Senior Finance Analyst
Posted 2 days ago by University of the Arts London
£63,815 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Finance Analyst role at the University of the Arts London (UAL) involves managing and analyzing financial management information to support strategic decision-making. The position requires expertise in financial planning, management accounts, and reporting, with a focus on improving financial data processes. The analyst will collaborate with senior finance staff and contribute to continuous improvement efforts within the finance team. A professional accounting qualification is essential for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and analyze university-wide financial management information.
- Develop reports to support strategic decision-making.
- Handle future year financial planning and in-year management accounts.
- Prepare regular board reports on expenditure and forecasts.
- Conduct cash flow projections, scenario planning, and sensitivity analysis.
- Support external reporting and ad-hoc projects.
- Contribute to the UAL finance data project for improved reporting.
- Engage with senior finance staff to discuss reports and analysis.
- Collaborate with finance business partners on budgeting and forecasting processes.
Key Skills:
- Expertise in financial analysis and management.
- Ability to work with large data sets and extract key information.
- Excellent attention to detail and data integrity.
- Strong communication skills for engaging with senior staff.
- Team player with relationship-building skills.
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, CIPFA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
Salary (Rate): £63,815.00 yearly
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Finance Analyst to play a key role at University of the Arts London (UAL) managing and analysing university-wide financial management information to develop reports and support strategic decision-making.
As Senior Finance Analyst, your remit will cover a wide range of topics, including future year financial planning, in-year management accounts, regular board reports on expenditure and forecasts, cash flow projections, scenario planning and sensitivity analysis, external reporting and ad-hoc projects.
Working across each of these areas you will have the opportunity to further develop your skills and knowledge and contribute to the team’s continuous improvement efforts.
You will also play a key role in the UAL finance data project, supporting analysis and options to improve our chart of accounts for reporting purposes.
Your profile
You will be an expert finance professional, comfortable working with large amounts of data, extracting key information, and presenting this in an accessible way for a non-finance audience.
You will have excellent attention to detail, be capable of reconciling information from multiple sources, and ensuring the underlying data for our reports retains integrity.
A strong communicator, you will be capable of engaging with Associate Directors of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, and other senior staff to discuss your reports, analysis and planning models.
You will also be a good team player, developing relationships with our network of finance business partners - working with them on our core budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes, and troubleshooting any issues in a positive and collaborative manner.
A professional accounting qualification, such as ACA, CIPFA, ACCA, CIMA, (or equivalent) is essential.
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Closing date: 31 October 2025, 11:55 pm.
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