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

Martin Hay – School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment, Insurance and Budgets, and Financial Forecasting

Stuart Mitchell – Glasgow School for Business and Society, GCU London, Finance Systems and Management Accounts

Calum Cassidy – School of Health and Life Sciences, GCNYC and IU2B

Jane Hoey – Professional Support Departments, Risk Management and Infrastructure

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 & Post Award

  • Credit checks
  • Commercial project account procedures
  • Research and grant claims
  • Project account monitoring
  • Personal development account guidance
  • 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

Mikey McGhee

Paul McFadden - Financial Analyst & Claims Officer

Stacey Taylor - EU Officer

Contact Us:

Tel: 0141 331 3810
ma@gcu.ac.uk