Management Accounting
Management Accounting is responsible for providing financial support, advice and information to assist budget holders to monitor financial performance, achieve financial objectives and aid decision making.
Business Partner Support
Each school and support department has a Finance Business Partner:
Paul Doak – Estates and Facilities Management, Information Services, Academic Registrar and Future Students, Finance and RKES
Stuart Mitchell – Glasgow School for Business and Society, School of Science and Engineering
Calum Cassidy – School of Health and Life Sciences, GCU London
Lauren Stewart – Support Departments, Executive Support, Student Life, Library and People Services, Risk Management and TRAC.
Each Business Partner - in addition to being a member of a school Senior Management Group - will advise on the following areas:
- Budget preparation, monitoring and forecasting
- Committee reporting
- Business case preparation
- Costing of academic programmes, CPD courses and conferences
- Risk management
- Staff appointment
- Approvals training.
General Ledger and Post Award
- Credit checks
- Commercial project account procedures
- Research and grant claims
- Project account monitoring
- Chart of accounts
- Financial analysis for projects
- Account activation and deactivation
- Budget and transaction transfers
- Non-IT inventory
- Discoverer financials
- Delegated authority
- Training
- Travel insurance.
Staff members:
Jean Paterson - Assistant Management Accountant
Jennifer Aryan Manesh - Claims and Accounting Assistant
Paul McFadden - Financial Analyst & Claims Officer
Stacey Taylor - EU Officer
Contact Us:
Tel: +44 (0)141 331 3810
ma@gcu.ac.uk