Finance Manager - Reed : Job Details

We have an urgent requirement for January 2025, for a suitably experienced and qualified Finance Manager on an interim basis, with the potential of the role becoming permanent.

Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding career in finance and administration at a prestigious university?

Do you have the skills and experience to manage the financial and HR functions of a busy, small office environment? If so, you might be the perfect candidate for the Finance Manager role at one of the largest study-abroad programmes in London.

As a Finance Manager, you will work in a 2-person Finance Department, reporting to the Assistant Director of Finance & Administration. You will be responsible for a range of accounting, HR and administrative duties, including:

• Controlling and maintaining the purchase ledger, nominal ledger, multiple bank accounts, credit card accounts and petty cash
• Processing financial transactions, including invoices, expense reports, deposits, BACS payments and purchase orders, and tracking information using financial databases
• Sharing the running of the monthly payroll process with the Assistant Director of Finance & Administration
• Monitoring project expenditure
• Month end reconciliations
• Accounts to trial balance
• Updating monthly cashflow forecast
• Preparing monthly reports for submission in line with monthly deadlines
• Supporting monthly review and reconciliation of the programme’s financial reports ensuring expenses are compliant with financial and operational policies
• Assisting the Assistant Director, Finance and Administration and the Director of the Programme with budgets
• Responsible for the administration of HR processes including contracts, right to work checks, DBS checks
• Working closely with all departments including staff, faculty, vendors and students
• Providing support in the absence of the Assistant Director, Finance and Administration

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Previous professional experience in a finance or accounting role at a university or in education (desirable)
• Previous experience in running all aspects of payroll, including pension contributions
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong analytical and organizational skills necessary to manage multiple and competing demands at once
• Relevant knowledge and experience of Sage Line 50, Microsoft Office and Sage HR (not essential), Advanced Excel
• The ability to work well under pressure, with a calm, polite and professional manner
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact with a range of users, from students to faculty and staff
• Discretion and confidentiality are of utmost importance at all times
• Ability to influence and advise more senior staff to meet required procedures and standards
• Flexible, proactive and responsive outlook
• Excellent team working skills
• Ideally, candidates should have or are working towards a financial qualification (AAT/Part Qualified ACCA/CIMA)

Candidates must have the unrestricted right to work in the UK. This is a full-time role with some flexibility on remote work (generally up to one day per week).

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your CV today. We look forward to hearing from you soon.