Finance Assistant

University of Hertfordshire; Roe Green; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Flexible location opportunities within

Discounted Sports Village memberships

Personal and professional development

Family-friendly policies

Job summary

University of Hertfordshire is seeking a Finance Assistant to deliver accurate financial information to support the management accounting team and budget holders. You will generate reports, post journals, and respond to finance requests, while providing insightful payroll analysis and reconciling variances to the general ledger.

The role requires strong MS Excel/Office skills, attention to detail, confidentiality, and the ability to work well in a team.

Qualifications

• Finance administrative experience.
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel and Word.
• Autonomous, self-motivated with good communication at all levels.
• Attention to detail and high accuracy; confidentiality.
• Team player, flexible and keen to learn.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate and timely financial information to support management accounting and budget holders.
• Generate reports, prepare and post central adjustment journals, respond to finance requests.
• Produce monthly payroll analysis and identify variances against budget; reconcile to general ledger.

Skills

MS Office

Excel

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

Communication

Team player

Education

GCSE Maths & English

AAT qualification desirable

Job description

You will deliver accurate and timely financial information to support the management accounting team and budget holders, including generating reports for review, preparing and posting central adjustment journals, and responding to finance-related information requests. The Finance Assistant will produce insightful monthly payroll analysis for the Professional SBUs, identifying and clearly communicating variances against budget, reconciling balances to the general ledger, and resolving suspense account items and will manage the monthly processing of funding allocations and maintain accurate reconciliations to annual funding statements throughout the year.

You will bring proven finance administrative experience at an appropriate level, with the ability to use IT equipment and software such as MS Office as well as proficiency in Excel and a good working knowledge of Word. You will be Autonomous and self-motivated, with good communication skills at all levels. Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy is essential as is maintaining confidentiality when assisting with pay routines and other sensitive information. You will have the ability to work as a team, be flexible and willing to learn and acquire new skills and have a high level of personal organisation., You will be educated with a minimum of five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including Maths and English or equivalent, or proven experience. Being AAT qualified or educated with a Degree or equivalent, or professional experience is desirable.

Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics, and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document.

We offer a range of employee benefits including

• generous annual leave
• flexible location opportunities within the UK
• discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions
• personal and professional development
• family-friendly policies

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