Assistant Financial Accountant - Group (Fixed term)

University of Nottingham; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious educational institution in the UK is seeking an Assistant Financial Accountant for an 18-month fixed-term contract. The successful candidate will support day-to-day operations, develop technical accounting knowledge, and ensure accurate financial reporting. Offering hybrid work and numerous benefits, this role is suitable for qualified accountants or those with significant experience in finance.

Benefits

30 days holiday allowance

Competitive pension scheme

Onsite childcare

Support for training and development

Qualifications

• Experience with month-end reconciliations.
• Ability to coordinate financial returns and audits.
• Experience preparing financial statements and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Support financial accountants with group reporting processes.
• Finalise financial statements and liaise with external auditors.
• Compile information requests for regulatory returns.

Skills

Curiosity in process improvement

Attention to accuracy

Experience in preparing management reports

Ability to prepare external financial reports

Education

Qualified accountant or significant relevant experience

Job description

Assistant Financial Accountant - Group (Fixed term)

Recruiter University of Nottingham

Location United Kingdom

Salary £35,116 to £46,735 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.

Closing Date
Friday 29 August 2025

Reference
FAB191225

Internal candidates are warmly encouraged to apply under the secondment policy, please contact [e-mail] and your line manager for further information.

External candidates and agencies may apply using a CV and Covering Letter which is tailored to the role profile below.

The Corporate Finance team seeks a full time (36.25 hours) Assistant Financial Accountant for an 18-month fixed term contract. You will provide day-to-day support to the financial accountants and the Head of Corporate Finance, at an operational and project level. You will develop your technical accounting knowledge as we complete financial statements and other regulatory returns, and your business partnering experience will deliver financial results to internal customers, focusing on the group level results.

What you will be doing

You will be a key part of our group reporting processes. When you join, you will help us finalise our financial statements and be a key point of contact for external auditors. Meanwhile, you will be focusing on delivering monthly group level financial results.

You will coordinate the Office for Students (OfS) return, compiling information requests to other colleagues and departments. Draft and check this and other regulatory returns during the year for review by the Head of Finance.

Along the way you will be a key contributor to a range of process improvement and team development projects.

Who you are

• You're curious and you enjoy finding out about and improving processes.
• With an eye for accuracy, you enjoy it when the month-end reconciliations balance.
• At the same time, when deadlines clash, you can step back to focus on critical processes.
• Previously you have prepared management reports, financial plans, and budgets.
• You can confidently prepare external financial reports (like audit submissions) and you know how to reconcile them back to source data.
• Either you have significant relevant experience, or you are a qualified accountant.

Who we are

We are the Corporate Finance team, a small team that sits within a much larger Financial Control and Financial Management team. We are a busy, diverse and vibrant team, looking after month-end and year-end processes, financial reporting, audit and regulatory returns, cash and treasury management and the setup of the university's finance systems.

What's in it for you

The university offers 30 days holiday allowance (plus additional university closure days), a competitive pension scheme, and onsite childcare on our award-winning campus, amongst other benefits. We offer hybrid home and office working.

You will be encouraged to take the short courses the university offers and attend external training which is relevant to your role.

Want to know more?

Requests for a secondment for 18 months from internal applicants are encouraged.

For informal enquiries contact Stuart Whysall [e-mail]

This is a full-time (36.25 hours per week) post. Job shares and flexible working arrangements may be considered. You can read