Senior Finance Assistant

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading Business School by joining the WBS Finance team as a Senior Finance Assistant and gain broad experience across purchase and sales transactions, travel and expenses, reconciliations, journals and financial reporting. You will lead the travel finance service for allocated staff groups, provide practical advice on financial systems and procedures, and contribute to training, process improvements and projects across the School. This varied role offers an opportunity to develop your finance expertise while helping WBS deliver an accurate, efficient and supportive service.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).

About You

We are looking for someone with experience of processing sales and purchase ledger transactions using a large computerised accounting system. You should have strong attention to detail and numeracy skills, communicate clearly and build effective working relationships. You will need to organise competing priorities, complete work accurately by the required deadlines and be willing to suggest practical improvements when a process could work better. Experience of higher education, relevant VAT matters and SAP will be valuable.

Closing Date: Thursday 26 November 2026, 11:59PM

The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.

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