Accounting Assistant - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - The Open University UK

The Open University UK

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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Unit:
Finance

Salary:
£28,762- £34,308

Location:
Milton Keynes

Please quote reference: 20672

Full Time (37 hours), Permanent

Closing Date: 30 January, :00

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The Open University was established by Royal Charter in 1969 with the mission is to be 'open to people, places, methods and ideas'.

It is a national university, working in all four nations of the UK as well as globally, employing around 8,000 people across a range of academic, associate lecturer and professional services roles.

Pioneering higher education by distance learning over 2 million people have studied with the OU, predominantly part-time and often while in paid work.

The role
The Accounting Assistant role is part of the Finance Business Services team who provide high quality financial services and support to the units of Research, Enterprise & Scholarship and Institute of Educational Technology (RES & IET)

The role assists the Finance Business Partners and Assistant Finance Business Partner to provide an excellent finance service to the RES & IET Units.

This includes monitoring and reporting on externally and internally funded projects budgets, forecasting, providing costings and financial monitoring, in compliance with both the University's financial regulations and procedures and also the terms and conditions of the funders of the projects.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to be part of a busy finance team.

Skills and experience required:

AAT Intermediate or equivalent preferred
Relevant experience of working in a financial/accounting environment, focused on management accounts.
Experience of costing, budgeting, forecasting and managing data
Excellent stakeholder management skills
Competent Microsoft Excel skills plus experience of complex finance systems
Experience of meeting deadlines and working under pressure

For more information on the role, please see the job description.

What you get in return
We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs.

We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term.

Benefits include an attractive pension proposition and 30 days holiday per annum pro rata, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure days.

How to apply
Access details for disabled applicants are available from the Resourcing Hub, telephone: , quoting the vacancy reference above.

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CV:

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Personal statement, _up to 1,000 words_
, you should set out in your statement why you're interested in this role and provide examples of where your skills and experience meet the required competencies for this role as detailed in the job and person specification.

Closing date: 30th January 2023 at 12 noon

Find out more about us and our mission by watching this short video (you will be taken to YouTube by clicking this link).

**We offer a range of inclusive employment policies which include family and carer friendly flexible working arrangements and have many supportive staff networks and wellbeing services. We also endorse the principles of Athena SWAN, with commitment from all levels of the organisation in promoting gender equity.