Working Pattern: Grade 5 - 35 Hours Full time
Faculty: Professional Services
Salary: Grade 5
£22,417 to £25,941 per annum, with potential to progress to £28,331 through sustained exceptional contribution
Are you interested in working for a world top 100 University? The University’s Vision is to be one of the best Universities in the world, renowned for the excellence, impact and distinctiveness both of its research and its research-led learning and teaching.
The Department of Finance provides a wide range of financial support across the whole University. The Faculty Finance teams provide advice & support to the Faculty which they are aligned to, covering departmental expenditure, budgets and all project activities.
We currently looking to recruit to a Grade 5 Senior Finance Assistant in the Faculty Finance team aligned to the Faculty of Social Sciences.
The role directly involves provision of sound financial advice & support to departments, to ensure the effective management and monitoring of a range of departmental funds. This includes the use of the Faculty’s core budget and external projects, both research and other sources of funding. Duties include the provision of financial information and advice, drawing on a sound working knowledge of central operations, ensuring external funding achieves the objectives specified by the sponsor’s terms and conditions and operational understanding of specific departmental and /or faculty practices with the objective of helping maximise the effectiveness of financial administrative within the Faculty.
You will be an enthusiastic, pro-active hands-on finance professional, who is comfortable getting involved with various areas of University finance relating to departments and faculty, and someone who is happy working with both non-financial academic colleagues as well as finance colleagues.
We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development.
We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.
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