, and through our portfolio of Subsidiary Companies, including scholarly publishing (Edinburgh University Press) and High-Performance Computing (UoE HPCx Ltd), venture investment (Old College Capital), and accommodation, catering and events (UoE Accommodation Ltd)
• We value the delivery of efficient, effective professional services in all areas, and strive for the highest standards in professional competence and best practice.

Corporate Services Group (CSG) is led by Vice-Principal Corporate Services, Catherine Martin and comprises the Director\'s Office, professional services and specialisms within the University, and a number of subsidiary companies.

For further information about the Corporate Services Group please visit the

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