Martin Jones

Martin Jones serves as Head of the Department of Accounting and Finance within Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University, where he coordinates research, teaching, and commercial activities while contributing to the School's strategic management. His academic leadership spans departmental oversight, MBA/CIPFA course direction, and teaching across undergraduate/postgraduate modules specializing in management accounting and strategic leadership within public sector contexts.

His research centers on public sector and third/voluntary sector dynamics with key themes including:

• Financial Resilience
• Austerity impacts
• Strategic Leadership
• Performance Management & Improvement
• Financial Management
• Commissioning & Procurement

His doctoral work examined Strategic Turnaround in English Local Government, establishing foundations for his current international collaborations with institutions in China and India.

Dr. Jones actively contributes to scholarly discourse as editorial board member for the Journal of Finance and Public Services Management and through the Accounting and Accountability special interest group of IRSPM. His professional impact extends to moderating CIPFA Strategic Public Finance examinations and developing case studies on contemporary public sector issues. Prior academic work demonstrates consistent focus on municipal financial resilience, evidenced by 15+ recent publications analyzing cross-national austerity responses and local government intervention models. His international engagements include supervising overseas students and delivering finance training programs globally.

His advising portfolio includes doctoral supervision (notably B.K. Dom's 2024 thesis on English local authority resilience), while research collaborations span Professor Ileana Steccolini, Professor Iris Saliterer, and CIMA/ACCA-sponsored projects. Current work examines public audit frameworks through the Redmond Review and comparative leadership models between UK/Japan local governments.