Current roles
Thank you for your interest in these key senior roles. Details can be found below on the roles we are currently recruiting.
Deputy Director, Financial Sustainability.
About the role
The higher education sector is facing increased financial challenges, and in the midst of significant growth of our work in this area, the Deputy Director, Financial Sustainability will lead our oversight of the financial performance of the sector. Reporting to the Director of Regulation, they will lead a team of c.20 to ensure that the monitoring, analysis and engagement that sit at the heart of our financial sustainability regime ultimately serves to see students’ interests protected and that expectations and understanding across the sector is clear and understood. As part of this, you will engage extensively with our executive team, board and with key stakeholders at the most senior levels of government and higher education institutions.
About You
You will have an extensive track record – most likely as a qualified accountant – in supporting the development of robust financial and risk analysis within a complex and regulated environment. You are likely to have led and/or had experience of turnaround / transformation where business models have had to change to become sustainable. Ideally you will have experience/knowledge of restructuring procedures that might apply to the higher education sector.
A capable leader, you will demonstrate success of developing high performing and efficient teams with experience of stakeholder engagement at the most senior levels. You will be comfortable making complex risk-based decisions, often in untested and ambiguous circumstances, and will be able to quickly grasp the regulatory and legal frameworks under which the OfS carries out its duties. How we do things is as important to us as what we do and your approach will be underpinned by our values of Ambition, Openness, Learning and Diversity.