"Chief Financial Officer"

The role of Chief Financial Officer is a new post within our Senior Leadership Team and has been created to provide strategic financial direction, oversee delivery of our financial recovery plan and manager our finance, payroll and procurement functions.

The CFO will provide financial advice to the Board of Management, Principal and wider college management team and will help develop a financial strategies and systems that ensure effective financial control and reporting. The post holder will have a strong understanding of the financial challenges and opportunities of the education sector in Scotland and of the legislative and reporting requirements of Scottish public bodies and charities.

They will play a leading role in delivering the colleges financial recovery plan, using their significant experience of change and transformation to improve long term institutional sustainability. As part of this change, the CFO will work with colleagues to promote greater collaborative working across professional services, the wider college and the within the UHI partnership to seek opportunities for greater alignment and generate efficiencies to benefit the student experience.

The CFO will be a member of the senior leadership team and will be expected to develop strong relationships with key stakeholders such as the Regional Strategic Body, other UHI partners, Perth & Kinross Council and other public, private and third sector partners. They will use their highly developed influencing and negotiating skills to represent UHI Perth’s interests and achieve the best solutions for the college as we seek greater partnership opportunities.

For further details please see the application pack and apply via the UHI Perth recruitment portal.