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