Commercial Lead
Date: 16 Oct 2026
Location: COVENTRY, GB, CV4 7AL
Company: University of Warwick
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Job Title: Commercial Lead Reference: 382 Department: Estates - FR&A - Estates Commercial Contract Type: Indefinite Hours: Full-time (1.0 FTE) Closing Date: Sunday 1 November 2026, 11:59PM (UK) Full time Salary Range: £59,390 - £68,817 per annum |
About the Role
Join the University at a pivotal moment as we deliver two of our most significant capital investment projects, with annual budgets of more than £150m over the next three years. This is a high-profile opportunity to play a central role in the financial management of major developments that will help shape the future of our estate and support world-class teaching, research and collaboration.
Your work will directly inform University treasury planning and support confident decision-making across major project delivery. By ensuring valuations, certifications and payments are processed smoothly, you will help maintain strong supplier relationships, support commercial control and keep major works moving at pace.
Embedded within the University’s delivery team, you will build valuable expertise in capital and project accounting while developing trusted relationships across Estates, Procurement, Finance AP, Treasury and Group Accounting
For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).
About You
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to combine technical financial expertise with meaningful business partnering on a programme of real scale and visibility.
If you are looking for a role where your financial insight, stakeholder skills and commercial judgement can make a tangible impact, we would welcome your application and look forward to hearing how you can contribute to the successful delivery of the Connect capital programme.
About the Department
Estates Department
What we do - We're here to provide a place of opportunity and inspiration for our students, our staff, our business partners and our local community. We create and care for the spaces they need to thrive and reach their potential.Our work stretches from planning and constructing huge research facilities like the National Automotive Innovation Centre, delivering the Connect & STEM programmes, to making sure the lights are working.Our people keep campus moving, clean and energy efficient. We provide a place of opportunity and inspiration for our students, our staff, our business partners and our local community. There are around 960 employees within Estates, and everyone plays a vital part in the success of the department.
How to Apply
To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter by the closing date stated.
We will review applications throughout the advertising period and may contact shortlisted candidates before the closing date. We therefore encourage interested applicants to submit their application as early as possible. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications.
Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history.
Your cover letter should detail your motivation for applying for the role as well as detailing how you meet the essential and desirable criteria.
The interviews will be held on w/c 9th November 2026
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We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.
Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here.
The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.
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