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This position is a key role in our Commercial Finance Team, and we are looking for a team player seeking a varied, interactive role to apply their finance knowledge and experience.

The areas to cover will include internal and external sales, responsibility for monitoring/processing timesheets and payroll information for stakeholders, ensuring all data is collated and submitted to the payroll department on time every month.

You should have

  • An inquisitive mind to investigate variances, ask questions and produce meaningful reconciliation work
  • Competent Excel skills for reporting and data analysis.

Experience of the University's accounting system (Unit4 Business World Agresso) is desirable but not essential as training will be provided.

Working with the Assistant Accountants to process transactions related to the commercial business, the role requires you to be customer focussed and communicate efficiently and effectively in response to feedback and questions.

About us

The Commercial Finance Team is part of the University's Finance & Procurement Department reporting to the Director of Finance. Led by the Financial Controller, we have 16 staff responsible for the financial administration, support and reporting to the Campus Services and Campus Infrastructure. The Team provides financial support for the core functions of Payment processing, Income collection, Payroll and internal recharging and is responsible for all financial reporting for the stakeholder group, from budget preparation to final account stage.

Further information

This is a full-time, permanent position, working 36.5 hours a week over 5 days, Monday to Friday, between 09:00 hours and 17:30 hours. A flexible approach to combine office and remote working is offered in accordance with the University policy.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Justin Wilson (adxjw@bath.ac.uk) or Tania Shattock (tls31@bath.ac.uk).

What we can offer you

  • a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
  • generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
  • we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
  • an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
  • a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities

We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

We are very proud to be an autism-friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.