Finance Conference 2024
Details of the Finance Community Finance Conference 2024 being held online Thursday, 28 November 2024
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The 2024 Finance Conference will be held entirely online via Teams on Thursday 28 November 2024.
Based on feedback from previous conferences and other Finance Community events, the following schedule has been put together.
Event details
| Date | 28 November 2024 |
| Time | 9:30 - 13:00 |
| Venue | Microsoft Teams |
| Event type | Annual Finance Conference |
| Booking required? | No |
Agenda
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Stream A Suggested audience: HAFs and Finance Managers |
Stream B Suggested audience: Finance Officers and Assistants, Grants Teams |
Stream C Suggested audience: General interest including non-finance staff |
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Session 1 9:30 - 9:45 |
Welcome and overview Simon Boddie - Chief Financial Officer |
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Session 2 9:50 - 10:30 |
People and Finance Service Transformation Katherine Gardiner - Director of Finance Operations PFST Programme Team |
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Session 3 10:35 - 11:15 |
Conflicts of Interest Niamh Young - Senior Risk and Compliance Manager Neil Unsworth - Head of Risk and Resilience |
The Research VAT Tool Bernie Hurst - VAT Manager David Creasey - VAT Adviser |
Careers in Finance Laura Thompson - Head of Administration (Finance Division) Thomas White - Financial Process Improvement Officer Jenny Williams - Head of Finance (Blavatnik School of Government) Hazel Cook - Oxford School of Global Area Studies Annette Miller - Head of Admin and Finance (Department of Statistics) |
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Break 11:15 - 11:30 |
Break: 15 minutes | ||
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Session 4 11:30 - 12:10 |
Research Finance Management Service Review & Research Audits and Reporting Jocasta Gardner - Research Finance Management Improvements Programme Lead Dean Callaghan - Assurance Manager |
The Purchasing Hierarchy Project Thomas White - Financial Process Improvement Officer Paul Layland - Head of Administration and Finance (Bodleian) Maria Morris - IT Business Change Manager Click here to watch the session
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HE Funding is under pressure: What does it mean for Oxford? Charlotte Taylor - Director of Financial Planning Click here to watch the session
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Session 5 12:15 - 13:00 |
Finance Division update and Q&A with the Finance Leadership Team Simon Boddie - Chief Financial Officer Katherine Gardiner - Director of Finance Operations Claire Burdett - Deputy Director of Purchasing Charlotte Taylor - Director of Financial Planning and Analysis Parwaiz Siddiqi - Head of Financial Reporting |
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