"Finance Officer"

Finance Officer

University of Oxford - Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital

The University of Oxford is a stimulating work environment, which enjoys an international reputation as a world-class centre of excellence. Our research plays a key role in tackling many global challenges, from reducing our carbon emissions to developing vaccines during a pandemic.

The Department of Psychiatry is based on the Warneford Hospital site in Oxford – a friendly, welcoming place of work with an international reputation for excellence. The Department has a substantial research programme, with major funding from Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome Trust and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and provides highly rated medical training in psychiatry. The Head of Department is Professor Belinda Lennox.

The postholder will provide support to the Finance Manager (Accounts) in departmental financial activities.

About the Role

The post is permanent and is based in the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital. The post is full time, however consideration would be given to candidates wishing to work part-time (minimum 80% FTE) on a pro rata basis. The post is available on a flexible hybrid basis – minimum in site 3 days for a full-time role.

You will act as a primary point of contact for finance-related queries, offering guidance on finance policies and processes, and ensuring that discrepancies are investigated and resolved appropriately.

You will provide expert advice and assistance on a wide range of financial matters, including financial regulations, and broader compliance requirements.

You will manage a team of two Finance Assistants, establishing effective working relationships, managing workloads to meet deadlines, and supporting their development, while monitoring departmental performance dashboards and helping maintain compliance with key financial procedures.

You will support the Finance Manager with budget preparation and quarterly forecasting, and you will manage the Department’s student portfolio, including bursaries, fee payments and budget tracking.

About You

You will have previous experience in a finance role, ideally within higher education or a large institutional setting, and will have or be working towards a professional accountancy qualification (ACCA or CIMA), or equivalent experience.

You will demonstrate exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, strong analytical and numeracy skills, and have good written and oral communication skills to enable you to engage confidently with colleagues at all levels.

With experience of effective teamworking and the ability to work collaboratively, you will have experience delivering key financial tasks such as month end, budget preparation and compliance with core operational processes, along with excellent IT skills, including the ability to use finance information systems and spreadsheets analyse data and produce clear and informative management information. Knowledge and use of Oracle Financials and experience providing supervision and support to team members would be desirable.

Diversity

Committed to equality and valuing diversity

Our active Psychiatry People and Culture teams and initiatives including our values and behaviours framework, work to make the Department of Psychiatry as supportive, welcoming and inclusive as possible.

Application Process

You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application. Please see the University pages on the application process at https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/application-process

The closing date for applications is 12.00 midday 19 January 2026

Interviews will take place during week commencing 2 February 2026 and will be in person