DIANE HOWIE UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE

DIANE HOWIE

UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE

What are the financial pressures on HE- and what do Finance colleagues

want from HR?Diane Howie

Deputy Director of FinanceTeesside University

Diane Howie1984 Qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Spicer & Pegler in Manchester

1987 Joined Michael Page as a recruitment consultant

1988-1994 Worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Newcastle and BDO Binder Hamlyn in Leeds

1994- Joined Teesside University as Deputy Director of Finance

Introduction• Teesside University• Overview• What are the financial pressures on HE• What do Finance want from HR

About Teesside• Middlesbrough town centre campus university• 22,000 students• 1,800+ staff• £125m turnover (2012/13) and £10.2m surplus• Cash balances £70m +, borrowings £6m• Member of the University Alliance Group• First modern University to win the Times Higher

University of the Year• Queen’s Anniversary Prize 2013

Financial Pressures - OverviewUniversity

funding pre 2012

HEFCE grants and fees

University funding post 2012

Minimal grants predominantly fees

No capital grants

Impacts on cash flow

Teesside funding changes2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14£m £m £m £m (fcast)

HEFCE teaching grant 50.7 50.6 36.7 18.1

FTUG tuition fees 24.4 25.4 34.4 43.1

TOTAL 75.1 76.0 71.1 61.2

What does this mean?

• Operational issues• Capital funding issues• Cash flow

Operational Issues

• HEFCE receipts vs SLC monies• Staffing implications

Capital funding issues

• No capital grants• Need to generate adequate surpluses• Borrow vs fund out of reserves

Cash flow

• SLC payment profile• Cash flow forecasts• Sector-wide problem

What do Finance Colleagues want from HR

• Working together• Advice and support• Information• Teesside departmental structures

Working Together

Partners

Tri-partite meetings

Overlap in many areas

Advice and Support

Restructuring

Flexible JD’s

Legals

Staff Training

Information

Accurate data

HR/Payroll systems

Director of Finance and Student Records (1.00 FTE)

Total number of staff = 89 (55 Full Time & 34 Part Time)

Total staff FTE = 74.78 FTE

Personal Assistant to Finance & Student Records Directorate

(1.00 FTE)

Payroll Team(University 3.35 FTE)

(Bureau 5.76 FTE)

Finance Office Team

(8.49 FTE)

Deputy Director Student Finance &

Records(1.00 FTE)

Student Finance Team (5.08 FTE)

StudentRecords Team

(7.00 FTE)

ChiefAccountant(1.00 FTE)

Assistant Director Student Reporting& Systems(1.00 FTE)

Deputy Director of Finance

(0.77 FTE)

Management Accountancy Team

(4.24 FTE)

Business Accountancy Team

(6.88 FTE –including 2 FTE funded from HEIF)

InternationalUKBA Officer

(1.00 FTE)

Student Reporting Team

(6.00 FTE)

Systems Team(7.61 FTE)

StudentAdmissions Team

(4.00 FTE)

Assistant Director HE Funding & Planning

(1.00 FTE)

International Student Records &

Compliance Team(3.60 FTE)

Purchasing &Procurement Team

(5.00 FTE)

14

Finance & Student Records Structure

Assistant Chief Executive (& Director of Human Resources)(1.00 FTE)

Deputy Director of Human Resources

(1.00 FTE)

Deputy Director of HR (Learning and Development)

(1.00 FTE)

HR Systems & Information Manager(1.00 FTE)

Senior Health & Safety Adviser

(1.00 FTE)

Occupational Health Adviser

(1.00 FTE)

15

Equality & Diversity Adviser

(1.00 FTE)

Health & Safety Team(1.80 FTE)

Learning and Development Team

(5.00 FTE)

HR Managers(4.00 FTE)

Systems & Information Team

(6.29 FTE)

PA to Directorate(1.00 FTE)

Human Resources Structure

Total number of staff = 27

Total staff FTE = 25.09

Thank you

Any questions?

DIANE HOWIE

UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE