Finance staff

The Department of Finance has a number of specialist teams; each supports a specific area of the financial activities of the University. These pages provide information to help University colleagues to find the correct team to help with their enquiry.

• Director of Finance - responsible for the financial control and financial reporting within the University and to external bodies. Provide leadership for the Finance department and the executive team:
  
  
  • Financial Management  - providing financial management support for University departments from these teams: 
    • Faculty Finance and Professional Services Finance teams - advice on departmental expenditure and budgets for non-research activities
    • Cross Cutting Activities - advice on Cross Cutting Activity Finances, non-research projects and sales and billing procedures and training
    • Estates and Facilities Management Finance - advice to budgetary units within Estates and Facilities Management
    • Research Finance – advice on current and future research activities
    • Procurement - advice and guidance on University supplier contracts and procedures, including tendering guidelines, and operation of the University Central Stores
    • Pensions Office - pensions services for all departments
    • Business Systems - myPurchase and uBASE support, training and advisory services
  • Financial Services – these teams support the University's financial activities for:
    • Payroll - providing payroll and expenses services for all staff and external payroll colleagues (including non-staff and student expenses);
    • Income - providing income collection services from students and non-students; support for Student Bursaries; a full range of cash office facilities, including petty cash floats, processing of cash and cheques coming into the University; and issuing of cash in advance for University expenditure;
    • Payments - vendor database management and processing of supplier invoices and administration of the University purchasing card expenditure
  • Group Financial Reporting - providing governance and financial control as defined by the University and external bodies:
    • Capital Projects - working alongside University colleagues to perform economic appraisal for capital investments, assisting with the management of project risks and evaluation of project outcomes
    • Insurance - arrange insurance cover for University business, including travel, equipment and clinical trials
    • Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting and Treasury Management - preparation of the University annual and management accounts, financial forecasts, reconciliation of University bank accounts, and investment management
    • Strategic Cost Accounting - providing analysis of University wide costing information (including Time Allocation Survey)
• Chief Financial Officer - responsible for University strategic financial and policy matters, with emphasis on commercial, enterprise and development. Supported by these teams:
  • Commercial Services – provide University wide commercial, corporate taxation and VAT advice
  • Financial Strategy and Policy - provide advice and guidance in relation to financial strategy and policy

If you are unable to find the information you need then please contact 0114 222 1504.