Finance Coordinator

We are seeking a Finance Coordinator to support financial administration across all departments in the School of Technology. This is a new role, which will be based primarily in the Finance Office at the Department of Engineering’s site in Trumpington Street, to provide direct accounting support in a highly trained, efficient and flexible manner to all departments across the School of Technology.

Reporting to the Department of Engineering’s Finance Office Manager, the majority of time will be spent supporting the Department of Engineering, with the remainder of time spent supporting other departments in the School in order to contribute to the management of financial operations across the School.

You will be educated to at least A Level standard with an AAT level 4 Professional Diploma, or equivalent accounting qualification, or actively studying for the later stages of the AAT level 4 Professional Diploma. The successful candidate will be highly numerate and analytical as well as skilled in processing accounting transactions, ideally using computerised accounting systems such as Oracle Financials. Good communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to display tact and diplomacy in dealing with a wide range of staff at all levels, are essential for this role. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate significant experience gained whilst working in a busy financial or administrative function within a large organisation.

As this role supports the School of Technology as a whole, some travel to other University sites in the city of Cambridge may be required as well as occasional travel outside of the city.

If you think you are the right candidate for this role, we would love to hear from you.

Benefits of working at Cambridge include:

• Competitive rates of pay with automatic service-related pay progression and annual cost of living increases;
• Generous annual leave allowance of 40.5 days paid leave (including bank holidays);
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities;
• 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;
• Schemes to support with relocation / the provision of accommodation.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 2 years in the first instance.

Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.

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The closing date for applications is Tuesday 26 March 2024. If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact the HR Office at the Department of Engineering ([email protected] , 01223 332615).

Please quote reference NM40238 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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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