Job Description

The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences is looking for a Senior Finance Officer to join its finance team to work alongside the Management Accountant carrying out financial duties in relation to provision and analysis of management accounting information and to provide support to and regular contact with budget holders. This role will be working across all departments in the faculty to provide a high standard of customer service while upholding financial procedures and processes. This is a permanent, full time role based at the Headington campus.

The post holder will be:

• Reviewing monthly financial reports on behalf of the SMA and wider faculty, assisting with analysis of variations to budget, actioning changes & corrective journals and communicating key information
• Preparing the faculty\'s monthly payroll forecasting tool, to ensure accurate & timely data for forecasting, planning and the year-end accounts. This will also involve updating the University\'s planning software. Coordinating the faculty\'s associates pay claims system
• Working with the CPD team to ensure that invoices are raised in a timely manner. Reconciling the data in the CPD system with the finance system. Using the university\'s costing tools to accurately allocate overheads within the finance system.

You should have:

• AAT
• A-Levels or equivalent
• GCSE or equivalent Maths and English, written & spoken
• Substantial and relevant experience of working in a finance office / environment
• Experience of using financial systems
• High standard of computer literacy with strong excel skills and ability to use financial systems effectively
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to prepare clear and meaningful project reports, or management summaries, and explain financial information or concepts to non-financial staff.

For full details please see the job description and person specification.

You will also enjoy the benefits of working at Oxford Brookes University with up to 38 days holiday, rising to 41 days holiday (this includes 13 bank holidays and concessionary days), a generous local government pension scheme (19.8% Employer contribution rate), cycle to work scheme and access to a variety of university facilities (Brookes Nursery, Gym and sports facilities). For more information about benefits please see the document \'All about Brookes\' below.

Interviews are expected to take place on 21st September 2023.

This role will not attract sufficient points to obtain a sponsored Skilled Worker visa under the points based immigration system, however applications are welcome from candidates who don\'t currently have the right to work in the UK, but who would be eligible to obtain a visa via another route.

CV and Personal Statement :

As part of the application process all applicants are required to complete our online application form by clicking on the \xe2\x80\x9cApply for Job\xe2\x80\x9d button on the Oxford Brookes vacancy page. You will be routed to this when you click on the above \xe2\x80\x9cApply\xe2\x80\x9d button. All parts of the application form should be completed and in the section of the form called \xe2\x80\x9cSupporting Documents\xe2\x80\x9d, applicants must upload their CV and a Personal Statement. To complete the Personal Statement part of the application, applicants must download the Personal Statement document which is part of the advert below and complete the form, providing examples and explaining how they meet each item detailed on the document.

The University has adopted equality, diversity and inclusion as core values. We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates whatever their background, and especially from BAME candidates who are under-represented in our workforce.

\xc2\xa330,487 to \xc2\xa332,982 per annum

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