Finance Business Support Administrator - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Grade UE05 £24,285 - £27,929pa**
College of Science and Engineering, School of Informatics

Full time, 35 hours per week

Fixed-term for 12 months

The School of Informatics is seeking a well organised and enthusiastic individual to fill the post of Finance Business Support Administrator within the Finance Business Support Team.

The Opportunity:

Working as part of the team, you will provide efficient and accurate financial administration support to the School of Informatics.

As an active and integrated team member, you will work well under pressure and on your own initiative.

You will have excellent communication and organisational skills, sound Microsoft IT skills and have particular experience of working with complex Excel spreadsheets and finance systems.

You will have considerable relevant experience with demonstrable evidence of numeric skills and an understanding of financial processes, including the principles of budget monitoring.

Previous experience of working within a higher education environment would be beneficial.

Knowledge of the University of Edinburgh's financial policies and procedures and familiarity with financial legislation and practice are highly desirable.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Essential:

Vocational qualifications (N/SVQ 3, ONC or equivalent), plus previous relevant work experience in a relevant role. or s chool education to standard grade / national 5 or equivalent plus previous relevant work experience in the unit or comparable setting.
Ability to plan, prioritise, take initiative and find proactive solutions, contribute new ideas to projects, work unsupervised, under pressure and multitask effectively
A good working knowledge of the Microsoft package, particularly Excel
Ability to communicate effectively and clearly, especially financial information to nonfinance users, with good interpersonal skills
Demonstrated ability and willingness to learn new skills, particularly digital skills
Well

- developed interpersonal and organisational skills, with ability to deal confidently with customers

Desirable:

Knowledge and understanding of University Finance systems, policies, procedures, regulations and codes of practice
Experience of working in a large multidepartment organisation

As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits
pension scheme ,
staff discounts, family friendly initiatives
, flexible working and much more.

Access our staff benefits page
for further information and use our reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
right to work webpages

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role.

International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow's greatest challenges.

Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

Informatics is the study of how natural and artificial systems store, process and communicate information.

Research in Informatics promises to take information technology to a new level, and to place information at the heart of 21st century science, technology and society.

The School enjoys collaborations across many disciplines in the University, spanning all three College, and also participates as a strategic partner in the Alan Turing Institute and, with Heriot-Watt University, in the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics.

The School provides a fertile environment for a wide range of studies focused on understanding computation in both artificial and natural systems.

It attracts students around the world to study in our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and currently has approximately 1000 undergraduate students, 320 MSc students and 350 PhD students.

Informatics is one of seven schools in the College of Science and Engineering, at the University of Edinburgh.

It is recognised for the employability of its graduates (demand exceeds supply), its contributions to entrepreneurship, and the excellence of its research.

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