Senior Research Finance Partnering Lead
Core
Lead research finance operations and partnering for a major Faculty cluster, guiding researchers through complex funding rules and driving innovation in shared services processes.
Role type
Senior Finance Partnering Lead (Shared Services)
Builds
End-to-end financial support for thousands of externally funded projects
Domain
Higher Education / Research Finance
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Research funding compliance, financial modelling, team leadership, budgeting and forecasting, process improvement, stakeholder management
Preferred skills
CA/CPA qualification, experience with multiple funding agencies, matrix organization navigation
Technologies
None explicitly stated
Responsibilities
Maintain trusted advisory relationships with senior researchers on budgeting and financial management; Lead and coach Research Finance Partnering staff; Coordinate day-to-day research finance operations and optimize resource allocation; Provide specialist faculty-level research finance advice including reporting and forecasting; Contribute to continuous improvement of people, processes, and systems within the finance shared services model.