Financial Controller

Bath Spa University is seeking an experienced finance leader to join us as Financial Controller. This is a pivotal senior role, responsible for supporting the university’s strategic need to be financially sustainable by creating and managing the financial control environment to ensure that all financial information and reporting produced is accurate, timely and relevant in order to ensure effective data led decision making.

Reporting to the Finance Director, the Financial Controller will oversee the Finance Services, Management Accounts & Finance Business Partnering and Financial Accounting teams in order to ensure the reporting and control environment for these responsibilities is effective and efficient.

You will be a technically strong qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA) with significant experience in financial control, including cash forecasting, within the higher education sector or a similarly complex environment. You will bring strong leadership experience, a track record of successfully leading and managing teams with a proven track record of developing and enhancing management accounts and associated processes.

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For more information about the criteria for the role, please see the attached job description.