Finance Assistant

We are seeking to appoint a Finance Assistant to join our hardworking finance team at The Nuffield Department of Medicine.

The NDM Finance Team are a shared services team, processing financial transactions for 15 Centres and Institutes based at the Old Road Campus, ensuring these are recorded accurately in line with the University financial controls for Accounts Payable (AP) and staff expenditure.

You will be responsible for maintaining good working relationships with internal and external customers including colleagues in the University’s central Finance Division. You will respond to straightforward internal and external enquiries, providing advice on financial procedures and policies and referring to the Finance Officer and Shared Service Centre Supervisor where necessary. You will Provide cover for other colleagues in the NDM Finance Team. You will also be responsible for keeping an up to date knowledge of the University’s Finance regulations, policies, and procedures.

It is essential that you are educated to GCSE standard or equivalent, with evidence of numerical ability. You will have excellent time management skills with the ability to priorities tasks, organise your own workload, and work to deadlines. Effective written and oral communication with people at all levels is essential. You will be computer literate with experience of utilising MS Office, in particular Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application. Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience.

This position is offered full time on a fixed term contract until 8th June 2026 and is funded by the Department.

Only applications received before 12 midday on 4 July 2023 will be considered. Please quote 166157 on all correspondence.