Finance Manager

Clare College Cambridge; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

An established institution is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee all financial operations, ensuring best practices in accounting and timely reporting. This pivotal role involves managing a dedicated team and influencing financial decisions that impact the College and its subsidiaries. The successful candidate will be CCAB qualified, showcasing exceptional leadership and financial expertise. The role offers a competitive salary, benefits, and a chance to work in a beautiful and historic setting in Cambridge, fostering an inclusive and forward-thinking environment.

Benefits

Defined salary sacrifice pension scheme

Healthcare cash plan

Parking

Meals on duty

Annual bonus eligibility

Qualifications

• CCAB Qualified with experience in financial management.
• Strong leadership qualities to manage a small team.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for financial accounting, audit, and treasury management.
• Ensures timely and accurate financial reporting for the College.

Skills

Financial Accounting

Audit

Treasury Management

Tax Management

Payroll Management

Endowment Management

Leadership

Team Management

Education

CCAB Qualification

Job description

Finance Manager
Terms:Permanent, 36.25 hours per week
Salary:Between £61,500 - £66,625 p.a. depending on experience
Based:Cambridge

The Role

The Finance Manager is a key member of the Finance Office Team and is responsible for all areas of financial accounting, audit, treasury, tax, payroll and endowment management for the College, its trading subsidiaries, and Trusts.

The Finance Office is responsible for delivering best practice accounting so the College is able to make decisions based on accurate and timely information. This role is pivotal in ensuring the Finance Office Team is supported and managed through the delivery of the key responsibilities.

The candidate will be CCAB Qualified and a capable manager with the personal qualities necessary to lead a small team and influence peers.

About Us

Clare College is the second oldest of the 31 Colleges in the University of Cambridge. Regarded as one of the most progressive and informal, Clare is renowned as a College that achieves academically at the highest levels, whilst also being welcoming, forward-thinking, and inclusive.

Located in the heart of Cambridge city centre, the College is extraordinarily beautiful and famed for its gardens on “the Backs” (the famous backs of the Colleges that overlook the River Cam). Our gardens are widely renowned as some of the best in Cambridge and are valued by all members of the College, as well as our guests. Clare’s Old Court, a Grade I listed building, is the centre of the College and is unique among the ancient Cambridge Colleges in having maintained its architectural integrity over the course of its history.

Salary and Benefits

The annual salary will be between £61,500 - £66,625 p.a. depending on experience. This is a permanent role at 36.25 hours per week. In addition to this the post holder would be eligible for a bonus every year, and meals on duty. We also offer membership of a defined salary sacrifice pension contribution scheme, a Healthcare cash plan and parking.

The closing date is Wednesday 4 June 2025 and interviews will be held shortly afterwards.
Please note:The College reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier than the 4 June 2025 if we find the right candidate.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Clare College is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Clare College is committed to treating all job applications on their merit irrespective of sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, marital status or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity or gender, where any of these cannot be shown to be a requirement of the job concerned. Recruitment, selection and promotion procedures will be monitored to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities.

No agencies please.