Jenni Crosskey

I support the Head of Administration and Finance by leading financial management in the department.

I have overall responsibility for the department finance team (comprising general ledger and grants teams) and for all finance processes.

Areas of responsibility include:

• Delivery of finance projects
• Providing support for decision making and strategic planning
• Responding to changes in the research environment and Divisional and University strategy
• Compliance with University policies

I work with the finance team to provide support to the department including:

• Financial management of research awards
• Transactional processing including purchasing and staff expenses
• Communication of finance matters within and outside the department
• Budgeting, forecasting, costing and variance analysis

I have experience in academic and commercial environments including work in the University Department of Materials, a tech start-up, the pharmaceutical industry, and 10 years at Oxford University Press.