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Director of Finance

Employer
Students' Union University of Nottingham
Location
Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire East Midlands, East Midlands, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
Feb 2, 2021

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Job Role
Director/Board
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
The University of Nottingham Students' Union are currently recruiting for a Director of Finance to join our Senior Management Team based in Nottingham. You will work on a part time, permanent basis and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £50,000 - £60,000 per annum pro rata.

Who are we and what do we do?

Here at the University of Nottingham Students' Union, we are a connected student community. A brilliant, diverse, ambitious community, 34,000 strong. We are proudly independent from the university and right at the heart of student life. We're a diverse community from first-year undergraduates to research students, elected student Officers and staff, to volunteers, pioneers, and so much more. Together, we are getting involved, making change and supporting each other, making student life at the University of Nottingham the very best it can be.

We are one of the largest Students' Unions in the country, connecting 34,000 student members to share, support and inspire each other while at University. As a registered charity we act as the recognised representative body of all students at the University, and every student is automatically a member free of charge. We provide a range of activities, events, campaigning, commercial and professional services that benefit and support students to get involved, find support and make change.

The Director of Finance role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Director of Finance to lead the development of UoNSU's finance strategy to support the organisation to deliver on its strategic ambitions, ensuring effective and responsible management of resources to promote the efficiency and sustainability of our offer to members. The successful candidate will clearly demonstrate an innate ability to quickly become part of a highly cohesive leadership team who values the people within the organisation.

As our Director of Finance, some of the qualifications, skills and experience you will need are:

- ACA/CIMA/ACCA qualified

- Positive and solutions focused

- Experience which demonstrates professional competence to operate at a senior-leader level.

- Experience in promoting, challenging and championing a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion.

- Experience in developing short, medium and long term financial strategies

- Able to produce high quality financial performance reports.

- Experience in developing robust and efficient process covering finance, risk and governance.

- Strong communication skills are essential as is the ability to deliver complex messages to a variety of audiences.

- Skills in people management and development including performance appraisal and building impactful teams.

Our People Offer:

We offer a range of employee benefits which support employee wellbeing such as flexi-time, flexible working, generous holiday allowance, generous staff pension, paid Union closure days, learning and development opportunities and much more.

When you come to work @UoNSU you bring your skills, experience, talent, commitment and a desire to do a great job. Our Students' Union prides itself on being inclusive, working collaboratively and empowering individuals to be the best they can. In return we want to be an employer where every member of the staff team feels valued, trusted, inspired, and able to grow and to have fun. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs - this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination. We want to increase the diversity of our Senior Management Team and we would like to encourage applications from disabled, LGBT+ and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds as they are currently underrepresented at this level.

If you like working in a vibrant and fast changing environment, you will enjoy working with us at the University of Nottingham Students' Union.

If you feel you are the right candidate for the role as our Director of Finance, then please click 'apply' now! We'd love to hear from you!

Closing date: Sunday 7th February 2021

Interviews: Week commencing 22nd February 2021

Please note, applications from agencies will not be accepted at this stage

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