Finance Change Manager

Ref Number

B28-00395

Professional Expertise

Finance

Department

Finance, Commercial and Estates (B28)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

£56,431-£66,437

Contract Type

Permanent

Working Type

Hybrid

Available for Secondment

No

Closing Date

03-Nov-2026

About us

UCL is a world-leading, global top 10 university, with 11 academic faculties, around 17,000 staff and over 50,000 students. We deliver ground-breaking research and exceptional teaching, supported by professional services that enable our community to thrive.

Our Finance function plays a vital role in supporting UCL’s strategic ambitions, financial sustainability and operational excellence. We are committed to improving our processes, systems and ways of working to deliver an effective, consistent and forward-looking service across the university.

About the role

We are seeking a proactive and collaborative Finance Change Manager to support the delivery of change initiatives across UCL’s Finance function.

Reporting to the Finance Change Lead, in this job you will manage projects that improve finance processes, systems, data and ways of working, ensuring changes are well planned, communicated and successfully adopted. Working with Finance Systems, IT, HR and wider university teams, you will coordinate project activities, facilitate working groups and engage stakeholders to develop practical, user-centred solutions.

An initial priority will be supporting the new Faculty and Professional Services Finance team to establish more consistent and efficient processes by identifying and sharing best practice, standardising approaches where possible while retaining flexibility where needed. You will also manage project plans, risks and dependencies, coordinate communications and training, monitor the benefits of change and contribute to continuous improvement across Finance.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible contribution to the future of Finance at one of the world’s leading universities, helping colleagues navigate change and delivering more effective, consistent and sustainable services across UCL.

A full job description is attached to this advert.

About you

To do this job, you will need to have experience delivering projects or change initiatives within a large, complex organisation, alongside an understanding of project or change management methodologies. Knowledge of finance processes, systems or operations would be extremely beneficial, as would experience facilitating workshops and engaging diverse stakeholders.

You will bring excellent organisational, communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, coordinate activity across teams and explain complex information clearly to different audiences. You will be comfortable working with ambiguity, building relationships and influencing without formal authority to achieve shared goals.

You will also demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement, inclusive decision-making and equality, diversity and inclusion.

Please read our job description, paying particular attention to the Essential and Desirable criteria, and ensure these are covered in your application.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme

• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)

• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

• Immigration loan

• Relocation scheme for certain posts

• On-Site nursery

• On-site gym

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent.We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.