Chief Financial Officer
Location: Inverness, Scotland.
Closing date: 1st March 2026.
Internal Applications: Restricted to employees within the University of the Highlands and Islands partnership.
For informal enquires please contact HR: HR@uhi.ac.uk
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a senior strategic leader at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), providing authoritative financial leadership across the institution and playing a pivotal role in delivering the UHI Transformation Programme and advancing UHI’s income generation strategy through oversight of the Economic Development and Advancement portfolio.
Reporting to the Vice-Chancellor, the CFO works in close partnership with the Senior Executive Team and UHI’s academic partners to set clear strategic financial direction. By effectively harnessing financial resources, performance data and insight, the role creates and sustains the conditions for long-term financial sustainability, while actively supporting excellence in teaching, learning, research and commercial enterprise across the partnership.
With thorough understanding and significant experience of the financial challenges and opportunities of the education funding landscape in Scotland, the CFO leads the development and delivery of UHI’s group-wide financial strategy, including financial leadership for the regional strategic body. Working directly with the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, the role involves close collaboration with the Executive Office, the Scottish Funding Council and academic partners to align resources, investment decisions and financial information for maximum strategic impact.
As executive lead for the institution’s Transformation Programme, the CFO provides high-level leadership and oversight, supporting informed decision-making at the most senior level. This ensures that financial planning, risk management and performance monitoring are fully integrated with UHI’s strategic ambitions and transformation priorities.
Interviews will be held in person at UHI House, Inverness on 18 March 2026