Director of Finance and Strategic Planning

Leeds Trinity University is renowned for teaching excellence and producing highly employable graduates. Rooted in our Catholic foundation, we are a diverse and inclusive University welcoming students from all backgrounds and beliefs.

We exist to provide a transformational educational experience and pioneered the inclusion of professional work placements into every undergraduate degree programme. We work with thousands of businesses annually to offer our students degree-relevant industry experience. We are committed to delivering outstanding teaching led by research, scholarship and practice, which has earned us national acclaim for the quality of our offer. Our teaching staff have extensive professional experience in their fields and many are active researchers, contributing to our increasing reputation for research excellence.

We are seeking to appoint a new Director of Finance and Strategic Planning to join the University Executive and Senior Management team. The postholder will report directly into the Vice-Chancellor and take the lead in providing outstanding commercial and financial leadership across the institution; sharing collective responsibility for the achievement of our strategic priorities and associated delivery plans. With oversight of the Strategic Planning team and through a sophisticated use of data and business intelligence, they will deliver a resilient financial base and support our continued, sustainable, growth.

The successful candidate will bring significant leadership experience gained at a senior level in an organisation of comparable scale and complexity. They will have a strong commercial and business focus underpinned by a proven ability to operate effectively within rapidly changing policy landscapes. They will have outstanding communication skills, a track record of using data to drive decision making, experience of leading annual planning rounds and strategic workforce planning, and the interpersonal skills to influence across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. Above all, they will be committed to our distinctive mission, values and ethos.

For further information, including details of how to apply, please visit www.odgers.com/91602. Applications are invited at your earliest convenience, and in any event by no later than close of business on Friday 12 July.