The role
Bristol University Press (BUP) is an award-winning social science publisher committed to making a difference and influencing social change.
We are looking to recruit for a full-time finance and sales administrator. This key team member will liaise and support BUP teams with financial tasks within the University of Bristol's (UoB) finance system, have a large part in month end activities, monitor finance and royalties' inboxes, liaise with internal and external stakeholders such as central UoB teams, our authors and global academic institutions.
Authors earn royalties when books are sold, this finance and sales administration role will play an important part in the annual royalties' process, from setting up authors in our editorial system to managing payment queries.
The post holder will part of a 3 person BUP finance team and will require hybrid office working.
What will you be doing?
Key responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:
* Collaborate with BUP teams to raise and track purchase orders and sales orders on the UoB finance system ERP
* Inbox monitoring and responding to customer, supplier and author queries
* Assist with month end tasks such as sales report downloads and collating data and revenue reconciliation
* Royalty administration, including system data and account creation and maintenance
* Maintain sales reps commission data
* Budget code creation and data management in ERP
* Continual process improvement of internal systems
* Ad hoc finance and sales queries and tasks
You should apply if
* You are able to demonstrate impressive organisational skills, be highly motivated, proactive with intermediate to advance level excel, have a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
* You will have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to effectively communicate with non-finance colleagues and external stakeholders.
* You are interested in a role that has visibility and involvement across multiple teams which requires adaptability and an ability to managing conflicting priorities and workloads.
Additional information
For informal queries about the role please contact: Katie Duffy:
Contract type: Open Ended
Work pattern: Full time
Grade: E
Salary: £26,093 - £28,778 per annum
School/Unit: Bristol University Press
Hybrid working: 6 days a month minimum working in the office (Old Park Hill), finance office day to be agreed, the rest can be worked from home.
This advert will close at23:59 UK timeon Wednesday 17th September 2025
Interviews are likely to be held on Wednesday 1st October 2025
Our strategy and mission
We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.
The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.
JOB NUMBER
SUPP112616
CONTRACT TYPE/WORK PATTERN
Open ended / Full time
POSTING END DATE
17 Sep 2025
FACULTY/DIVISION
Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
SALARY
£26,093 - £28,778 per annum