Finance Officer - Accounts Payable (Maternity Cover)

We are currently looking for a new Finance Officer (Accounts Payable) to join our Finance Shared Service Centre team.

As part of this role, you will join the Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM) Finance Shared Service Centre, processing transactional finance for 14 units within NDM. The team comprises of 14 members of staff, and you will be working alongside a team of 5 and reporting directly to the Accounts Payable Supervisor.

You will deliver an excellent level of service to internal customers whilst ensuring financial policy and controls are adhered to. In particular, you will be responsible for ensuring all financial transactions are carried out in accordance with the University and external financial regulations, contribute to improvement of processes by ensuring SOPs are up to date and adhered to. You will be the main point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders, responding to enquiries, providing advice on financial procedures and maintaining good working relationships.

It is essential that you have relevant working experience in a financial administration role, including experience in working with computerised financial systems. Similarly, you will have strong communication skills with a wide range of people (both internal and external stakeholders) at all levels, experience of preparing and producing financial reports. You will hold strong time management and a demonstrable ability to prioritise and manage a diverse workload against deadlines.

Applications for this vacancy should be made online and you will need to upload a supporting statement and CV. Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience. Please restrict your documentation to your CV and supporting statement only. Any other documents will be requested at a later date.

This position is to cover a period of maternity leave. The role will be on a fixed-term contract for 12 months, full-time basis.

Only applications received before 12 midday on 25 June 2025 will be considered. Please quote 179898 on all correspondence

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