Finance Administrator – Buying Hub

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Finance Administrator – Buying Hub

An exciting full time position has arisen for an Administrative Assistant to join the Finance Professional Services Buying Hub Team.

You will provide an administrative service to all Buying Hub customers, engaging in and completing a range of routine tasks to meet operational and customer service requirements, providing support and guidance on Buying Hub activity, whilst ensuring the Buying Hub team is supported, and key duties undertaken.

The post is full time (35 hours per week), open ended and available immediately.  

Salary:  £23,700 – £24,533 per annum (Grade 3)

Cardiff University offers many excellent benefits, including 32 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pro rata for part time staff, local pension scheme, blended working (meaning you will be able to work from home for some of your time), a cycle to work scheme and other travel initiatives, annual increments up the pay scale, and more. It is an exciting and vibrant place to work, with many different challenges and is a proud Living Wage supporter.

This role is eligible to be offered on a blended working basis, meaning that as well as spending time working on campus you can also choose to spend some time working from another location, e.g., your home. The University is committed to offering this flexibility, wherever the role and business need allows, supporting work-life balance.

As the biggest university in Wales – and a major employer, with more than 7,000 staff – we are an ambitious and innovative university located in a beautiful and thriving capital city. We can offer you the chance to work in a vibrant organisation, with great benefits and opportunities for progression.

Date advert posted: Wednesday, 6 March 2024

Closing date: Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds.  We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age.  In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Job Description

Key Duties

• Deal with a range of enquires from internal (staff & students) and external (members of the public) customers in a professional manner, establishing their needs and adapting the standard responses accordingly.
• Work with others to make recommendations for the development and improvement of current University processes and procedures.
• Create good working relationships with key contacts to help improve service levels.
• Undertake a variety of financial and other administrative duties to support the team and department.
• Gather and review data to update administrative systems such as databases and spreadsheets, making sure the information is accurate, and highlighting to your line manager basic trends and patterns.
• Actively contribute to the success of the team and support the supervision and management of it.

Specific Duties

• To develop, evaluate, maintain, and supervise all electronic and other data and filing systems.
• To maintain and update databases, spreadsheets and filing systems as required.

General Duties

• Abide by all University policies and undergo appropriate personal and professional development.
• Perform other duties which are not included above, but which will be consistent with the role.
• Uphold the Professional Services Values & Behaviours or local equivalent.

Person Specification

We want to employ people with a wide variety of experiences. We welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. We are particularly seeking applications from candidates who come from backgrounds that are underrepresented at the University, including people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.

We are looking for a team player who will work with colleagues to provide a great service to staff and students. You don’t need to have worked for a University before; this is an opportunity to show your potential and start or continue your career at Cardiff University.

This role may be an opportunity for you to build on your experience from working in a previous administrative role or environment, showing your transferable skills and aptitude to be successful in the role. You should have an interest in managing and developing a team. You should be enthusiastic about developing your knowledge and skills to become a valued member of the team and to provide supervisory support to those under your line management.

Your application will be assessed against the following essential and desirable criteria for the role. Please copy and paste this section into a new document and give clear examples of how you can evidence meeting each criteria by writing under each one. You can draw on elements from any aspect of your life (e.g. work, home, education/qualifications or community life) as long as you focus on their relevance to the role.

Please save your supporting statement in a separate document with the title [YOURNAME – 18301BR – JOB TITLE] and attach it to your application in the recruitment system.

Please note that these are also the criteria shortlisted applicants will be assessed against at interview and/or by other means (e.g. a skills test).

Essential Criteria

Ability to carry out a variety of administrative tasks, including writing clearly and concisely.

Experience of working in a finance role in an administrative or office setting.

Experience of using common office IT packages (e.g. MS Office, Excel, e-mail etc.).

Ability to set up and maintain standard administrative systems and procedures, including using University systems to collate and store data in a digital format (Training will be provided where required).

Ability to communicate with a wide range of people effectively and courteously whilst maintaining professional standards, adapting your language and style of communication depending on who you are communicating with.

Ability to work well with your team, knowing how to give advice, guidance, and feedback (to colleagues and members of the public) as appropriate.

Ability to deal with requests for information or service, resolving customer issues where appropriate, or being able to escalate where necessary.

Ability to plan and organise your own workload within agreed timelines as set by your Line Manager.

Ability to use your initiative to solve problems and respond to queries, finding and proposing the best solution.

Ability to use a Customer Relationship Management ticketing system (CRM)

Desirable Criteria

Experience of working in a buying function

Experience of working in a Higher Education environment

Ability to speak/understand Welsh or a willingness to learn.

Job Category

Accountancy & Finance, Admin / Clerical