Accounts Assistant

Salary: £25,742 to £26,444 with progression to £27,979 per annum
Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent . We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Closing Date: 25 January 2024
The Role
Are you a Finance professional who considers themselves to be hard working, enthusiastic and self-motivated ,who pays strong attention to detail? Do you consider yourself to be a great team player who thrives in ensuring workload is delivered and deadlines are met?
Newcastle University is home to the Finance Hub, a large team of skilled and experienced colleagues who manage the financial business activities of the University. We provide a professional and proactive service to our students, colleagues, and stakeholders. We are committed to supporting the personal and professional development of our team.
As a valued colleague of the SAgE Faculty Finance office, you will have responsibility for supporting the provision of a full Management Accounting service, ensuring successful devolved financial management. Your role will include a range of management accounting tasks, providing invaluable support to the School based Finance Business Partners and Faculty Finance team.
Please ensure you upload a covering letter with your CV when applying for this vacancy.
For any informal queries please contact Bonnie Tyler at or Janet Ford
We have 2 roles available, one open ended role and one fixed term, part time (0.8FTE) for a period of 14 month.
We are committed to building and maintaining a fair and inclusive working environment and we would be happy to discuss arrangements for flexible and/or blended/hybrid working. During your time spent on the University campus, you will be based in the heart of Newcastle city centre and be able to take advantage of all that has to offer.
Key Accountabilities

• Carry out a range of management accounting tasks as part of the Faculty finance team e.g., the entering of accounting adjustments on a monthly basis and the preparation and entering of journals and sales invoices
• Produce reports using Business Warehouse and Integrated Planning
• Create and maintain SAP accounts, structures and other master data as required by the Finance team
• Support a range of project finance tasks e.g., costing and reporting
• Undertake a range of planning and data collection activities e.g., OFFA Return, HESA returns and Key Performance Indicator production

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• You should have recent relevant experience of working in a financial environment and experience of working with large financial systems, in particular master data / transaction input and reporting routines is desirable
• The successful candidate will good interpersonal skills and possess excellent oral and written communication skills and high level of numeracy in order to interpret and explain financial data effectively
• You will have the ability to work quickly and accurately, with attention to detail, to time in order to meet monthly and quarterly financial deadlines. You will have well developed IT skills to manipulate data in spreadsheets and databases and it is desirable that you have some experience in SAP financial systems

Attributes and Behaviour

• Communicates effectively using appropriate methods to exchange factually correct, clear and concise information
• An effective team player, highly motivated, organised, and adaptive to change
• Enthusiastically assists with team workload, sharing relevant information and contributing to team decisions
• Works in a planned and structured way, prioritising tasks to ensure workload and deadlines are met
• Uses skills, knowledge, and experience to resolve actual problems and to anticipate and avoid potential problems
• Is committed to delivering a high-quality service to both colleagues and customers through attention to detail and a positive and enthusiastic attitude

Qualifications

• Educated to a minimum of 5 GCSE’s grades A to C (including Maths and English) or equivalent by experience
• It is desirable that you are educated to A Level standard or hold an AAT (or equivalent) qualification

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.
We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.
At Newcastle University we hold a silver award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC. We are a employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.
In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.
Requisition ID: 26516