Finance

Location:      Guildford
Salary:      £27,025 to £31,302 per annum
Permanent
Post Type:      Full Time
Closing Date:      Wednesday 01 May 2019
Interview Date:      Thursday 09 May 2019

Background

The University of Surrey is located on a beautiful, leafy campus in Guildford, just 30 miles from London.

The University's ethos is based upon a belief in our ability to make a difference to the world – to have a positive impact through our free-thinking and hard work.

We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve – shaping ourselves into one of the best universities in the world, which we are achieving through the talents and endeavour of every employee. Our culture empowers people to achieve this aim and to collectively, and individually, make a real difference.

The Finance Department is an exciting and collaborative department continuously evolving to meet the needs of a wide variety of customers with students at the heart of everything we do, to support and enable the University to achieve its bold vision.

The role

A key member of the wider Financial Planning and Analysis [FP&A] team providing University wide financial management accounting information and analytics to inform fact based decision making. This role will actively support the FP&A team in the provision of reporting, forecasting, budgeting and analysis to inform and maximise the University’s financial sustainability.

To find out more please see the job purpose role.

What you’ll need to succeed

You will be either a part qualified accountant and actively studying towards professional accountancy qualification with relevant experience or someone with considerable on the job experience in similar or related roles.

As a key member of the finance team you will have a track record of developing collaborative working relationships with both finance and non-finance colleagues in order to deliver individual and team objectives.

You should be engaging, inquisitive, articulate, and empathetic in nature. You should have confidence in your own ability, and be skilled at planning and organising your time to ensure your work is delivered to a high standard within the required timescales. Your approach should be enthusiastic, proactive and flexible.

Package

The successful candidate can expect to receive in addition to a competitive salary:

• 25 days holiday plus seven additional days: three days at Easter, three days at Christmas, plus one additional discretionary day.
• Career development and training.
• Opportunity to join the attractive pension scheme.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A healthy work-life balance and where possible we support flexible methods of working.
• Access to Surrey Sports Park membership, which offers a range of classes, first-class gym, Olympic-sized swimming pool, climbing wall, tennis and squash courts.
• Access to a cycle to work scheme, season ticket loans for bus and train travel and car parking permits for staff (eligibility criteria apply) at a small cost.

For more information and to apply online, please download the further details and click on the 'apply online' button above.

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