University of Nottingham
Assistant Finance Manager (Fixed Term)
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Financial Management
Location
Jubilee Campus
Salary
£35,608 to £47,389 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience.
Closing Date
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Reference
FAB685926
About the Role
The Professional Services Financial Management Team act as a trusted business partner and advisor in financial reporting and financial management to all Professional Services departments across the university.
This role reports to the Finance Manager for a specific portfolio of Professional Service departments and will be responsible for and be primary point of contact for their day to day operational and financial management. You will have experience of, or the ability to;
- Build relationships and influence stakeholders across an organisation
- Prepare detailed budgets, project costings and forecasts
- Compile monthly management accounts
- Analyse and explain variances to budget / forecast
- Calculate and process accruals / prepayments and other accounting data entry
- Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations
- Provide general support to the wider Professional Services Financial Management team
As a trusted advisor and partner, you will be driven to question the status quo and explore new ideas to embed a culture of continuous improvement. You will have the ability to offer and accept feedback in a constructive manner and undertake your work with integrity.
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Benefits
- A friendly, diverse, and supportive working environment
- A hybrid working arrangement with a blend of home and office working each week
- Generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (or pro rata) plus standard bank holidays and five university closure days including closure between Christmas and New Year.
- Access to training, continued support, and career development opportunities
- A range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and much more (see our benefits website for details)
About the Role
This role is available on a fixed term basis for 12 months. Hours of work are full time (36.25 hours); however applications are also welcome from candidates wishing to work part-time (minimum 29 hours per week). Please specify in your application if you wish to work part time and the number of preferred hours.
Application
Should this role be of interest, please see the detailed role profile.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Lindsay Savage (Lindsay.savage@nottingham.ac.uk). Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.
Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.
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Deadline for Submission
Deadline for submission of applications is 23:59 on Wednesday 30th September.
Further Details
Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion website.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) employer. Increasing the diversity of our community is extremely important to us and we are committed to the aims of Disability Confident Scheme.
We are the first university to have achieved Athena Swan Gold Award.
To help you succeed, we published Candidate Guidance to provide support on the application and interview process.
Discover our benefits, visit Your Benefits website.
We welcome applications from UK, Europe and worldwide and aim to make your move to the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page for details.
Your application will be considered on an equal basis, subject to the relevant permission to work in the UK as set out by UK Visas & Immigration.
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