1. UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE
DIANE HOWIE
UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE

2. Diane Howie Deputy Director of Finance Teesside University
What are the financial pressures on HE- and what do Finance colleagues want from HR?
Diane Howie
Deputy Director of Finance
Teesside University

3. Diane Howie
1984 Qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Spicer & Pegler in Manchester
1987 Joined Michael Page as a recruitment consultant
Worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Newcastle and BDO Binder Hamlyn in Leeds
1994- Joined Teesside University as Deputy Director of Finance

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

5. 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

6. Financial Pressures - Overview
University funding pre 2012
HEFCE grants and fees
University funding post 2012
Minimal grants predominantly fees
No capital grants
Impacts on cash flow

7. Teesside funding changes
2010/ / / /14
£m £m £m £m (fcast)
HEFCE teaching grant
FTUG tuition fees
TOTAL

8. Operational issues Capital funding issues Cash flow
What does this mean?
Operational issues
Capital funding issues
Cash flow

9. HEFCE receipts vs SLC monies Staffing implications
Operational Issues
HEFCE receipts vs SLC monies
Staffing implications

10. Capital funding issues
No capital grants
Need to generate adequate surpluses
Borrow vs fund out of reserves

11. SLC payment profile Cash flow forecasts Sector-wide problem

12. What do Finance Colleagues want from HR
Working together
Advice and support
Information
Teesside departmental structures

13. Working Together Advice and Support Information Partners
Tri-partite meetings
Overlap in many areas
Advice and Support
Restructuring
Flexible JD’s
Legals
Staff Training
Information
Accurate data
HR/Payroll systems

14. Finance & Student Records Structure
Director of Finance and Student Records
(1.00 FTE)
Total number of staff = 89 (55 Full Time & 34 Part Time)
Total staff FTE = FTE
Personal Assistant to Finance & Student Records Directorate
(1.00 FTE)
Deputy Director of Finance
(0.77 FTE)
Assistant Director HE Funding & Planning
(1.00 FTE)
Chief
Accountant
(1.00 FTE)
Deputy Director Student Finance & Records
(1.00 FTE)
Assistant Director Student Reporting
& Systems
(1.00 FTE)
Finance Office Team
(8.49 FTE)
Purchasing &
Procurement Team
(5.00 FTE)
Payroll Team
(University 3.35 FTE)
(Bureau 5.76 FTE)
Management Accountancy Team
(4.24 FTE)
Business
Accountancy Team
(6.88 FTE –including 2 FTE funded from HEIF)
Student
Reporting Team
(6.00 FTE)
Systems Team
(7.61 FTE)
Student Finance Team
(5.08 FTE)
Student
Records Team
(7.00 FTE)
International Student Records &
Compliance Team
(3.60 FTE)
Student
Admissions Team
(4.00 FTE)
International
UKBA Officer
(1.00 FTE) 14

15. Human Resources Structure
Total number of staff = 27
Total staff FTE = 25.09
Assistant Chief Executive (& Director of Human Resources)
(1.00 FTE)
PA to Directorate
(1.00 FTE)
Equality & Diversity Adviser
(1.00 FTE)
Senior Health & Safety Adviser
(1.00 FTE)
Occupational Health Adviser
(1.00 FTE)
Deputy Director of HR (Learning and Development)
(1.00 FTE)
Deputy Director of Human Resources
(1.00 FTE)
HR Systems & Information Manager
(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) 15

16. Thank you
Any questions?

17. UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE
DIANE HOWIE
UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE