Head of Finance and Performance
Applications for this vacancy closed on 8 July 2024 at 12:00PM
**About the Blavatnik School of Government**
Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better
governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of
government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: teaching
current and future leaders, generating research with impact, and engaging with
governments and practitioners.
**What we offer you**
The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an
award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-
known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we
have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween
event, and Christmas and summer parties.
As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is
reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
* An excellent contributory pension scheme
* 38 days’ annual leave (plus long service leave)
* Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services
* Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
* Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
* Opportunities for remote and flexible working
More information about working at the School can be found on our jobs page.
**About the role**
The Blavatnik School of Government has an opportunity for a commercially-
minded and improvement-focused finance professional to join the School from
this September.
The Head of Finance and Performance will be a senior finance professional with
a superb attention to detail and ability to hold and manage risk, a creative,
problem-solving approach, and a strong motivation to work with others to
continuously improve the ways things are done. You will be responsible for
leading the continued development of effective and resilient financial
processes, operation of financial controls, reporting and monitoring, and
ensuring timely, accurate management information is provided to management and
others.
You will also lead on the School’s commercial negotiations for all major
research programmes and the commercial aspects of all new initiatives, and you
will oversee the development and implementation of a new performance and
cross-cutting business improvement approach, deploying data, good practice and
established frameworks and methods to maximise the impact, effectiveness and
efficiency of the School.
You will have significant experience of leading and implementing financial
strategy, as well experience of managing key commercial relationships and
contract negotiations. You will lead the development and delivery of the
School’s financial strategy as the School looks to build on its successful
growth to date. You will provide assurance to the Dean, the COO, the School’s
Management Board and the Division that the School’s financial projections are
robust and well-grounded.
You will have commercial acumen and experience of making risk-based
judgements, experience of proactively driving improvement, strong
interpersonal skills and demonstrable experience of leading and overseeing
high performing and happy teams. Plus, crucially, a strong and demonstrable
affinity with the goals and mission of the School of Government.
For an informal conversation about the role, please get in touch with the HR
team (recruit@bsg.ox.ac.uk)
**How to apply**
You will be required to upload a supporting statement, your CV and the details
of two referees as part of your online application.
The closing date for applications is **12 noon (UK time) on Monday 8 July
2024**
We aim to hold interviews w/c **15 July**
Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better
governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of
government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: teaching
current and future leaders, generating research with impact, and engaging with
governments and practitioners.
**What we offer you**
The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an
award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-
known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we
have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween
event, and Christmas and summer parties.
As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is
reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
* An excellent contributory pension scheme
* 38 days’ annual leave (plus long service leave)
* Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services
* Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
* Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
* Opportunities for remote and flexible working
More information about working at the School can be found on our jobs page.
**About the role**
The Blavatnik School of Government has an opportunity for a commercially-
minded and improvement-focused finance professional to join the School from
this September.
The Head of Finance and Performance will be a senior finance professional with
a superb attention to detail and ability to hold and manage risk, a creative,
problem-solving approach, and a strong motivation to work with others to
continuously improve the ways things are done. You will be responsible for
leading the continued development of effective and resilient financial
processes, operation of financial controls, reporting and monitoring, and
ensuring timely, accurate management information is provided to management and
others.
You will also lead on the School’s commercial negotiations for all major
research programmes and the commercial aspects of all new initiatives, and you
will oversee the development and implementation of a new performance and
cross-cutting business improvement approach, deploying data, good practice and
established frameworks and methods to maximise the impact, effectiveness and
efficiency of the School.
You will have significant experience of leading and implementing financial
strategy, as well experience of managing key commercial relationships and
contract negotiations. You will lead the development and delivery of the
School’s financial strategy as the School looks to build on its successful
growth to date. You will provide assurance to the Dean, the COO, the School’s
Management Board and the Division that the School’s financial projections are
robust and well-grounded.
You will have commercial acumen and experience of making risk-based
judgements, experience of proactively driving improvement, strong
interpersonal skills and demonstrable experience of leading and overseeing
high performing and happy teams. Plus, crucially, a strong and demonstrable
affinity with the goals and mission of the School of Government.
For an informal conversation about the role, please get in touch with the HR
team (recruit@bsg.ox.ac.uk)
**How to apply**
You will be required to upload a supporting statement, your CV and the details
of two referees as part of your online application.
The closing date for applications is **12 noon (UK time) on Monday 8 July
2024**
We aim to hold interviews w/c **15 July**
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About the Blavatnik School of Government Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: teaching current and future leaders, generating research with impact, and engaging with governments and practitioners. What we offer you The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the ... **About the Blavatnik School of Government**
Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: teaching current and future leaders, generating research with impact, and engaging with governments and practitioners. **What we offer you** The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well- known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, ... |
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