Finance Administrator (ED12032)

Job title Finance Administrator

Department Faculty of Science

Salary Starting from £25,138, rising to £28,759

Grade Grade 5

Contract Type Full Time, Open Ended

Placed on Monday 09 September 2024

Closing date Monday 23 September 2024

Interview date To be confirmed

Reference ED12032

Applicant Visa Guidance Skilled Worker visa: guidance for applicants (bath.ac.uk)

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We are looking for a motivated individual to join our Finance Team.

This varied and interesting post will involve close liaison with the staff within our academic departments, faculty-based teams, central professional services and external organisations.

Key tasks will include providing financial support, advice and guidance to grant holders in the faculty, monitoring research grants and contracts, studentships, short courses and conferences and ensuring that principle investigators have access to summary and accurate financial information.

This is a full-time, permanent role.

There is flexibility in the working pattern and will be a mix of remote and on-campus working.

About you

You should be part-qualified and working towards (or willing to) AAT level 4, or with an equivalent relevant professional experience.

You will have worked in a busy accounting/financial environment where excellent communication skills are essential.

You will be comfortable using Microsoft Office applications and will be willing to acquire further IT skills.

You will also have experience of and enjoy working as part of a team in a confidential setting.

A good track record in financial administration is essential.

Skills in the use of financial management software will be an added advantage.

An interest in our work and a willingness to become fully involved in the life of the faculty is equally important.

Additional info

For an information discussion, please contact the Faculty Finance & Research Support Manager, Laura Hiscox (01225)384833 (email: [email protected]).

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.