Student Finance Manager

Bluetownonline; Manchester; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading University in Manchester seeks a Student Finance Manager to oversee its finance team. This role requires extensive experience in student finance, excellent leadership, communication, and negotiation skills to enhance student finance services. The successful candidate will ensure effective management of tuition and accommodation charges and guide policy improvements while enjoying various benefits.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Pension scheme membership

Well-being programme

Learning and development opportunities

Season ticket loans

Cycle to Work Scheme

Workplace nursery scheme

Staff recognition schemes

Staff discounts

Qualifications

• Extensive professional experience in student finance management.
• Knowledge of current regulations affecting tuition fees and student funding.
• Proven ability to lead and manage a finance team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Student Finance team and deliver operational management of finance processes.
• Provide advice on student finance issues to University colleagues.
• Implement and evaluate institution-wide strategy related to student finances.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Job Title: Student Finance Manager

Location: Oxford Road, Manchester

Salary: £46,735 - £57,422 per annum depending on relevant experience

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time (1 FTE)

Closing Date: 30/06/2025

This University are seeking to appoint a dynamic and experienced Student Finance Manager to lead the Student Finance Team within the wider Student Admissions and Administration Team.

You will be responsible for the leadership and direction of the Student Finance team to ensure the delivery of the operational management of student finance processes to enable tuition fees and accommodation charges collection as well as the arrangements to support payments to students. This includes the Student Loan Company, US Loans provision and the Living Cost Support Fund. The role will involve collaboration and partnership working to deliver an end to end student finance service.

Key Responsibilities:

• To lead teams to deliver consistent, sustainable student finance services in partnership with Finance colleagues ensuring excellent services to students across organisation; in line with agreed standards and in response to changing needs
• To lead on and oversee the provision of advice and guidance to University colleagues on key issues relating to student finance
• To contribute to the continuous review and improvement of institution-wide strategy, policy and processes and systems - ensuring simplicity, consistency and agility - working in partnership with colleagues and key stakeholders across the University to meet collective business requirements
• To lead the implementation, evaluation and monitoring of institution-wide strategy, policy and process at a local level, and lead the development and implementation of local procedures as necessary
• To lead, organise, motivate and direct the work of the team, delegating responsibility to the appropriate level, ensuring that its objectives are met and it is operating efficiently and effectively

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Extensive professional experience and evidence of progressive professional development
• Proven record in effectively leading and managing a team with evidence of setting and achieving clear objectives and performance goals
• Knowledge and understanding of current regulations and issues affecting tuition fees, accommodation charges and student funding
• Significant experience of student finance and funding activities in higher education and the use of corporate systems to support these processes
• Capacity to think in strategic terms and a willingness to exercise leadership including leading and managing significant cultural and organisational change
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage and influence colleagues and work collaboratively across organisational boundaries in the pursuit of University strategies and their implementation at a local level
• Strong negotiation and relationship building skills, the ability to influence others outside the direct sphere of control, and experience of matrix working

As one of the leading Universities our employees enjoy exclusive access to excellent benefits and schemes including:

• Generous annual leave allowance, including Christmas/New Year closure
• Pension scheme membership to provide benefits for you and your family
• Well-being programme with counselling, fitness and leading sports facilities
• Learning and development opportunities
• Season ticket loans for public transport
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Workplace nursery scheme
• Staff recognition schemes
• Staff discounts on a range of products and services including travel and high street savings

Additional Information:

This University is part of the prestigious Russell Group of universities and highly respected across the globe as a centre of teaching excellence and research innovation and discovery.

With 25 Nobel Prize winners among our current and former staff and students, we have a history of world firsts, with our impact ranging from splitting the atom to giving the world graphene.

Our purpose is to advance education, knowledge and wisdom for the good of society, putting our three core goals of research and discovery, teaching and learning, and social responsibility at the heart of everything we do.

As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments will be made on merit.

We reserve to right to close the advert early in the instance that we receive a high volume of suitable applicants.

Any CV's submitted by recruitment agencies will be treated as a gift.

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Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Student Finance Team Leader, Student Finance Manager, Student Finance Planner, Finance Manager, Student Tuition Finance Manager may also be considered for this role.