Finance Operations and Projects Team Leader

Location: Wells Street / Hybrid Working This post is full time and permanent, working 35 hours per week. Are you a detail-oriented and ambitious individual looking to make a meaningful contribution to the dynamic world of University finance? The University of Westminster, located in the heart of Central London, is seeking a Finance and Operations Team Leader to join our team and play a crucial role in supporting the financial operations of the University. As a Finance Operations and ProjectsTeam Leader, you will be required to provide financial accounting support, implement projects and provide excellent customer services to internal and external customers.  Key Duties involve: Reviewing monthly balance sheet reconciliations, Maintaining the Fixed asset register for the University, Preparing depreciation budgets and quarterly forecasts, Providing supporting schedules for the year-end Audit and responding to audit queries relating to the balance sheet accounts. Provide support for the submission of external reporting requirements such as to the Higher Education Statistics Agency and the Office for Students. Line management responsibility for three colleagues. To thrive in this role, you should be organised and collaborative and possess strong interpersonal skills. The ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment and discretion is essential. You must be educated to a degree level or have equivalent practical experience and be part qualified by a relevant Accounting body (ACA, ACCA, CIMA). You should have demonstrable experience in financial reporting and analysis with year-end audit experience. In return, the University of Westminster offers an exceptional benefits package, including 35 days of annual leave, incremented salary progression and a generous occupational pension scheme. If you are ready to take on this exciting challenge and apply for this vacancy, please click the ‘Apply’ button above. Further information can be found in the job description and person specification, which can be accessed here. At the University of Westminster, diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity are at the core of how we engage with students, colleagues, applicants, visitors and all our stakeholders. We are fully committed to enabling a supportive and safe learning and working environment which is equitable, diverse and inclusive, is based on mutual respect and trust, and in which harassment and discrimination are neither tolerated nor acceptable. The University has adopted Smart Working principles to support and further our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion aims of being an inclusive, collaborative and flexible employer. Further details of Smart Working can be discussed at interview stage. Closing date: midnight on 03 March 2024 Interviews are likely to be held on: TBC Administrative contact (for queries only): Recruitment@westminster.ac.uk