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Finance Coordinator

Cambridge
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The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology is seeking to recruit a dedicated, versatile and proactive Finance Coordinator

This is an exciting position which will support the Finance Manager in providing specialist financial administration, reporting and grant-costing services to research and academic staff across the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology.

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Relevant practical experience of finance planning and analysis work within an Accounts setting.
  • The ability to prioritise work, maintain accuracy, excellent analytical skills, organisation skills and attention to detail.
  • Excellent Accounting skills including competence in IT packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook.

You Will Be Expected To

  • Manage and monitor staff time requirements for research grants via timesheets/ declarations and trackers, ensuring regular completion, which complies with the funder's terms and conditions.
  • Raise research grant applications via the University's costing tool.
  • Carry out Accounts Payable and purchasing duties including approval of supplier invoices, receiving requisitions from staff and students and placing orders on iProcurement.
  • Carry out Accounts Receivable duties including raising any customer invoices, credit notes and resolving queries.
  • Month end procedures.
  • Process student and non-staff expense claims.

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Benefits Of Working At University Of Cambridge Include

  • Competitive rates of pay with automatic service-related pay progression and annual cost of living increases;
  • Generous annual leave allowance of 36 days paid leave inclusive of bank holidays for full time employees, pro rata'd for part time employees;
  • Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family friendly schemes (e.g. workplace nurseries and salary exchange schemes for childcare);
  • An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;
  • Travel benefits and retail discounts at over 2,000 local and national stores.

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Skills

Finance Planning
Financial Analysis
Grant Costing
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Month End Procedures
Expense Processing
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Outlook
iProcurement
Financial Reporting
Attention To Detail
Organization Skills
Analytical Skills
Time Management

Location

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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