Senior Finance Officer (General Ledger)

About the role

The Mathematical Institute is seeking to appoint an approachable, motivated and conscientious individual to join our friendly team as Senior Finance Officer (General Ledger).

This role presents an exciting opportunity to join our world-leading academic department with an outstanding reputation for its teaching and research.

As Senior Finance Officer (General Ledger) you will be a key member of our Finance team, playing an important part in supporting the delivery of our Five-Year Plan. You will have significant accounting experience, and a sound understanding of financial regulations and their application in a large and complex environment, ideally in the Higher Education sector. You will be an excellent communicator, enabling you to provide advice on established financial policies and procedures. You will work closely with the Finance Manager and budget holders to prepare management accounts, the annual budget and quarterly forecasts for the department, and your expertise will enable you to contribute to the long-term financial planning and financial health of the department.

We are a friendly and busy Finance team focused on supporting this world-leading mathematics department to deliver the core aims of teaching and research. Day-to-day you will deliver financial management, accurate financial data and timely financial information, ensuring that the department has robust financial processes and controls. You will lead the transactional finance operation to provide a first-class service, line-managing two Finance Assistants and a Finance Apprentice, supported by the Finance Manager. The rest of the Finance team comprises the Senior Finance Officer (Studentships & Research Projects) and two Finance Officers (2 FTE).

What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

•             An excellent contributory pension scheme

•             38 days annual leave

•             A comprehensive range of childcare services

•             Family leave schemes

•             Cycle loan scheme

•             Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

•             Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs

This role also offers the opportunity for hybrid working, and the team are open to discussing a working pattern that works for you.

We proudly hold a departmental Athena SWAN Silver Award and an institutional Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, which guide our progress toward advancing racial and gender equality. As part of our strategic aim to improve staff equality and diversity, we would particularly welcome applications from BIPOC candidates, who are currently under-represented in positions of this type within the department.

Application process

If you would like to discuss the role and the department in more detail please contact Liz Cody, the Finance Manager via email:  

[email protected]

. Informal enquiries should be directed to the Recruitment Coordinator (email: 

[email protected]

) quoting vacancy reference 170510.  

Applicants should read the job description document before writing their application. You will be required to upload a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae and the names and contact details of two referees as part of your online application.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. To apply for this vacancy and for further information, including a job description and selection criteria, please see the links below.

Only applications received before 12:00 noon UK time on Monday 12th February 2024 can be considered.