Finance Coordinator

Cambridge University Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Auto-enrolment pension scheme

Travel discounts

Job summary

The University of Cambridge's Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology is seeking a Finance Coordinator to support the Finance Manager with specialist financial administration, reporting and grant-costing services for research and academic staff.

The role requires practical experience in finance planning and analysis within an accounts setting, with strong IT skills in Word, Excel and Outlook, plus the ability to prioritise work to tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance planning and analysis within an accounts setting.
• Excellent analytical and organisational skills with attention to detail and ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor staff time requirements for research grants via timesheets/declarations and trackers, ensuring regular completion in line with funder terms and conditions.
• Raise research grant applications via the University's costing tool.
• Carry outAccounts Payable and purchasing duties including approval of supplier invoices, receiving requisitions and placing orders on iProcurement.
• Carry out Accounts Receivable duties including raising invoices, credit notes and resolving queries.
• Month end procedures.
• Process student and non-staff expense claims.

Skills

Accounting skills

Financial analysis

Excel

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Time management

Tools

iProcurement

Job description

The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology is seeking to recruit a dedicated, versatile and proactive Finance Coordinator. This is an exciting position which will support the Finance Manager in providing specialist financial administration, reporting and grant-costing services to research and academic staff across the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology.

The ideal candidate will have relevant practical experience of finance planning and analysis work within an Accounts setting. You will have the ability to prioritise work, maintain accuracy, excellent analytical skills, organisation skills and attention to detail and work to tight deadlines. You will have excellent Accounting skills including competence in IT packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook.

You will be expected to:

• Manage and monitor staff time requirements for research grants via timesheets/ declarations and trackers, ensuring regular completion, which complies with the funder's terms and conditions.
• Raise research grant applications via the University's costing tool
• Carry out Accounts Payable and purchasing duties including approval of supplier invoices, receiving requisitions from staff and students and placing orders on iProcurement.
• Carry out Accounts Receivable duties including raising any customer invoices, credit notes and resolving queries
• Month end procedures
• Process student and non-staff expense claims

Benefits of working at University of Cambridge include:

• Competitive rates of pay with automatic service-related pay progression and annual cost of living increases;
• Generous annual leave allowance of 36 days paid leave inclusive of bank holidays for full time employees, pro rata'd for part time employees;
• Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family friendly schemes (e.g. workplace nurseries and salary exchange schemes for childcare);
• An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;
• Travel benefits and retail discounts at over 2,000 local and national stores.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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