About Finance

Director: William Bailey

• Offers support and advice regarding the purchasing of goods and services

• Manages existing and new suppliers, quotes and tenders 
• Supplier expenditure
• Contract management 
• Oversees high value/high risk buying processes

Director: Michelle O’Connor 

• Manage accounts payable 
• Process customer billing
• Manage accounts receivable
• Purchases goods & services
• Processes credit card expenses
• Processes expense reimbursements
• Accounting support

Deputy CFO - Matt Cressman
Finance & Strategy Planning
Process & Technology Strategy
Business Partnering
Strategy 2025
Management Reporting & Analysis
Research Finance

The teams:

• Provide organisation-wide financial management strategy 
• Provide process and technology strategy and systems support 
• Provide strategic management and commercial support 
• Student load planning, workforce planning, business case viability guidance 
• Provide senior level business finance advice to faculties and divisions 
• Provide advice on grant balances and treatment of any surplus/deficit 
• Prepare calculations to advise on total payroll costs for staff charged to research projects   
• Ensure timely billing of granting bodies 
• Ensure timely allocation of interest to projects where applicable 
• Preparation of finance reports for submission together with progress reports 
• Prepare budgets 
• Prepare forecasts 
• Perform non-research general accounting 
• Provide management reports & analysis 
• Provide business advice & support 

Director: Andrew Fellowes

• Perform treasury activities
• Perform insurance activities
• Manage investments 

Director: Catherine Yeung

• Performs statutory financial reporting
• Manage policy, financial compliance 
• Financial process control
• Provide specialist advice and support including tax
• Manages financial data integrity
• Manages tax compliance

• Manage the day to day operational activities of Finance
• Provide a central point of support for all administrative processes
• Support business activities by providing expertise across all professional service functions
• Delivery of operational business planning and process improvement
• Support workforce management and planning and capability development
• Manage customer relations and engagement
• Build an efficient, customer focused, capable and agile Finance function with a shared strategic direction