Financial Accounting Projects Lead

UCL is one of the world's leading universities, with high expectations for financial reporting, governance and control across a large and complex organisation.

The Financial Accounting function is responsible for delivery of the UCL Group annual financial statements, management of the statutory audit, and compliance with accounting standards and other regulatory requirements. The team plays a central role in safeguarding the integrity of UCL's financial reporting and supporting the university's wider strategic objectives.

About the role

The Financial Accounting team has recently received significant investment to strengthen its capability and support succession planning. As the expanded team embeds and develops, additional capacity is required to manage immediate delivery risk.

This is a fixed term role for a period of twelve months. In this job you'll provide specialist expertise to support delivery of the 31 July 2026 year end and statutory audit, ...