Start Date
As soon as possible following successful interview
End Date
23rd December 2024
Location:
Highfield Campus
Hours
21.6 Hours per week
Please note, if you hold a visa with restricted hours of less than stated, you will not be considered for this assignment. We cannot offer a Certificate of Sponsorship for this work assignment.
Job Purpose
To provide comprehensive, effective and efficient accountancy support to the finance department and its external customers.
Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities
- Monthly analysis of salary costs and other monthly tasks, investigation of anomalies and correction of errors.
- To contribute to the development of administrative systems, carrying out administrative processes and ensuring controls are in place to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
- To analyse, manipulate and interpret complex information in order to compile detailed summary reports.
- Administer and co-ordinate the financial and budgetary requirements of a range of projects either internally funded or externally funded contracts/grants. Preparation of reports and/or final accounting statements.
- Raising requisitions, invoices, recharging and journals in Agresso in a timely manner.
- Meeting financial processing requirements such as:
- process invoices and orders,
- make effective use of Agresso financial administrative processes.
- project house-keeping in Agresso
- financial approval of transactions up to set limits
Essential Skills
- Previous work experience within an administrative or finance support role.
- Able to demonstrate a sufficient knowledge of work systems, equipment processes and standard IT packages.
- Able to demonstrate a good knowledge of the role and its context.
- Able to produce clear, accurate and concise written documentation.
- Experience of analysing data and presenting summary information clearly.
- Able to effectively organise allocated work activities and assist in the effective organisation of non-standard tasks and events.
- Ability to work well with minimum supervision.
- Able to solve a range of problems with minimal support by seeking information independently, whilst working within standard procedures.
- Able to contribute to team efficiency through sharing information and constructively supporting others.
- Ability to adapt well to change and service improvements
- Able to deal with a variety of stakeholders
- Able to seek and clarify detail.
- Able to demonstrate own duties to other colleagues as required.
- Ability to deal with sensitive information in a confidential manner.
- IT literate and competent in the use of Microsoft Excel.
Desirable Skills
- Previous work experience within an administrative or finance support role
- Ability to effectively allocate work and check the work of others ensuring required service standards and deadlines are met.
- Experience of providing advice on administrative procedures to colleagues and external customers.
- Experience with Microsoft Word.