Finance Assistant - Gloucestershire, United Kingdom - UCAS

UCAS
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Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

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General information:


Reference :001299


Publication start date :12/07/2023


Post Description:

Finance Assistant


Vacancy location:


Location:

South West, Gloucestershire, Rosehill - Hybrid


Vacancy details:


Job Profile:

Finance and Corporate Services - Finance Operations


Title:

Finance Assistant


Contract Type:

Full Time


About us:


About UCAS:

UCAS is at the heart of connecting people to higher education.

We're a successful and fast-growing organisation, which helps hundreds of thousands of people every year.

We're committed to delivering a first-class service to all of our customers — they're at the heart of everything we do.


Business Unit description:


Our Finance and Corporate Services business unit is a fusion of multiple functions — financial planning and accounting, facilities and building management, procurement, programme and project management, corporate governance and performance, organisational development, enterprise architecture, legal and compliance, and the CEO Office.

The Finance Team also defines UCAS' financial strategy.


About the role:


Contractual Hours:

35.00


About the role:

To provide transactional and administrative support to the Financial Accounting Team for both UCAS and UCAS
Media Ltd, ensuring that accounts processing runs effectively and to the required timescale.


Key accountabilities:


  • Proactively analyse outstanding debt, continually monitoring the aged debt reports to ensure month end
cash collection targets are achieved.

  • Timely dealing with customer queries, including price discrepancies, PO requests, payment processing and
copy invoices.

  • Working collaboratively with internal colleagues to deal with queries arising due to organisation of our
events held.

  • Onboarding of new customer including credit checks, due diligence and setting up on finance system.
  • Timely processing and reconciliation of all accounting documentation, including sales invoices/credit
notes.

  • Daily reconciliation of bank accounts for both UCAS and UCAS Media, including posting of all
receipts and payments. This will include the extraction of statements from the on-line banking system,analysis and resolving of any queries.

  • Develop and maintain good working relationships with all stakeholders both internal and external.
  • Assist with general administration duties within the team.

Skills, qualifications, and experience:


  • Transactional Accounting Experience.
  • Ability to deal with financial issues in a confidential and professional manner.
  • Ability to work autonomously or as part of a team.
  • Competent IT skills, specifically Microsoft Excel and prior use of accounting systems.
  • A working knowledge of VAT.
  • Able to prioritise workloads to ensure deadlines and targets are met.
  • Peopleorientated, with excellent listening and communication skills.

Package:


Salary - up to £25,000

  • 30 days annual leave (plus 3 concessionary days over Christmas and your bank holidays)


  • Flexibility

  • UCAS positively supports Hybrid working for its employees, meaning you can work between home and the office in a way that suits you and the business and also has a comprehensive Flexible Working Policy
  • A generous pension scheme
  • Hundreds of high street discounts and offers with Perkbox
  • Internal training and development
  • Subsidised gym and café
  • Be rewarded for going above and beyond with our exgratia bonus scheme and Celebrating U, our quarterly employee recognition scheme
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