Finance Assistant
Hours of Work: Full-time, Hybrid Working (3 days in office)
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: The starting salary will be from £23,144 - £24,533 depending on qualifications and experience
At Leeds Trinity University, we find ourselves in an exciting period of growth and transformation. From a set of strong foundations, we are on an inspiring journey in relation to academic development, employability, careers, and the positive contribution we can make in our region, the country and wider world.
Join our team as a Finance Assistant and play a vital role in our Finance Office. Your responsibilities will include processing expenses, card transactions, and information within the University Purchase Ledgers.
You'll be tasked with setting up suppliers, processing purchase invoices, preparing BACS payments, reconciling supplier statements, and monitoring credit balances, all while adhering to University policies and procedures.
Additionally, you'll handle purchase order queries and ensure timely payments to schools as per agreed timelines and University policies.
Another crucial aspect of your role will be processing and paying online staff expense claims, ensuring compliance with expenditure, coding, and authorisation according to university policies and procedures. If you have strong administrative skills and a keen eye for detail, apply now to join our team.
Responsibilities
1. Setting up suppliers, processing purchase Invoices, preparing BACS payments, reconciling Supplier statements and monitoring credit balances, in line with University policies and procedures
2. Dealing with purchase order queries
3. Paying Schools in line with agreed timelines and University policies and procedures
4. Process and pay online staff expense claims, ensuring expenditure, coding and authorisation is in line with university policies and procedures
5. To be involved in training staff on the online expenses & requisition process
6. Process and pay external claimants, ensuring expenditure, coding and authorisation is in line with University policies and procedure
7. Ensure expenditure on company Barclaycard is correctly authorised, coded and posted, in line with University policies and procedures
8. Support sales ledger and credit control tasks when required, such as raising sales orders, invoices, chasing outstanding debt
9. Undertake routine administrative and filing duties in support of finance functions as required
About You
10. GCSE English and Maths to a grade C or above (or equivalent)
11. Skills, Knowledge & Experience
12. Ability to demonstrate experience gained in a Purchase Ledger role
13. Knowledge of computerised accounting systems, using an integrated purchase order processing module
14. Knowledge of expense claim processing and checking against a Travel policy.
15. Working knowledge of double entry bookkeeping
16. Good IT skills, with working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word & Excel (including lookups and similar functions) to an intermediate level
17. Excellent numeracy skills
Location:
You will be based at our Horsforth Campus and through our agile working framework, will also spend time working remotely, which will be discussed further at interview.
This advert will close as soon as a suitable number of applications have been received. So, if you’re interested in this opportunity and an exciting career with Leeds Trinity University, apply now.
Leeds Trinity University values diversity and inclusion and particularly encourages applications from the following groups as they are currently under-represented at this level within the University: Women, LGBT+, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as well as candidates with disabilities, whether hidden or otherwise. The University will consider all forms of flexible working arrangements.