Finance Assistant

Role Description

Department

This role is split 50/50 between the Department of Health Sciences and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEIY), both based on the University of York’s West Campus. The Department of Health Sciences has over 360 academics, researchers and support staff engaged in delivering research, education and professional development. Teaching and research programmes are underpinned by excellent administrative support. Stockholm Environment Institute is an international non-profit research institute that tackles climate, environment and sustainable development challenges. There are offices in Stockholm (HQ), Bangkok, Bogotá, Nairobi, Oxford, Tallinn and the US.

Role

You will act as the first point of contact for a range of financial queries and leading on a number of transactional duties such as the processing of invoices, payments, expenses and casual payroll.

The appointment will suit a person who has practical accounting experience as part of a finance team, delivering front-line finance support to colleagues. You will liaise with a number of service areas across the University so you should be an active communicator with a flexible, ‘can do’ approach.

You will be able to work effectively both as part of a team and independently. In addition, you will be friendly and enthusiastic, with the flexibility to prioritise a varied workload and maintain a customer-service focus.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs including English and Maths or equivalent
• Thorough knowledge of administrative processes and procedures in a busy office environment within a large organisation
• Sound understanding of financial processes and procedures, including accruals and prepayments
• Ability to handle day-to-day financial processes independently
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with a range of people from budget holders, credit card companies, the central Finance team, external suppliers and colleagues with financial queries
• Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining good quality work
• Good IT skills including ability to use Microsoft Office suite and Google Apps
• Able to work effectively as part of a team and independently
• Ability to manage own workload with minimum supervision
• Experience of financial processing in a large organisation
• Committed to personal/professional development, including being keen to learn new skills, improve processes and adapt to new systems and processes
• Motivated and proactive with a willingness to take ownership of actions

Interview date: To be confirmed

For informal enquiries: please contact Matthew Crossland (matthew.crossland@york.ac.uk).

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We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University. 

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