Finance Coordinator

The School of Arts and Humanities supports more than 3,800 students, and 22% of the University' s total Undergraduate student population, across 11 faculties and departments. The School of Arts and Humanities acts as the co-ordinating body for the Council of the School directing academic and financial planning, allocating resources and supporting the above institutions.

The School of Arts and Humanities has two exciting opportunities for Finance Coordinators to join the School Finance Team. This opportunity with require you to work across the School in individual Faculties or Departments alongside other finance professionals, academic and professional staff supporting the financial operations of each area. You will work flexibly and can be deployed to any department across the School at short notice, working within multiple teams to provide support and assistance as operational priorities demand. We're looking to appoint up to 1.8FTE and welcome applications from individuals who wish to work full-time or part-time.

The Role

You will provide direct accounting support to departments, including:

 - Managing or supporting all day-to-day transaction processing

 - Develop processes to ensure best practice is maintained and records are kept in accordance with the financial regulations.

 - Monitoring and reporting of the financial position of the department and its activities.

 - Undertake month end and year end procedures for the Institution concerned.

 - Preparing budgetary information, producing monthly department management reports, liaise with Head of Department / Departmental Administrator to review the financial position.

Your Skills

 - Have experience of working in a busy finance or administrative function within a large organisation.

 - Highly numerate and have good oral and written communication skills.

 - Highly skilled in processing accounting transactions, and be able to prioritise their own workload.

 - Ability to work within multiple teams and assist as operational priorities demand

Benefits

- 36 days annual leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays

- Defined benefits pension schemes

- Flexible working options

- Family-friendly initiatives

- Career development opportunities

- Support for health & mental wellbeing

Location

The role will be based at the School Office at 17, Mill Lane in the centre of Cambridge. The expectation is that the post holders will be temporarily working across Faculties and Departments primarily based at the Sidgwick site. There will be an opportunity for hybrid working dependant on the needs of the individual department concerned.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 24 months in the first instance.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a health assessment and a standard Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University. 

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic disclosure and a security check. We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

If you would like more information about this role, informal enquiries can be directed by email to Tom Lorimer at tom.lorimer@admin.cam.ac.uk

If you have any questions the application process, please contact a Recruitment Administrator at Finhr_recruitment@admin.cam.ac.uk.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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