The Finance Team provides all of the financial support to the University encompassing the Budgeting, Monitoring and Reporting of all financial information. Alongside the transactional services of Payroll, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.
Reporting to the Head of Financial Planning and Reporting, we are looking for a suitably qualified candidate with proven business partnering experience and strong technical focus to play a pivotal role in managing the financial performance across three diverse subsidiary companies – the University’s science centre North Wales Science T/A Xplore! (NWS), Glyndwr Innovations Ltd (GIL) and Glyndwr Services Ltd (GSL).
The ideal candidate will be confident to ownership of month-end close, management accounts, and project-level analysis, while working closely with operational leaders to support decision-making, pricing, and margin improvement. The post will provide support to each subsidiary and includes project accounting (both charity accounting and manufacturing/cost accounting), budget setting and monthly forecasting.
The role requires liaison with senior management and staff from each University subsidiary and other departments across Wrexham University therefore the ability to build productive relationships at all levels is essential. You will be providing technical advice, guidance and support on all management accounting matters to a variety of internal and external stakeholders as well as evaluating financial performance.
The ideal candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of Financial and Management Accounting processes and procedures with experience of cost/project accounting. Experience of charity accounting would also be advantageous.
Previous working experience of accounting software packages and Microsoft Excel is an essential requirement of the post.
This is an ideal opportunity for an established Accountant/Business Partner moving into a more senior role. If you have well-developed technical, interpersonal and team working skills that can actively contribute to the University’s priorities and with the ability to work effectively across teams to achieve shared goals, this could be the role for you.
Further detail about this role can be found in the job description.
The ability to communication in Welsh is desirable for this post.
For further information, please contact Charlene Fowles on charlene.fowles@wrexham.ac.uk