Deanery Finance Team

Area of responsibility

The Finance team are responsible for the financial management and financial reporting of all activities within the Deanery including the funding allocated by the Welsh Government, Cardiff University, Taught and Short courses and other external stakeholders. We ensure that the Postgraduate Dean, Management Executive and budget holders receive up-to-date financial management information as part of their decision-making process. We also provide financial reports to the Welsh Government and Central Finance in the University.

The Corporate Services team are responsible for leading the co-ordination of business services such as human resource management, registry, public relations and marketing, estates management, and corporate compliance, ensuring that a consistent approach is taken by each of the different workstreams across the Deanery.

What we do

Both the finance team and the corporate services team provide the necessary business services to enable the key workstreams to achieve their key aims and objectives through the provision of key enabling priorities and actions needed to support them.

The finance team’s primary focus is to provide a range of financial services and advice across the Deanery. The team also promotes high standards of governance and accountability and ensures that there are procedures and processes in place to comply with the University’s Financial Regulations.

The focus of the corporate services team is to lead and manage the delivery of high quality human resources services ensuring that best practice is embedded across the Deanery. Areas include staff planning, recruitment and selection, pay and reward, contract management, performance management, training and development. We provide a Central Registry function supporting all aspects of the student life cycle for the taught programmes, from recruitment through to graduation. The registry function also provides support that underpins the School’s quality assurance mechanisms for its taught courses, in line with University requirements and good practice. The team also ensures high standards of communication with external stakeholders through the co-ordination, production and dissemination of various Deanery publications and public relations exercises. We ensure that Deanery staff are provided with a stimulating, safe and pleasant environment in which to work. The team also ensures corporate compliance with legal requirements University policies and procedures, ensuring that a consistent approach is taken by each of the different workstreams across the Deanery.