Credit Control Assistant

University of Glasgow; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Glasgow is seeking a Finance Administrative Assistant to provide comprehensive financial support and manage debt collection. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical, communication, and IT skills, with a background in financial environments. This is a full-time permanent position offering competitive salary and a supportive organizational culture.

Benefits

41 days of leave

Pension and benefits

Flexible working approach

Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate required competencies for the role.
• Knowledge of financial sanctions and anti-money laundering guidelines.
• Experience of maintaining financial data.

Responsibilities

• Collect debts from students, sponsors, and customers.
• Process financial transactions accurately.
• Monitor and resolve disputes with debtors.

Skills

Good interpersonal and communication skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Strong customer service skills

Attention to detail

Good IT skills

Education

Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 5 or 6

Experience in a similar role

Tools

Microsoft Office

Financial systems

Job description

Job details

Posted 26 June 2025 | Salary Grade 4: £24,685 - £26,707 per annum | End date 09 November 2025 | Location: Glasgow | Job Type: Management Professional & Administrative | Reference: 177052 | Expiry 09 November 2025 at 23:45

Job Description

NB: This is a readadvertisement. Previous applicants need not apply.

Job Purpose

Provide comprehensive financial administrative support across the finance operational services to University colleagues, students, sponsors and customer. Responsible for the collection of monies from students, sponsors and customers, through consistently monitoring of debtor balances, ensuring continuous reduction in debt.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Collect monies owed by students, sponsors and customers through telephone calls, email and in person meetings, as required and in line with policies and processes, delivering within team KPI’s.
• Process financial transactions accurately ensuring adherence to financial requirements and controls and delivering within team KPIs and SLAs.
• Analyse overdue debt through investigation, allocation of debt reason codes and maintenance of appropriate commentary to support effective reporting and escalation.
• Identify and monitor any disputed debtors through effective liaison with both internal and external customers, resolving in a timely manner and within team KPIs.
• Work collaboratively across all Finance Operations teams to aide delivery of service excellence to all customers, both internal and external.
• Support the delivery of a strong financial control environment across the team, including adherence to financial guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Provide clear advice and guidance to others in accordance with standard financial processes and financial guidelines.
• Monitor, allocate and resolve general day-to-day enquires in a timely manner to ensure delivery of Service Excellence and in line with SLAs, escalating as appropriate.
• Maintain and ensure integrity of data aligned to University, College, School and Financial systems and regulations.
• Assist with the testing and implementation of systems and procedures to ensure the continuous improvement of the process and service delivery.
• Contribute and support continuous improvement, as appropriate.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by line manager or Finance Operations Leadership.
• Engage in reasonable professional development activities as appropriate.
• Contribute to a culture of service excellence and control to delivery against key performance indicators, service level agreements and finance strategies.

Knowledge/Qualifications

• A1: Ability to demonstrate the competencies required to undertake the duties associated with this level of post having acquired the necessary knowledge and skills in a similar role. OR Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 5 or 6 (National 5 or 6, Scottish Vocational Qualification level 2 or 3) or equivalent, and experience of personal development in a similar role.
• A2: Knowledge and awareness of financial sanctions, anti-money laundering guidelines, fraud prevention measures, for example know your payer / supplier / customer checks.
• A3: Knowledge of GDPR and information privacy regulations.
• C1: Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• C2: Initiative and judgement to resolve routine problems independently.
• C3: Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• C4: Excellent attention to detail and ability to work with high degree of numerical and data accuracy.
• C5: Good IT skills, including Microsoft packages and relevant financial systems.
• C6: Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• C7: Effective planning, organising and prioritising skills with ability to adapt to changing priorities or requirements in a timely manner.
• C8: Strong customer service skills.
• C9: High volume/value credit control experience.
• E1: Experience of maintaining financial and non-financial data.
• E2: Experience working within a financial environment.

Terms and Conditions

Salary will be on Grade 4, £24,685 - £26,707 per annum.

This post is full time (35 hours per week) and open-ended (permanent).

As part of Team UofG you will be a member of a world changing, inclusive community, which values ambition, excellence, integrity and curiosity.

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

• A warm welcoming and engaging organisational culture, where your talents are developed and nurtured, and success is celebrated and shared.
• An excellent employment package with generous terms and conditions including 41 days of leave for full time staff, pension, benefits and discount packages.
• A flexible approach to working.
• A commitment to support your health and wellbeing.

We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community here.

We endorse the principles of Athena Swan and hold bronze, silver and gold awards across the University.

We are investing in our organisation, and we will invest in you too. Please visit our website https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/benefits-salary-and-flexible-working for more information.

Closing Date: 9 November 2025