Finance Co-ordinator

Unit : 
Finance
Salary : 
£30,487 to £36,024
Location : 
Milton Keynes
Please quote reference : 
21398
Permanent, Full-Time post
Closing Date : 
18 January, 2024 – 12:00

Change your career, change lives.

The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.

The role

The Open University is recruiting for a highly driven individual who is capable of working independently, has good attention to detail and would like to be part of a busy finance team.

The Finance Co-ordinator role is part of the Finance Business Partnering team who provide high quality financial services and support to the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)

You will assist the Finance Business Partners and Assistant Finance Business Partner to provide an excellent finance service to the STEM Faculty. This includes financial monitoring and reporting on externally funded projects, budgets, forecasting and providing costings in compliance with the University’s financial regulations and procedures and the various Funders’ terms and conditions.

Skills and experience

• Do you have AAT Intermediate or equivalent, with evidence of exam success?
• Have you had recent, relevant experience of working in a financial/accounting environment, focused on management accounts including budgeting and forecasting?
• Have you got recent line management experience?
• Can you demonstrate your knowledge and application of IT skills – specifically competent Excel user, capable of managing large data sets?
• Taking personal responsibility for getting things done, ability to plan, prioritise and managing own workloads.
• Can you work to critical deadlines and working under pressure without impairing accuracy while always maintaining a high attention to detail?

More information can be provided via a link to the Job Description including a full person specification.

If you would like to discuss the application or recruitment process before making an application, please contact Marion Child at Resourcing Hub on 01908 655544 or [email protected] quoting the reference VRF 21395

What you get in return

We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs.

We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Staff Benefits include an attractive pension proposition and 30  days holiday per annum pro rata, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure days.

Assessment

There will be an excel assessment before the interview.

Email :
[email protected]  

How to apply

Unless otherwise stated in the advert, all applications are completed online via the instructions on The OU Job’s page. Applications submitted via 3rd party websites will not be received.

Access details for disabled applicants are available from the Resourcing Hub, telephone: 01908 655544, quoting the vacancy reference above.

To apply for this role please submit the following as one document;

• CV
• Personal statement, up to 1,000 words, you should set out in your statement why you’re interested in this role and provide examples of where your skills and experience meet the required competencies for this role as detailed in the job and person specification.

Please save your document with the following file name as appropriate to the vacancy you are applying for: reference, surname, forename.

You will need to have your documents ready ahead of submitting the electronic application. Please click on the APPLY NOW button below to be redirected to our application page.

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You can view your application communications on the Candidate portal .

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Job related information : 

• Terms and Conditions – Support Staff (PDF)

• Terms and Conditions – Support Staff (Word document)

Posting Date : 
5 January, 2024 – 10:15