Sandar is currently the Head of Division for Finance and Economics at Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University. She initially joined the University as the Deputy Head of Department for the Department of Finance, Accounting and Business Systems in December 2022. Previously, she worked as a Curriculum Lead (Associate Professor in Accounting) in School of Economics, Finance and Accounting at Coventry University and Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at University of Bedfordshire.

Sandar received her PhD in Accounting and Finance from University of Bedfordshire in 2013. She is an experienced academic who has demonstrated abilities to lead and develop teaching professionals to enhance student experience in higher education. This is evident through being awared with the Chartered Manager designation and recognised as a Member by the Chartered Management Insitute (CMI). She is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and a Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE). She always promotes and shares innovation and best practices in teaching and learning with institutions in the Higher Education sector through acting as an external examiner and external panel member across the UK and overseas institutions.

She has been working towards connecting research and practice for societal impacts. She has engaged in a number of international and national research projects which are related to her principal research interest, banking and finance. They are studied from different perspectives of poverty reduction and entrepreneurship. She has worked with international development organisations such as Adam Smith International and Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. She is currently the secretary of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies (AFEE) special interest group of the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA). She has supervised PhD students to completion as well. 

Her experience in academia, having worked and lived in different countries, both in Asia and Europe, allowed Sandar to gain extensive knowledge in recognising differences across borders and developing links with external industrial contacts.